Dogs Poems
Wolf Lite
by Scott Biggerstaff
My dog slops water
with urgent abandon
like a prize pig from teeming troughs
The prosody of his play is
Loose and wild —
He seizes the dog park by the neck
A rabbit darts across our path
And murder fills his heart,
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Tale of a Dog
by John Godfrey Saxe
'Curse on all curs!' I heard a cynic cry;
A wider malediction than he thought-
For what's a cynic?- Had he cast his eye
Within his dictionary, he had caught
This much of learning- the untutored elf-
That he, unwittingly, had cursed himself!
II
'Beware of dogs,' the great Apostle writes;
A rather brief and sharp philippic sent
To the Philippinas. The paragraph invites
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The Funeral of Dogs (Dedicated to Roald Amundsen and His 52 Dogs
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
I hate to chortle at the sound of broken laughter,
Just like I refrain from weeping when dancing smoke fills my eyes . . .
But when dogs mourn alone,
I chafe my hands with the cold of tears of solitude.
Monuments and cairns I crave among the icy
Terrains, where dogs’ paws leave eternal marks —
The print-marks of an important visit,
Evidence of life on desiccated earth.
On board The Fram they sailed majestically
In the beginning,
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The Dog Lovers
by Spike Milligan
So they bought you
And kept you in a
Very good home
Cental heating
TV
A deep freeze
A very good home-
No one to take you
For that lovely long run-
But otherwise
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Friend left behind....
by Aryan Bhardwaj
Once, I was passing by
an old post office about to die
and saw a dog who was shy
the dog made a very appealing cry,
from his little black glowing eyes
It was such a strange feeling...
was happy to have a friend like him
but sad for the person who left him
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The Emptiness of My Arms
by Lee-Ann Azzopardi
The grey skies above exploded with thunder
And the rain washed my gloomy face
For I couldn't stop thinking of you
The autumn leaves carried my sadness to the skies
And the loneliness I feeling
Then, as I entered my house
The warm sun started to glow
As you appeared in the distance
I ran towards you
But it was a mirage
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Sleeping Dog Lie
by Lee-Ann Azzopardi
Let sleeping dogs lie
We'll spend our day outside
In the sunshine
Where it's warm
Not like the Sharky apartment
That's cold like a winter's day
We will praise the day
As we seize it
We'll walk along the beach
Get an ice cream to cool off
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Since You Left
by Lee-Ann Azzopardi
I need yr touch
Yr kiss
To get thru the day
But you're gone forever
The many days I spent alone
Are too much much to handle
Just to fell yr hair between my fingers
As I stare into yr cloudy, brown eyes
I wished I made other choice
However, I knew I made the right one
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Watch the Dogs Play (For Cooper)
by Lee-Ann Azzopardi
As I watch the dogs play
I try to hold the tears I have for you
Imagining the fun, you would've had
Goofing with the others
But I knew you didn't want to be bothered
You would have just got angry
With their noses up yr butt
How would I loved to hold you once more
However, time will get rid of that
Replacing (for Cooper, 2006-2024)
by Lee-Ann Azzopardi
The darkness has flooded the house
Until the bolt of lightening appears
I fear the sound of thunder
And try to curl up to you
But you aren't there
You left before spring
And it's almost summer
My forgetfulness attempts to block
The memories of you leaving
As I know you will never return
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