Enormously Touching Reunion From a Dog’s Point of View
We just got back from a few days at UC Berkeley. The weather was perfect, we went on a dream hike with our son, I am swooning with happiness. When we picked him up at our dogsitter’s, Eli seemed glad to see us.
Dogsitter
Our dogsitter knows
just enough
to wonder
why
the dog
looks
so
guilty.
From a Cat’s Point of View …
Here in the piano room,
I purr on a lap.
This is my lap,
no one else’s lap,
mine.
Spring Evening at the Dog Park
Warm yellow light
spills over all of us,
dogs and humans.
When Eli Turned Two
Before, as if he hadn’t heard,
my memo slowly fluttered down. The words
which bid him to obey
would float above his brain all day.
Poop Patrol
Eli is hunching near the fence
on a patch of grass
by the third tree
from the tool shed.
TV Cooking Show
I’m going to come out of the closet and say I don’t think I’m the only one who stays up late to watch Chopped. Am I right?
Six Words About the Dog Park
I’m not known for being concise. But that’s exactly what I admire: a few brush strokes to suggest a cat sleeping, a few ingredients to make a meal, a few words to tell a story.
Grooming
Slow down. Be present. Observe one facet of your life.
Dog Tree Apostrophe
An apostrophe poem is one in which the poet talks to an inanimate object.