Fall 2002
Here are the winning entries from Mac's Fall 2002 Dog Poetry Contest! The theme of this contest was "Obsessions and Possessions," encouraging you to share some of the more unusual habits and drives of your dogs. We hope you enjoy these poems as much as we did!
First Place: "The Sock Monster Under the Bed"
by Sarah Leslie
Second Place: "Portrait of Old Dog"
by Taylor Graham
Third Place: "Richard's Garnet Gizmo"
by Richard Brooks
The Sock Monster Under the Bed
by Sarah Leslie
Socks disappearing every day
Off the floors, out of hampers
The sock monster finds a way
After chewing holes to make sure
One more sock is gone
The monster piles them under bed
To help make a cozy home
Every night the monster comes
And eats a needed sock
Morning comes and the faithful dog
Wakes with the clock
Jumping on the bed to let them know
Where each sock corpse lays
Amazingly she finds each one
And watches it all day
The next night when the monster comes
She'll be ready for him
No sock monster will get her socks
Until she puts holes in them!
Copyright © 2002 by Sarah Leslie
Portrait of Old Dog
by Taylor Graham
He's reached his golden
hours, who lies here on his priceless spine
thanks to the best veterinary medicine
money could buy
for a hero who's saved
a hundred tennis balls in his time.
This new green fuzzy one
meant for back-and-forth
courting, this ball
the sweet young bitch his love
covets from between his paws
as he lies at my feet
a lion in his sober golden
grayness, his vigilant ears
Copyright © 2002 by Taylor Graham.
Richard's Garnet Gizmo
by Richard Brooks
My Giz is a whiz
He's best at magic
things disappear
Aginer and dentures
shoes, bags and plastic
all things are eaten
without any katsup
no matter how crafty
we are at hiding
he seeks 'til he dines
the Vet just keeps laughing
all of the time
your dobie is fine
it'll just take time.
Copyright © 2002 by Richard Brooks.
