"MISCHIEF"

                                ~The Talented Paw of Ragamuffin~
                                    "Ragamuffin" they call me,
                                     the smallest of the family.
                                    A tiny prince is what I am,
                                    spreading love to all I can.
                                  I love cookies, treats and food;
                               when there's snacks I'm in the mood.
                               Find a sunbeam, snooze and snore.....
                                  wake up hungry, beg for more.
                                  Will anyone, come out to play?
                                  I'm always ready, Night or Day.
                               Fetch and Pounce and Tug and Tag...
                                   one end licks, the other wags.
                                 I'm cuddly, cute, sweet as can be;
                                But Innocent?? NO!, that's not me.
                                  "Mischief " is my niddle name,
                                  Yet they love me all the same.

~Title and Author Unknown~
                              When I'm done, release me, let me go...
                             You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears.
                     You can only guess how much you gave me in happiness...
                            Grieve for me a while, if you grieve you must
                             Then let your grief be comforted by trust...
                           And then when you must come this way alone,
                                 I'll greet you with a lick and bark,
                                        "Welcome home."

 
                                       ~Christine S. Lamb~
                                       I was coming apart.
                                     She had died so suddenly
                                       I was not prepared.
                                     Would I ever have been?
                                    I couldn't bear going home
           Or anywhere else that held a memory of how it was when we went there together.
                                 But I couldn't bear being so alone.
                              People were becoming frightend for me.
                               I was becoming frightened for myself.
                                      I missed her so much.
                                     I had loved her so much.
                                    I couldn't ever replace her.
                                        What was I to do?
                                       I needed something
                                    Maybe another could help
                                       It would be company
                            Maybe if it didn't remind me too much of her
                                 I could never love like I loved her.
                                   I'll just check the situation out
                                        See what's there...
                                            Oh, look
                                           How sweet
                                            How sad
                                           How skinny
                                     Bless this little one's heart
                                          So much pain
                                         So much terror
                                          So much need
                                          So much love.
                                           Hello, Jake
                                         Welcome home!

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