Dog Verse Poems

My dog dug a hole large enough to push my husband’s F-150 into.
How do you know?
Because Poochie pushed Richie’s truck in there.

At least he apologized,...

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Humans Don't Do "Dog" Very Well

Other Animals 
Don't Do It
Well,
Either.

Heck, 
Even Some Dogs
Hafta'
Struggle.

Who Is It? Whooo Is It!?

-Gray Squirrel

06-03-2025...

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The sweat sang to me 
more than anything.

From outside, it must
have looked like a 
dog fight. 

But in the clash,
in the din, in the 
bruises...

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There you will be

If I could step a foot into eternity and reach open the door there you would be, waiting for me.  Paws...

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Dedicated to Stuart A. Staples


I want to break someone's little finger
In three places

Give me strings on a hollow wooden body
Crumpled suits and apprehension

The warbler, the...

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You know, can you imagine life of some 
Not chosen but for few their choice 
Life's weakening priority of mankind's being 
Even in themselves they...

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Handicapped by charades,
A cacophony of voices
Comes from the real owners of the world
Who gather, roar, and whisper in a coven.

Wolly bat and tongie dog
Adorned with...

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I walked as a grey kid
lost in his own hometown streets.

When my slow mind
began to see more clearly
it saw brick dusted air
and a sunlight blotched...

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What’s Your Name, What’s Your Sign?"
I thought that was just a Biggie line.
Then I learned me and Dogs don’t relate 
That’s for all you '82s...

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I have a brain.
But not just any brain — I have a brain dog.

It doesn’t sit. It doesn’t stay.
It runs. Fast. Far. Wild.
It sniffs every...

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They don’t ask if I remember.
They think I’m just a tree—
bark, leaves, and silence.
But I do.

I remember.

Before roads,
before fences,
before the wooden swing on my lowest...

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The ground shakes and 
buildings sway with 
the blast of each shell.
I cover my ears 
but the ringing stays. 

Fear grips my chest,
Grief swells my...

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In the land of hope
I linger
Ready to catch a bone
From a dog who does not know he has lost it

I am a bit lost myself
Keeping...

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Every minute is a choice
I could go to the Dollar store
Could get gas
Could get my hair cut
Could sit in the dog pen with my dogs

If...

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Do you feel you must really say sorry,
Or are you flippant, don’t give it much worry,
Do you feel out of obligation you must
Say sorry, believe...

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