Poetry: Barking dogs - by Nol K. Martin-tungpalan

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by Nol K. Martin-tungpalan

Created on: June 15, 2008

The night was ominously still
A gruff bark from the distance
Sent ripples through the sky
I wondered what it meant
Then another bark followed by another
What disturbed the distant barker?
Why did others respond to his?
Like a wave it started at one end of town
And ended at my end
Then silence
I took a breath
Then a cacophony of barking exploded
I pulled the covers over my head
I held my breath and tightly shut my eyes
I wished for silence again

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Poetry: Barking dogs

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by Linda Ann Nickerson

PRACTICALLY FURNITURE
Our sweet retriever, we concur,
Is practically furniture.
In rays of sun,
She comes undone,
And ever sleeps
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by Ali Weetly

I hear a bark, I see the beast,
I turn but fear has taken hold.
I try to run and get away
But now my blood runs so cold.
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by Adam Smith

Walking through the silent night

When all of the sudden

Something gives me a fright

It is a bark not so menacing in
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by Jon Coe

My neighbor owns a lovely beast
it's golden brown and likes to feast
He eats rawhide bones as big as cats
and chases birds
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by Nol K. Martin-tungpalan

The night was ominously still
A gruff bark from the distance
Sent ripples through the sky
I wondered what it meant
Then another