Hope Unexpected

Posted in Stories - Uplifting on 12-7-14

“Go away! Stop following me”. The unkempt dog paid no attention to Emily, waiting until she’d turned before trotting behind her again. She looked over her shoulder and immediately he...

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May in the Garden

Posted in Poems - Uplifting on 20-8-13

May in the blossom-dropping garden, pug barking at butterflies, – orange tip blinks of sunshine, blue wings of hope and melancholy climbing the purple lilac mountains. Someone’s...

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MONOKU* (Part 1)

Posted in Poems - Uplifting on 24-1-13

the dog barks – some faint footsteps rain the cold night lulls the baby to sleep coffee cup brewing a haiku in the air aims at the Jelly Bean baby’s smile rainy morning the...

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Pug in the Woods

Posted in Poems - Humorous on 10-1-13

Here I can be — dog pug dog I, in among the leaves and undergrowth to identify dogs who have passed by the dogs I know and the dogs I don’t. It’s not a game this rootling...

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Companionship

Posted in Poems - True Love on 10-1-13

I will trot beside you In the woods of lost lives. I will sit beside you When you think of lost loves. I will lie at your feet When you wait for sleep to come. I will rejoice and squirm and...

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Dog Walking

Posted in Poems - Humorous on 10-1-13

I have a little dog and it is a little pug and it has a little cough for a bark, bark, bark. When I take it for a walk it pulls me off my feet and I have to run all the way to the park,...

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Pug

Posted in Poems - Humorous on 5-11-12

She’s bought a pug the end of its line a survivor life snuffles in this beanie with teeth its eyes black saucers for elves or a soldier with tinder box to guard her treasure and...

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Dog Contract

Posted in Poems - Humorous on 5-11-12

I vow to thee my puppy to watch over your babyhood, feed and water you, give you warmth in winter, a cool place to pant in summer, keep you in good health with visits to the vet and the dog...

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Pug Puppy

Posted in Poems - Humorous on 5-11-12

You wake my sleeping laughter with your pink tulip-petal tongue your nose like pin pricks in a black velvet pincushion your eyes blue smoky marbles rolling from my past to my...

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Dog Sitting

Posted in Poems - Humorous on 23-10-12

I missed the dog last night. The night before it had slept on my bed, so comfortable it was, securing the best place to curl up and forcing me into the corners. I moved it over The rough...

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