Human, I have some words Some words I know are tough to say So I’ll go slow You are my human after all And regardless I love you. I just think it’s unfair That you leave me at home That you go out for ages…

ANIMALS UNDERSTAND   I know I will never see . . . One as lovely as thee. With your wet nose and wagging tail, Your antics, in my laughter make me wail.   You want to share my food . . . And I want…

A pup on the sofa Today’s its birthday It doesn’t care, but happy birthday Pup on the sofa Smiles at the camera It just wants to eat the cake Mom put on the counter A pup on the sofa A moment so pristine The minute…

They walked overnight Through the bellows of the storm, Tails held high and noses down The stoic pups made not a sound For Winter marched upon the land Like soldiers with a battle plan And there stood the icy craggy crown Of an invader to…

She bounces around like a Tigger, full of energy and fun doggy vigor. Her eyes shine with smart laughter and sweet loving trust as she brings her favorite toys out to play. She will do most anything for a treat or bite of food, and…

She didn’t think twice, If I deserved all the love, That she was sending my way, That she was spending so generously. She loved me for who I was, Why do I need a mirror when I have her, Her eyes reflecting my face in…

the dog was not mine but it was my friend listened only to its owner and to me the dog would put its paws on my shoulders look me in the eye and lick my face and I would stand my ground, five years old,…

I’m sanitising the  sideboard where I lay my paper down I’m bleaching the steps at the front and back doors I’ve got bottles of disinfectant ready for murder, if I must I’m keeping a squeaky clean house because it’s the Season of the Cane Toad…

In the Pythagorean landscape The dog dug up the lettuce Scattering soil over the terracotta tiles Nothing so mystical to be unattainable And yet still so mighty to be venerable Protected from the rain My spider’s web caught each drop and rerouted it. By undoing…

    She was thirteen, I was six We’d gotten her through an infection Still the days of putting your dog out the front door To patrol the streets nightly She’d jump the fence anyway Still the days of no vets Unless the beast somehow…