dog lovers everywhere

[Michael Bell]

Hi all you dog lovers, I like to try my hand at the odd poem and hope this srikes a cord with some of you.

A CANINES VOW
I will love you without question,
If you feed me without fail.
I will be forever faithful,
Greet you wildly, wag my tail.
Fetch your Times and fetch your slippers,
Sit down quietly by your feet.
For as long belovered master,
That you fill my bowl with meat.

I will answer when you call me,
Learn new tricks, and catch a ball.
Chase the cats out of your garden,
Give my life to guard your hall.
Walk beside you into danger,
Sit and warm your favorite seat.
For as long beloved master,
That you fill my bowl with meat.

Mike :unsure:

[Debbie C]

I should copy it and post it at the dog pound

[Alysia]

Hi Mike,
it is beautiful :thumbsup:
I must say that dogs are even better, they are so loyal not only if you give them food.
I wonder what poem can be written to cat's lovers, maybe somthing like that:
(sorry if my english is not correct enough for a "poem" :wink1: )

Even if you feed me without fail
fill my bowl with water and cat's delicacy food
stroke my fur in my chin and behind the ears
give me your best pillows to rest

I will never come to you when you call me
(unless I want something from you)
and dont be surprise if I scratch you suddenly
after sitting on your lap making my deep rrrrr

sorry, I have more important things to do
a lot a fur to take care of
enough sleep to catch
and 9 souls to save.

[Michael Bell]

Debra C, please do it would be nice to have an outlet for my poems, although I don't think many of the dogs would get it.
Michael

[Michael Bell]

Hi Alysia, your English is better than mine I think, and I love your poem. I did start one for cats which went,

I am a cat and that is that,
I do not mean to cut you flat, but I'm a cat.
You humans all must understand,
I never ask but just demand.
for I'm a cat.


I did not get much further so must dig out my note book and try to finish it.

[carriej22]

I wrote many poems for my boys when they left.


To my hounds in Heaven

To my sweet hounds in heaven, however might you be?
Are you lonely; are you afraid, do you even miss me?
They say that you are both in a better place now, happy and free!
But how can you be in a better place – when I think the best place is with me?

I will miss you both for as long as I live – and that is a promise true
For each and every single day, I am always thinking of both of you
No human children am I to bear; no happy little dancing, running, feet
Instead I raise children of a different kind – with fur, paws and sharp teeth

To lose you both so close together, has made my spirit so low
Why me, please no! What have I done? Why did they have to go?
So now I sit here, wondering how you fare – so solemn and alone
I only hope, and pray, and wish that I could just bring you home

But your home is in the sky now, that much I know for sure
As for two such sweet hounds, heaven is but an open door
But please, if you’re listening to me – as you both used to
Just be sure, that you’re watching over me, as I am looking up at you

-Carrie Goodfellow

I also made this for Freeman when he passed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/zygirl22/Agoodhound_zps8343a2e8.jpg

[pberggren1]

WOW!!!

You took my breath away Carrie! That is so beautiful. Tears are flowing now.......

[Alysia]

Hi Carrie,
you just broke my heart, it is so touching and painful :crying:
your writing IS amazing. wow. you are gifted.
your freeman is now free, wherever he is...

[mishb]

The same here - I was crying when it happened and am crying again now.

Not just for your Freeman and Kowalla - but for the loss of all that have gone before them.

Okay, some more lovely poems are needed :biggrin1:

[Michael Bell]

Carrie that is beutiful, my poems are usualy more comic as I find I am not good at serious stuff unless it involves my wife.
Michael

[Alysia]

Okay, some more lovely poems are needed :biggrin1:

Of course:
a "poem" for weggies lovers, (thanks Mike for the "frame"):

I do love you without question
cuz you support me without fail
I will be forever grateful
bless you warmly, wish you best.
learn new meds, "catch" the flares
listen to vents, info exchange
cry with tears, smile when LOLs
hug you all, I love you most :love:


p.s. my creativity is wild lately :blushing: ... side effect of the second round of rtx ? :unsure:

[pberggren1]

You are an excellent poet Alysia.

[NikkiNicole]

These are all beautiful. I am no poet. I am more of a long form writer, essays, short stories, long ones, etc. The last poem I wrote was for my Mom when she was in ICU before she died when I was 17. I think I dumped the last of my poetry skills out there because I had to read it at the funeral and it was oh so personal. But, thank you all for sharing. You're all quite wonderful.

[rebekah]

I cried when I read your post about your loss and again just now reading the poems. You have such a talent for writing, Carrie.

Thanks for sharing your poems, Michael and Alysia, they are great too. I wish I was was as talented as all of you are in writing. I used to be an okay writer, until I got involved in higher level chemistry courses, then everything I learned over the years in my english/writing courses went out the window.

[DJS]

Just had to add to the dog thread. My wife wanted a dog, so one year before she got sick, she found a Sheltie Puppie to buy. What a handful of energy. So when she was in the hospital for two and a half weeks with GPA, our 6 week old grand son was allowed to visit. I asked the nurse that if they allowed babies, would they let her dog come for a visit. She said as long as we had proof of her health, then security would escort me and the dog to the room for a visit. Here are a few photos of those two visits...
Just pretend there is an image here. I thought that I could upload an image like we did with our profile picture but no it looked like it required a address from the web so I uploaded a whole pile of images to photobucket.com but the dang image tool wouldn't let me cut and paste and I couldn't type all of that stuff without making a ton of mistakes. So I have to use 1,000 words to help you pretend there is an image here.
She was in a brand new hospital in Maple Grove, MN and they let me bring her black and white sheltie in for a visit to her room in ICU.

So that is it until I figure out how to put an image here.

I added a photo album showing hospital visitors. I never could get this image source to accept cut and paste

Dennis

[annekat]

I, too, found uploading an image was tricky, but it doesn't have to be from a url, you are given a choice between that and getting a pic from somewhere on your computer, in your photo files, on your desktop, or wherever. What I found out later is that there is a size limit for inserting a pic into a post, and I forget if is 100 or 80 megapixels. I don't even remember how I found that out. So I ended up having to reduce the size of the pic, which wasn't as easy as I thought it should be on my old Apple laptop. While in the photo editing program, iPhoto, I selected the pic and then had to go to File and then Export, and then it would let me resize it before exporting it to my desktop. From there, I could easily access it to insert it into a post. This may not help much at all if you have a different operating system, etc., but good luck, and I'd like to see those pics!