Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Make Me An Instrument Of Thy Paws

the dog
ignores
the sign
that says
not to trot
in wet cement.

now,
his print 
is perfect
though his 
feet 
are funky.
poet!
i shout
at the magnificent
mutt.
_____

for day 2 of Play It Again.
"street poetry"

for day 11 of my 39 poems in 39 days.

15 comments:

  1. Oh my God. Just the TITLE made me so happy! How I would ADORE sidewalk with pawprints on it. I love this to the moon and back.

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  2. I adore this. It made me smile. What would we do without our dogs?

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  3. Had me at the title. TOTALLY. Swoon.

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  4. "his print is perfect though his feet are funky.." Yer killin me here, girl. I love the jaunty shape of this too, suggesting the cement tracks. Lots of fun, and proof that poetry is where you find it--poets, too.

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  5. I love how you homophoned in the title — paws/pause — like his frozen print itself is a poem. <3

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  6. Love it...A poet of paws and tails. :)

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  7. Perfection....paws marked in cement are true poetry!!!love it Shay

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  8. If we had a dog running the country right now, think of how much better off we'd be.

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  9. Just what we all needed to read! Lovely, and thank you.

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  10. I adore the title and your poem has made me smile, Shay. A dog with funky feet! A magnificent mutt indeed!

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  11. Oh that poetry could always be as perfect!

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  12. Dogs just rock it for their canine sensibilities - the world's rules be damned! LOL - Great fun for the poetic amusement Shay :)

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  13. Oops should not have been so glib asking how you were going to top the hair wax poem .... this comes quite close. Woof.

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  14. Dogs are sovereigns of their own kingdoms, aren't they? This is such a beautiful ode to their indisputable freedom. ❤

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  15. "poet!
    i shout
    at the magnificent
    mutt."

    Yes! So good.

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