Bad Dog

[ampoule]

Bad Dog: A Tale of Unrequited Love (February 6, 2001)

Bad girl! You should not chase cars!
You are going to get killed!

with wild eyes i try to say,
"but you won't play fetch anymore".

Bad girl! You should not beg at the table.
People don't like that.

with hungry eyes i try to say,
"but you gave me my first scrap".

Bad girl! Stop walking under my feet!
You are going to make me fall.

with sad eyes I try to say,
"but i want to be next to you".

You raise your hand and point at the door.
I lower my head and slowly walk toward it.

"go ahead and do what you must.
i guess that's the only way".

With determined eyes you tie me out back.
You tell me you have had all you can take,
That we......are through.

[Debrasue]

Awww....that's so sad!!! ~sniff~!
You know it's a good poem when you can stir the emotions....

[symphony]

cute and sad. i like it.

[firefangled]

To anyone who has had a dog, this is so touching.

[firefangled]

ampoule, have you ever read, The House Dog's Grave by Robinson Jeffers? It is also a wonderful dog poem, but have your tissue ready.

[ampoule]

ampoule, have you ever read, The House Dog's Grave by Robinson Jeffers? It is also a wonderful dog poem, but have your tissue ready.

No I have not, but I may. Thank you. :)

[Pendragon]

That's my dog, Izzy, {can be seen in my signature picture}, all right. I think we don't own pets they own us...

Pen

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/PuppyLove.gif

[ampoule]

I am wondering if I had added...A Tale of Unrequited Love to the title of the poem, would you have read it differently?

[firefangled]

This was for Molly for whom, in the way of Mr. Bojangles, I still grieve.


We carve again now the path into a dark woods,
and my voice to you is morning gray,
becomes the only light through trees,
and my whispers make this last memory,
carry the water rising over Garden Creek,
the tent nearby, the pillow for your head —
and then your eye turns quick
with a flush like breath: the white tail,
the cottontail go deep into morning,
where I cannot see or go, and you forever after them.

[Pendragon]

I am wondering if I had added...A Tale of Unrequited Love to the title of the poem, would you have read it differently? Perhaps. Title gives the reader the midset of the piece sometimes. What you really want though, is the poem that needs no title... I don't think myself that good, not yet...

Pen

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/PuppyLove.gif

[ampoule]

Prince?