This poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
No One Said⁽⁶⁾
by Doug Van Hooser
You will have a series of twelve-year marriages:
Continue readingThis poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
No One Said⁽⁶⁾
by Doug Van Hooser
You will have a series of twelve-year marriages:
Continue readingThis poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
In Memory Of A Dog That Loved The Beach But Not The Waves
by Sharon Cote
A sunset tide at times still tries to seize me,
when all my waves of breath are tugged
by shifting gravities of love and loss,
and I can taste the salty crash.
This work was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
Man’s Best Friend
by Sammy T. Anderson
“Good golly, Dolly, do life be havin’ meaning?”
Woof, said the dog.
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Supermoon
by Kathleen Kimball-Baker
Because he is so pale
I can see his shape even in the dark.
He rises from the warm straw
bedding of his house, shakes dust from his fur,
and sways, still drowsy.
This poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
The Dog Thinks About Percy And EO Wilson And Refrigerator Magnets
by Brooke Herter James
This work was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
Raise The Woof
by Sherri Cook Woosley
8:25 A.M. Adoption Day.
Inside the reception area of the yoga studio, Lola double-checked the folder for dog applications. Most people filled out the contract online now, a reminder of how long Lola had been doing this. Technology changed, but the need never did.
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What A Dog Knose
John Delaney
Things have less to say
but more to tell
when they spell
in smell.
This work was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
Black Release
by William K. Burke
Ridley was delivering the latest installment of his theory of everything. That month he was into biodynamic energy. “It bridges the stars, Greenie! We’re all connected. Everything, everywhere, and everybody!”
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Watchdog
Kathy O’Fallon
This poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs
dog gods
by Kathy O’Fallon
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