Inklings of Spring
...Winter finally moves his lumpen sluggish weight,
Spring is like a shy dryad shivering in his arms
Wind's whippets droop to trifling whine
Sullen rain hisses to a grizzle.
tiny fruit buds ...
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Categories:
whippets, spring,
Form: Free verse
Three and Ninepence Ha'Penny
...The clanking of the mills
memories of tramping up
the grassy hills
the river banks
Francs
the tap of clogs
whippets and other dogs
some still here, but
most are thee'r where
the past lays do...
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Categories:
whippets, loss, memory,
Form: Rhyme
A Garage Band Sayonara
...Jack Bogan died last week, the last
of the Whippets, a garage band big
in a small way back in the Sixties.
The Whippets had a following
in Chicago and its suburbs.
They played high school ...
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Categories:
whippets, music,
Form: Blank verse
Whippets and Greyhounds
...Whippet's in the wind
When greyhound
Gazed upon
Whippersnapper
Want to be
In the midday sun
Whistle of a woman
Calling canine back
Put him on the leash
Take doggy to the track
Flat cap Fred...
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Categories:
whippets, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Parked Behind the Waffle House, Doing Whippets
...i killed myself
and got an eviction notice
he stuck it to
my coffin with a wad of
tangerine gum
my mind has become melted parsley,
my ears frozen cheese.
like old aunt ginny u...
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Categories:
whippets, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Kedo
...Kedo, I loved you
You were a lovely boy
Always ready to greet us
With a ball or a toy.
Always so happy
Always ready to play
With dogs or humans
But not whippets you say.
Don’t know the re...
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Categories:
whippets, pets,
Form: Verse
Creatures
...Anteater's with their incredible 2 foot tongue
Bison their hides, one time under the gun
Cheetah's my, can they run
Dolphins bringing so much fun.
Elephants, Indian and African by the size of t...
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Categories:
whippets, animals
Form: Rhyme