God Pets Poems

A lonely young girl,
dreams each night for a doggy.
A new furry friend to hold tight,
a new friend to play with.
Someone to love,
someone to care for.
One...

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The lovechild of a god and a poet 
Your eyes in that photo
They spoke of kindness and innocence
The heart on your neck, I took as...

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To My First Dog


Long asleep in your unknown grave,
My companion, loyal and beloved
Throughout my youth’s growing years,
You cannot know nor now see
How you do still...

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Dogs
antics delightful
feasting midst chicken bones
waiting to be caressed

Cats
cheerful meows
satisfied with dinner
toward sweet dreams

Love birds
couple crooning
disturbed with greetings
to fly freely they wish

Monkeys
monkeyrium in room
cuddly apes and...

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oh how this anger strikes me odd
      the things I want to blame on God
     ...

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What I only wished for most was 
another chance to see your glance
another chance to see your dance
as I walked in that door.

You came into...

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Consider the (Dreaming) Birds

By Mark D. Stucky
Jesus told us to consider the birds of the air.
I have pondered parakeets (budgies) in a cage
routinely performing what...

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In Memoriam Quietly Always Close

Are they whispers, then, settling
So gently upon that slightest breeze wending
     Over the granite crosses and statues...

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*** Scat, Cat! ***

No!  Cat, don’t paw
That yarn ball
I use to crochet.  Go!
Scat, cat!  You won’t like so
    much...

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Rocky

Rock is not a racehorse, 
he is a tiny Billy goat. 
He thinks he is much larger
than he really is. 
One day, 
he will be...

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I
Where God is not
Doesn't exist, no jot
Or tittel in vain
Atom, quark, neutrino - explain
How we began, begot!

II
I wrote of times
Our rage, hate, crimes
Against each other,...

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When I was only nine,                    ...

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“ MISS KITTY” … KNEW

My last week, knew you understood
I had come to my end.
I was sorta your husband’s cat,
but you … always my friend.

My...

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"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast…" Proverbs 12:10 of the King James Bible

Belonging to where I’m loved warmly well
My best “dogistically” does...

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Jake

Jake is a snake. 
He is three feet long. 
One day he will be
five more. 

We found him in the barn, 
he was lost among...

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