Dog Verse Poems

I stare piteously at my grandkid-
kid jumping with aggressive joy 
at each completed level of
a mindless game displayed 
on the computer screen, 
played by hitting...

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The night approaches
like a towering silent wave.
I pull down the window shade
as though it were a dike
to hold its surge from flooding
the room; it will...

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Gazing into the twilight of the western sky 
Wondering how I got here
Brisk fall winds stinging my face
Chill my soul…

	falling leaves,
		  	cold ground,
				 ...

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there was no mistake
when man used the alphabet
to name dog after God

the four-leggeds love us unconditionally
expecting nothing,
giving their all

they follow us around
hoping for a tiny...

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Dong was a song
that Fung the dog sung

Moke was a joke
that Poke the pig spoke

the Ked, a book that was read
is what Uncle Ned said

so...

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And so we traveled very, very high,
Our destination seemingly to reach 
The gathering mist and 
Dreary grey sky.
The path rather track that we took,
Could have...

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Tell me, dog with the big teeth,
What do you see past that muzzle of yours?
What do you hear through the whispers of those that go...

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Defecation accidentally clogged...

for the umpteenth time 
during spate to sit scrawny buttucks 
on porcelain throne id est 
videre licet toilet bowl...
with toxic water brew threatening
to...

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At the moor's edge
where the cliff-drop gnaws the wind
and a jutting ledge raises it hackles,
fingers scrabble, skinned toes curl
within stiff-jawed boots.

Turn an ankle here,
and you...

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Its raven skin follows without a 'woof,'
no bark no bite,
darker than a shadow in sunlight.
It reflects in the mirror,
staring with 'Edgar Allan Poe,' ebony eyes.

At...

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her shirt 
poorly 
read 

"wife. 
dog mom 
aunt" 

but a
wrinkle 
made the 

"a" look 
like a
"c"...

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Grief follows ~
family and friends pass-on,
leaving sedimentary layers ~
one-thousand kisses
upon tear-stained cheeks 
glistening on...

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Noshing time 
for but a moment muzzled 
to bring vaccinations 
up to date

Far from a ceasefire 
this is but a pause 
without relief
for the pending...

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Facebook advert 

I saw an advert
 for teeth 
a couple had winning smiles
I thought they must be American
thinking of Joe Biden's 
dentures, make him look like 
an elderly...

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my bucket list expired
I care not
nothing in it interests me
I have poetry, cartooning, dog-raising and painting
they are my go-tos now
I do not want to travel
I...

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