Dog Rubaiyat Poems

There's a shepherd at my feet
And usually she's fast asleep.
Her eyes will open if I move
Because her love for me is deep.

My love for her...

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The great dog down the street,
Hellhound I would hate to meet,
With its coat of brown and black,
Huge teeth and big clawed feet.

Dark growl devilishly deep,
Makes...

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Dog days endure

The happy summers beneath the turquoise skies
Unclouded sun as blazing chandelier comes to go glorify
Showering rays plentiful than august rains
Blooming bluebells roses in...

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Hark! Wispy ghost of Indian summer is in sight,
Fresh on our amorous teenage heels, slow dog day night,
Hot Iowa corn on a cob, fresh with...

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Why should one wish the days to pass
Of lush and verdant meadow grass
And butterflies with stained glass wings
Which autumn's burnished hues outclass? 

A summer breeze...

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From June (when the summer has just begun)
till August, I sizzle under the sun.
I bathe underneath it, soaking it in,
and even in fall, I will...

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Inhale a dawdle in hot days like these 
       The warmth of Summertime can still bring ease
 Don’t hasten...

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Dog Days Endure

Sirius, rising with late summer sun,
Dog star, your timeless tour has just begun. 
Sweet sultry lazy days beside the lake,
These precious waning days...

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Farewell Dog Days

Long daylight hours in a simmering sky
Augustus hot dog times of fun scorched by
ultra-violet’s warming kiss like steam
rising, sizzling from wet cloth ironed...

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Pleeeez… stop your whining and complaining
Agreed, dog days of summer are straining
Let's make the most of these hot sunny days
Might as well call friends, be...

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As the sunray's beam ~ through my sunroom's shades 
And the warmth of summer ~ slowly fades 
My old heart soothes ~ when flowers bloom...

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It's the dog days of summer that endure
 burning deep into September's demure
when cooler temperatures and winds should blow
 fostering the change of summer heat...

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A flawless sapphire blue tanzanite sky
spurs the flight of a monarch butterfly,
discarding its colorless chrysalis
as summer's sunny rays intensify. 

Waves tongue ticklish toes along the...

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Neither mad dogs nor Englishmen
rejoice as sunlight growing thin
allows the tidal sands to shift
through moonlight’s vapor growing dim

Yet still the beasts of lolling tongue
huddle with...

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Our Labor Day has come and gone, and now
     it's back to school for kids, and yet somehow,
   ...

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