Violin/Bird metaphor
This is the first time I understood the power of metaphor.
Snake metaphor
Here’s a poem I wrote in 2010.
I’ve just spent an hour rewriting it.
Digging Dog simile
Practicing poetry “scales.”
Birds metaphor
I have a friend who works in the TV biz. I started writing a poem about how tired she was after such long hours.
These Dog Poems
It’s always fun to throw an unanswered question or two into a poem.
What Not to Name Your Dog
A PHP (place holder poem) that is so true!
What I Hope Will Never Happen
If you’re my agent,
you tell me my writing stinks
and not to call you
or email
or send you a box of chocolates
or take you to see another Broadway show
ever again.
Hello, I’m Buster and I’m a Chase-a-holic. Poetry Friday!
No matter how busy the street is,
how fast the squirrel is,
or how loudly my person screams,
once I started, I couldn’t stop.
There Once Was a Dog in an Encounter Group
Sometimes you just have to take what spills on the page. I call these PHPs or Place Holder Poems.
Says the Tree in the Dog Park
I’m just a small tree
trying to be
healthy and green and alive.