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Old 10-17-10, 07:59 PM   #1
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Default We were on about poems...

I wrote this one today:

Quiet day on a windswept field
Here I stand beside you, within this swaying grass
I picked this special spot for you
Where your games will forever last.

You’ll chase the playful scents along
As they ride upon the wind
And I will thank the Lord forever long
That I could call you friend.

You never once got mad with me
Even when I was at my worst.
And you loved me very faithfully
Though, we were strangers there at first.

The pride I felt when you learned my words
And reached out to shake my hand
Sit and stay and fetch the stick
You followed each command.

Whenever I walked through the door
You raced to give me greetings
But I long for the day where once again
We will reenact such meetings.

I embrace you for the final time, dear boy
Then I place you in the ground
Life demands that I should leave you now
But I think I’ll stick around.

The sound of our moment holds my ears
Yet… in the distant park
I hear a young man laughing…


…And that old familiar bark.


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Old 10-17-10, 08:04 PM   #2
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terrific stuff GR.
almost brought a tear to my eye
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Old 10-17-10, 08:27 PM   #3
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That is rather well done, GR. A moving tribute to a good friend.
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Old 10-17-10, 08:48 PM   #4
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That is rather well done, GR. A moving tribute to a good friend.
our german shepherd is great thankfully.

i sort of had our inevitable day in mind when i wrote this, also had in mind a couple of great dogs from when i was younger.

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Old 10-18-10, 02:42 AM   #5
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great and moving.

Quote:
I picked this special spot for you
Where your games will forever last.
I'll have to pick that special spot for mine in the near future

And anyone rembers lord Byrons Epitaph to a dog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph_to_a_Dog

love how he takes a swing at mankind
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Old 10-19-10, 08:37 PM   #6
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great and moving.



I'll have to pick that special spot for mine in the near future

And anyone rembers lord Byrons Epitaph to a dog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph_to_a_Dog

love how he takes a swing at mankind
I think Mark Twain said it best when he opined that if admission to heaven were based on merit, our dogs would go in and we would stay out.
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Old 10-19-10, 06:56 PM   #7
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I wrote this one today:

You’ll chase the playful scents along
Considering this, you have failed to specify playful scent, ie it could be presumed sweat, or sundry miscellaneous gasses.
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