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Oracle of the Dog
Sled dogs in Greenland, by Ciril Jazbec. Oracle of the Dog Vincent Starrett . . . . . . . . . . . . Love me some mystical dog poems! (Also, photos of stoic-looking sled dogs.) Happy wintry Friday,...
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Whatever a man seeks
A dog in Iceland. Creative Commons license, via photopin.com. “As soon as he halted the dog came fawning upon him. She stuck her slim muzzle between his hard paws, resting it there and wagging her tail...
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Dog Days
Source: Flickr user nickweinrauch, PhotoPin, Creative Commons license. Dog Days Michael Klein Franz Schubert, in this life, is six weeks old in the body of a chocolate-brown labrador who reminds me...
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My Dog Practices Geometry
© Ulrika Kestere. My Dog Practices Geometry Cathryn Essinger I do not understand the poets who tell me that I should not personify. Every morning the willow auditions for a new role outside my bedroom...
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Compassion for animals
“Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.” — Arthur Schopenhauer, The Basis...
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Dog Music
Paul McCartney and his sheepdog Martha. Dog Music Paul Zimmer Amongst dogs are listeners and singers. My big dog sang with me so purely, puckering her ruffled lips into an O, beginning with small,...
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No muzzle to hold me
Kino at White Sands, NM, by moominsean. Creative Commons license. Retired Greyhound, I Natalie Kusz Nights, the house grows larger, open floor widening toward gray indistinct walls. Here, then, I find...
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Retrieving is uncertain work
Creative Commons license. Lab Lines Robert Benson Retrieving is uncertain work. Fetch him bright fragrant feathers dead, He grins and pats his gratitude. But barf a scented toad beside his bed, He...
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Dog Dreaming
Source: Flickr user pure9. PhotoPin, Creative Commons license. Dog Dreaming W.S. Merwin The paws twitch in place of chasing Where the whimper of this seeming-gentle creature Rings out terrible, chasing...
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In the eyes of a dog
“Man finds in the eyes of a dog the things he looks for.” — Independent People, Halldór Laxness
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