What Not to Name Your Dog
A PHP (place holder poem) that is so true!
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.
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.
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 …
Wag, wag, wag.
Instructions Before Leaving
Don’t taste them.
Don’t tear them.
Just try on and wear them.