Category Archives: Dogs

Wisdom in Spring

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

  Now muddy earth, with gulping gasps of Spring, Emerges from the crusts of icy snow As sticks and rotten leaves, also thrusting Their way through sodden mulch, presage new growth. No warmth of Sun yet draws fresh green growth … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Comforts

Posted on December 12, 2016 by

these are the days of music of light from every corner when even our neighbor who scowls changes his porch light for red it glows on the snow deepening on his sidewalk where tiny dogs pass by in sweaters against … Continue reading →

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Senryu for an Old Dog

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

  Old black dog circles groans with every small movement predicts days to come- Is this why we love them so- they let us care for ourselves?

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Heart of Night

Posted on May 14, 2016 by

Dive deep down now… inside the blackness into the heat of extinguished suns where the night and beauty are one. This softness like no other embraces us with tender filaments rocks us to sleep with slow soft heavings that rush … Continue reading →

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Now

Posted on May 11, 2016 by

Silver light washes the sky- I read my own poetry as a late cardinal chips praying thanks for each seed. The little striped ones- they bounce down the strandboard that makes paths through the gardens faces swollen with seed to … Continue reading →

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Lab Tanka

Posted on April 21, 2016 by

Black silk Labrador flows swiftly over green seas, crested blue and white: He knows he won’t catch the squirrel; but there’s joy in every chase.

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Dog, the Mentor (a song)

Posted on March 14, 2016 by

  Fractal trees dance in the breeze this chilled late Winter day- The wind’s too cold for even bolder dogs to go and play, So here they sleep, their slumber deep, their paws and noses twitching. They wake a while … Continue reading →

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