Have you ever wondered what goes on in a dog's brain? According to this short and completely entertaining book of "Classic Poetry by Dogs," quite a lot of erudite thoughts go through their heads. Of course, they do spend a lot of time rhapsodizing about stinky smells, flatulence, poo, and licking their hind ends, but then even the most poetic among them is still a dog. Many of the poems here are based on well known works and it was good fun to see if I could figure out which poems served as inspiration. Some of the poems are hilarious and others are sweet, some saucy and some poignant. All in all, a fun little book to dip into for dog lovers.
And then in honor of the clearly talented dogs in the book, I decided that my own dogs, being named Gatsby and Daisy, were very obviously literarily inclined as well. And so here are poems from my pack:
A lap,
A lap,
My kingdom for a lap.
And maybe a nap.
--Gatsby
Whose bowl this is I’m sure I know
So sad to see it empty though;
Bereft of kibble’s crunch and smell
Why must dinner come so slow?
Time moves slowly on hobbled feet.
But I wait and dream of meat
And hours to go before I eat,
And hours to go before I eat.
--Daisy
Thanks to the publisher for sending me the book for review and sincere apologies to William Shakespeare and Robert Frost.
This sounds like fun! I think I'll read it and send appropriate poems to all my dog-owning friends. ;-)
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Very cute book. And so is Daisy! A beautiful Schnauzer girl! Thanks for sharing this.
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