This poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

Dog Barking at the Moon, Joan Miró
by Alan Elyshevitz

This poem was published in  The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

O! Possum
by Mary Beth O’Connor

It’s the season of slow mammals
awakening from the icy grip of depressed winter,

This poem was published in  The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

My Dog Barks In Dreams
by Mary Beth O’Connor

My dog barks in dreams,
chasing rabbits, bears . . . 
He sucks up the carpet
snuffling the ground, the trail.

This poem was published in  The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

Granddaughter
by Michael Milburn

She has a way 
of shaking her hands
around her waist
that reminds me 

This poem was published in  The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

Sleeping Dogs
by Wendy Taylor Carlisle

“Let’s let sleeping dogs tell the truth.”
– Forrest Gander

The dogs sleep and dream of kibble and walks and chasing a ball. 
The dogs do not mention what they know of sit! and stay! and come here! 

This poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

Hudson Trains Me
by Kristin Camitta Zimet

H. Lovewoof wears his Dogness
like baggy jeans and mudcaked 
barnboots that embarrass me.

This poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

Obedience
by Kristin Camitta Zimet

Chew toy, squeaker dug out, 
she sags on the forbidden bed, 
ears limp, chin rubbed bare,  
and does not hear me beg. 

This poem was published in The Avenue Journal, Issue X: Dogs

The Dog
by Suzannah Kolbeck

His large heart roars its murmur, grey muzzle 
Marking the decline, bony spine 
Tracking hesitant paws
As they creep his worn body to bed
To turn around, scrape