Says the Tree in the Dog Park
I’m just a small tree
trying to be
healthy and green and alive.
Grief
A poem with a rhyme pattern of AAB, CCD, EEB, FFD.
Black / White
After talking with my friend who was snowed-in back east, I met a brilliantly white Akita at the dog park.
O the Wind Blows
A mask poem from the point of view of something that cannot speak.
God, Dog and Teddy
God came by early this morning on his rounds,
carrying his latte.
He saw you sleeping on your blanket.
Dog Explorer Uses His Nose
Sniff, o, sniff—what glorious fumes
coats the world beyond these rooms?
DETECTIVE DOG
Write a poem based on a selected noun.
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 Thoughts on a Saturday Night
A mask poem–in which the poet becomes an animal or object and speaks from that perspective.