DOG PARK TREE APOSTROPHE
by April Halprin Wayland
Hello, Tree.
Thank you for your upright trunk—
it’s fabulous to sniff.
I love that I don’t have to beg,
when I line you up against my leg
…..and lift.
Poetry Prompt:
There aren’t many trees in our dog park, and I was thinking about how grateful Eli must be to the few that are there.
Now it’s your turn. An apostrophe poem is one in which the poet talks to an inanimate object. Write your own apostrophe poem. Write with joy!
6 Responses
Hee hee! April, we dropped out dogs off at the kennel last night and just sighed as we pulled out. My husband said, “Breaking up the pack is hard.” This is funny, and now I want to write a couple of these! (Our last dog’s name was Eli too.) Happy Poetry Friday! a.
Hi, April. You’ll have to stop by Author Amok this weekend. I have two back-to-back dog//poem posts.
I love the rhythm in your poem. Adorable!
I love dog poems. I’m really a cat person so I think I like dog poems more than dogs in person.
I just finished reading the whole blog page of these and I love the fact that each one is so different from the others! What do I remember? The “memory lapse/optimist” line, the line about launching a cheeseburger with the tail, the cleverness of the baby’s tooth being a canine, the shuffling the dog’s head between your hands, the poor peed-on tree…Am looking forward to more of these!
Amy–your last dog was Eli, too? No way! Laura–I just stopped by–what a wonderful table you’ve spread for us about poets and their habits. And it’s nice to meet Sam!
Admin…thank you, thank you, thank you.
Too funny!