Procrastination
PROCRASTINATION by April Halprin Wayland Ancient dog circled in the grass round and round to tamp it down I am dog circling, too round and round as all dogs do round my homework, round my desk finally, working then I rest. published in Cricket Magazine December 2002 also published in my novel in poems, GIRL COMING […]
World Wide Wag
… if your big goofy paws
were seen racing on air …
BATHING OUR DOG metaphor & simile
My sister and I are pushing a big aluminum tub
across our brick patio to the grass
sounding like a tank rolling towards war.
Dog and Master metaphor
What if the whole story is a metaphor?
Digging Dog simile
Practicing poetry “scales.”
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.