If Not For Love
If Not For Love
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 18
The little child who cries,
brushing sleep from startled eyes,
might not have awakened from her dreams
to fill the night with plaintive screams
if not for love.
The little collie pup
who tore the sofa up
and pleads here in a mournful crouch,
might not have ripped apart the couch
if not for love.
And
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Categories:
pup, child, childhood, children, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Untitled
there is a pup named Jack
boundless energy he doesn’t lack
with teeth s sharp
and a nasty bark
he finds chasing cats ecstatic
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Categories:
pup, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Untitled
I am a young pup named Spot
today I will be resting on my cot
I would say
to you cats today
get plenty of rest you’ll need it
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Categories:
pup, dog,
Form: Limerick
Pup eats paper like a goat
On a pretty funny note
Pup eats paper like a goat
Digests it pretty easily too
Will he have such good luck with daddy’s shoe?
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Categories:
pup, animal, dog,
Form: Rhyme
My Pup
my pup is growing
milk teeth found in his blanket
his new bite will hurt
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Categories:
pup, dog,
Form: Haiku
pup transforms pristine pool into a mudhole
pristine clean water
swimming pool for two fun dogs
retrievers mudhole
puts in rocks and clay
thick enough for mudpies now
brother drinks his fill
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Categories:
pup, dog,
Form: Senryu
I want to be a pup
dog drops like an old bag of bones
tail chasing finished for now
he snores and gasps in monotones
I’ll come back as a pup next life, I vow
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Categories:
pup, dog,
Form: Rhyme
One Faithful Friend
Tiny pink flower, so alone,
In verdant fields, how you've grown.
No hands to nourish, none to tend,
We all long for one faithful friend.
Just a single cloud in the sky,
Waiting for a mate to float
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Categories:
pup, best friend, caregiving, color,
Form: Rhyme
Oscar
In the mountains, lived a special pup
He was gentle, kind and so amazing
His antics were true, never made up
My meals he was forever appraising
He often seemed to be star gazing
In the hills, where this guy was born
There lived a kitten with dark gray fur
He often felt her exasperating scorn
His life went by so fast, it’s
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Categories:
pup, animal, appreciation, cat, dog,
Form: Quintain (English)
worlds toughest pup
dog digs up asphalt
brings in huge chunks and boulder
worlds toughest pup
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Categories:
pup, dog,
Form: Senryu
pup cups
It's not a road trip
it's a pup cup run with dogs
dairy queen's drive-thru
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Categories:
pup, animal,
Form: Haiku
Puppy Love
"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ... Samual Taylor Coleridge
There lived no better heart to know.
His love was like a light,
Coloring lives in visions of gold,
Softest visions, alive, so bold,
Beautiful rhythms who never grow old.
His name was Oscar, so beloved I am told,
He held secrets that would never be sold,
Offered
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Categories:
pup, animal, appreciation, dog, words,
Form: Ballad
Mamma Mia
The Abba clones were about to perform
Suddenly Bob felt his feet wet and warm
Anna screamed "diarrhea!"
Mum yelled "mamma mia"
While their pug pup hid inside its fly swarm
Pip had gifted the gig wet smelly poop
Made Anna gag as she shoveled each scoop
At an abnormal level
A proud deed for this devil
For its contents were like newt eye
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Categories:
pup, humor,
Form: Limerick
You Had To Bring Her a Wolf Pup
When Daddy brought Serena a wolf pup
He did not realize what would happen
When the pup grew up and became her guardian
Serena did not have to do her homework or wash dishes.
If they mentioned it, Gray Wolf would growl a warning
Her parents had never been bitten
But they did not get that close to Gray Wolf’s teeth
His
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Categories:
pup, dog,
Form: Prose Poetry
Categories:
pup, dog,
Form: Diamante
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