Says the Tree in the Dog Park
I’m just a small tree
trying to be
healthy and green and alive.
Disciples at the Dog Park — what to cut?
In the dust of the park,
five dogs sit tightly around Tom,
who is standing,
holding a dried chicken chip,
as if it were a gold medallion.
Lovebirds Kissing in the Dog Park
I don’t even know which is their dog …
Try a Trimeric Poem!
Walk the perimeter, the trainer says.
You’re the leader, the one to watch.
Eli will look up every now and then
to find you.
Dog Park Haiku
Warmth on my leg—thefirst sign of spring …
Hello, Tree, Says the Dog
An apostrophe poem, also called a poem of address.
Separated at Birth
Too long? But it still makes me laugh!
Evening in Paris … in the Dog Park
We are lucky
to have not one
but eight Eiffel Towers
linked by wires
marching over the dog park.
Adolescent Dog — alliteration, assonance, and consonance
You curl,
a cooked piece of pasta
on the round rug,
squeaky panda under your paw
Spring Evening at the Dog Park
Warm yellow light
spills over all of us,
dogs and humans.