A perfect study of black and white: "All or nothing at all".
Lively terrier
Your life has no shades of grey
All is black and white.
CBH 1-15-06
Oh handsome breed of Queen's joy
the famous Corgi dog
The wagging tailed goose-hound
such a trail you've trod
From low and menial work dog
to the stables of Queen E.
The even tempered herder-
become celebrity.
So here's to you Welsh Corgi
a pint to you we'll raise
A half-pint of a work dog
Deserving of our praise!
C. B. Harner
Who says good Corgi poetry cannot be found (Jimmers?)
It may be true that corgis do not have tales, but they once did... as their history sights that they were
"docked" in Merry 'Ol England.
seconds at a time. Catch? I don't think so.
Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel who's --oh
joy-- actually scared. Sniff the wind, then
I am off again: muck, pond, ditch, residue
of any thrillingly dead thing. And you?
Either you're sunk in the past, half our walk,
thinking of what you can never bring back,
or else you're off in some fog concerning
--tomorrow, is that what you call it? My work:
to unsnare time warp (and woof!), retrieving,
my haze- headed friend, you. This shinning bark,
a Zen master's bronzy gong, calls you here,
entirely, now: bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow.
Mark Doty
The Belled Cat's Lament
Oh damn the bell she hung on me
Cursed woman of the house
It doth thwart my every plan
For bird, chipmunk and mouse.
I wait at bush and crouch to leap
On unsuspecting prey
And as I spring, the bell doth ring
My morsel- gets away.
CBHarner 10-28-04
