April 19, 2019
by Nick Anthony
The neighborhood is lined with houses
Whose yards are filled with mongrel hordes,
Kept safe behind white picket fences,
Unaware of the world beyond the wooden boards.
Peaceful nights are wrenched away
From hardworking neighbors needing sleep
When the howling hounds come out to play
And bark their prejudice across the street
To other hounds behind picket fences,
Also unable to see beyond their defenses.
Night after night the uncouth mutts stay woke,
Yipping and yapping their ode to democracy.
Until yapping becomes yipping in a cloud of smoke
And they are lost in a haze of their hypocrisy.
All while the suffering, sleepless majority
Are kept awake by the woke minority.
They wonder if the PACs of dogs on either side
Will ever look inward and get wise
To the folly of their two-tone protest
Across the streets of the midwest,
Against enemies decried as ignorant
Who–in fact–are not so different.
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May 7, 2018
by Nick Anthony
“Shoo!” they say to me all day,
As I wander, unwanted and alone,
Down lonely streets, looking for meat,
And a dry place to call my home.
Among the two-legs, I scavenge their dregs
My ribs bruised by their kicks,
While snobby Maltese snub my maladies:
Rabid and half consumed by ticks.
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February 21, 2016
by Colly

The wind blows in her hair.
She’s like a tiny teddy bear.
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January 23, 2016
by Jem Croucher

We’re travelling down to Hampshire
for a mini-holiday
We don’t do this very often
so it’s nice to get away
Staying close to Lyndhurst
the New Forest all around
Taking wellington boots in case
it’s soggy on the ground
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November 16, 2015
by Jem Croucher
Just a little walk
although quite brief
is just enough
to bring relief
Breathe in deep
fresh winter air
and feel the wind
blow through my hair
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October 14, 2015
by Jem Croucher
Dappled sunlight filtered through
the green tunnel up ahead
as carefree there we wandered
uncertain where it led
Not that we were bothered
for we cared not for the time
on such an afternoon as this
with autumn weather fine
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June 28, 2015
by Jem Croucher

Our garden at this time of year
is a lovely sight to see
Most things here are in full bloom
and it’s a peaceful place to be
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March 16, 2015
by Jem Croucher
Went for a wander on Mother’s Day
Down on Ferring Gorse
(In view of the chill it was quite brief)
But the beach looked nice of course
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November 16, 2014
by Jem Croucher
It’s quiet at home with just us four
And the background radio station
The dogs they listen when we chat
But it’s a one-sided conversation
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September 9, 2014
by Seafarrwide

By Wendy Norman (Seafarrwide)
A dog is so clever he needs to run free
Feel wind on his back until eternity
Chasing birds and lizards, sniffing out rabbits
He cherishes moments to refine his habits
A dutiful companion loving faithfully
Aiming to please so earnestly
But a dog that sits down in a cage
He can’t see through his bars of rage
Growing insane with sadness he shows
Cowering with tuneful fear is all he knows
He can cry all day his lonely song
Pleading his freedom from this wrong
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December 17, 2013
by Kerrie Ann Salsac
Christmas Poem: Challenge

As I look up, and up, my neck craning,
at dazzling lights and sparkling balls,
my inner desire I’m restraining,
as I wait patiently for one to fall.
Each night I lay dreaming of obtaining
my rightful prize; for now I’m abstaining.
As their footsteps approach, I turn away,
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September 13, 2013
by Joel Kravitz
Relationships between dogs and cats
Are more complex than just cartoon spats.
I’ve seen acts of affection
And fearless loyal protection…
I wish I could listen in on their chats.
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July 16, 2012
by Karen
The last leaf falls
drifting slowly
silently
into the night breeze
and the tree stands bare
open to the elements
it knows the change is upon it
It is the autumn of its life
It remembers the past
the many seasons it has enjoyed
and endured
It lived through sunny days
in the park
with laughing children
and barking dogs
it smiled down upon them all
It lived through snowy winter chills
and shivered with the tiny birds
as they snuggled in its branches
itshielded them as best it could
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