Painting by Kellie Oliphant-Burns
Bark: A Polemic
Bark is what us dogs do here in Dogtown
also shit on sidewalks
door mats porches trails
wherever new shoes walk fearless.
Bark is what us dogs do here in Dogtown
it’s a dog’s life
we can’t live without you.
Mirror you we are you.
Beneath your foot or on the garage roof.
You teach us speech bark bark
for biscuits we dance for you.
You push us thru hoops
& see our eyes as your eyes
but you got the guns the gas the poison
all of it.
Bark is what us dogs do here in Dogtown.
David Meltzer
Posted over on Poems & Poetics
***Nothing new under the sun; only a matter of perspective it seems. Several years ago Palmer posted a bit of Dog Poetry written by his sister Janet. I countered with a couple of dog poems using the POV of my mutt, Taffy. Dog Poetry seemed to be the pervue of Palmer and gang, and now lookee here, Mr. Meltzer tried his hand at it too. Glenn Buttkus
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