Short Pawed Poems

When I looked at her I was awed
Sweet cat, she was only three pawed
Could run very fast
But wobbled alas
Decided to name her Tripod....

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While reading one of my novels up in my loft,
was easily distracted by something soft,
my kitty pawed at me,
couldn't ignore it or flee,
until after awhile the novelty finally wore off....

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A squirrel collecting some corn,
Now is wishing he’d never been born.
Caught himself in a trap,
The door shut with a snap;
Now he sits there hungry and forlorn!
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NOT IN THE SAND BOX!!

She chased the birds their feathers raising grit
chewed upon the mouse she showed up with
then pawed the ground
without a sound
made that smiley face and sh..


10/5/2016...

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winter wolves have eaten the tulips
the wind has pawed and pillaged
small dogs strain on their leashes
a summer storm has ice in its veins
warner airs arrived too late
to save the groundhogs litter
bitter are the fruits
                  of this fanged season...

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To wrap Christmas gifts
Is not so easy to do
When the dog is near
As soon it is wrapped
It is pawed openedhe 
She is told to stop
Barking is heard loudly
She does this to open gifts
The more gifts wrapped-
She will paw open
Whether it is her's or not
The dog does this every year...

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people tell me
can't you see
we're not
Shakespeare

our lives are not
being played
in the round
but flat

all the world
is a stage
all the people
are players

then i watch
my neighbor's cat
thinking if the world
we're truly flat

everything
would have
been pawed
off the edge...

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Maggie was barking at me today
I did not know the reason why
She went to her green blanket
Then pawed at it and barked
I could not understand why
The reason for her barking, barking
Until I lifted up the green blanket
To see her dental bone
Ah! ..The mystery solved
She could not get her treat...

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they come like little pawed feet
gathering strings and yarns of life
silently sitting on their haunches
eager to peek further in the door
'til hounds arouse to nip at bytes 
and paws skitter and move on

© Goode Guy 2013-12-25

with appreciation to Carl Sandburg
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174299...

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     a book of etiquette
       for my new pet
     though given with love
       made her upset

     she pawed it around
       forced it open
     then shoved it away
       not like I was hopin’

     perhaps I am to blame
       for thinking a cat
     would prefer a good read ~
       to a live mouse or rat 
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Ball 
                yellow
               for a dog
              a happy dog
             when the ball thrown
            she runs towards the ball
           pawed the ball and chased it
          when it gets stuck, she needs help
          then chases the ball around the bedroom
          barking so happily in her play time...

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The little kitten pawed at the ground
Dug out the earth
The way its mama taught it
Then it squatted
And as though recalling something
Looked around
To ensure no eyes were watching

Its eyes met mine-
His, cowrie shaped and green
Mine, big, brown and curious-
And wide eyed
Perhaps horrified
It jumped away
And went round 
The far corner of the house....

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I saw a black cat 
Sitting on a window sill
Playing with a yellow moon
The moonlight yarn
She pulled and pawed
It seemed as if the moon
Came undone from her spool
Shining sparkling yellow thread 
The witch working on her loom
The black cats, eyes yellow
The moon nestling, I presume!

27.3.22
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
Contest Name: Black Cat...

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Caught red-pawed 
in the refrigerator;
with missing milk,
by a man called, Gator.

Guilt was written
all over his face,
this feline by whom
the milk was displaced.

He claimed he’d been mugged
locked in by a milk thief
but, saying a fairy did it,
was beyond belief.

He was caught red-pawed,
a clear guilty verdict;
pronounced by Gator,
and shockingly quick.

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He was my friend,
The one I trusted.
He left me lonely,
And disgusted.

I felt betrayed,
Emptie and dirty. 
Used by a BASTARD, 
Who just wanted to hurt me.

He pawed me,
He clawed me,
He used me no end.
Now he is no longer my friend!

I don't know what to do,
I'm afraid to tell,
Cause if I do,
He says I'll go to HELL!

Someone help me before I die,
Cause in the end......
It's HIM or I!?...

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Ask the cat, the old man said, she is in charge of me.
“Do you have a dime for us?” asked the family of three.
The cat stared them down, she was trained you see.
To save the old man from giving money to thee.

She is my savior, my heroine, my best friend, the old man said.
I hope we go together, for what would she do if I’m dead.
The cat yawned big and pawed a pattern out on his head.
Unconcerned about death, home, heaven or her cat bed....

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Red Dog an Aussie of Gypsie proclivities
Pawed rides through the Outback without civilities
When he wished to depart
He let rip a grand fart
Then jumped from the car with much facility
                                              by Robert Gorelick


Red dog the regular hitchhiker 
Once leapt up behind a bike rider
The driver rode fast  
Until he got gassed
And Red dog flew off in a hyper
                                               by Belle Bellevue...

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Maggie pawed the patio door
To tell me she wanted out
She laid upon the deck
For a short while-then
A bunny appeared not
     too far
It was a newly born rabbit

So off she ran like a leopard
Chasing the little bunny
Suddenly she caught it
Oh..how shocked I was
I was feeling so upset
To see this part of her

Never did I see this side
I did not think she'd kill
She has four sides of her
One bad and gentle
Harsh..for creatures
Kind when there are humans...

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The chimp stretched its arm,
palm up under my chin,
fingers and thumb supple,

a pink-pawed sharing.

It’s a palm-reading offering,
if only I had the skill to interpret it.

There is a life-line.
It looks a lot like mine,
there are breaks in it
like mine.

I see a heart-line,
it seems squeezed to one side,
like mine.

His handler moves on.

I am left wondering
if it was I who had been read,

and why now does my palm
resemble a map
of my dreaming face?...

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CAMELOT DOG ARCHER--                                            

                                                OH!
                                 well alas my canine friend;
                                 Sir Barkelot has intervene;
                                Pawed archer framed arrows;
                               Sees his mark colors day light;
                            Senses the bones of Sir Barkington


1/24/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2019©...

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The chimp stretched its arm,
hand palm up under my chin,
fingers and thumb supple,

a pink-pawed sharing.

It’s a palmistry offering,
if only I had the skill to read it.

There is a life-line.
It looks a lot like mine,
there are breaks in it
like mine.

I see a heart-line,
but it seems
squeezed to one side,
like mine.

His handler moves on.

I am left wondering
if it was I who had had
his hand read,

and why now does my palm
resemble a map
of the face of the moon?...

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