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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

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0 posted 2015-02-11 09:52 AM

A lazy lolling tongue
sliding out the side
of smiling jowls.
Four paws flopping
in the air whilst
squirm scratching
a back in the grass.
A carefree snort-sneeze
into the breeze
on a dog day afternoon.
Then shaking it off
with nose aloft
to catch the daily news.
Head cocked hearing
the Headlines:
Newborn Kittens Mews!

LGR©2/11/15

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2015-02-11 11:34 AM

Creatively done, Lori, so much so that I almost hear that "snort-sneeze."

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2015-02-11 09:41 PM

Thanks Jerry, I can't remember which of the many dogs I have known over my lifetime always sneezed after it'd rolled around on it's back. Apparently I was reminiscing. It has been many years since I have had a house dog. ~L

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2015-02-14 10:52 AM

Oh, how absolutely lovely! I adore every woofle of it, and although I don't know that I love one part more than another, but I just have to comment on a "dog day afternoon" and "Head cocked hearing the Headlines: Newborn Kitten Mews!" But then there's the four paws flopping in the air and then the snort-sneeze and the lolling tongue and the smiling jowls, then the shaking it off with nose aloft to catch the daily news! OK, my favourite part is the whole poem! Huggles to memories of Duke, whichever one he is epitomizing of all your doggy dogalogs!

Owl

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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4 posted 2015-02-14 11:02 AM

Thanks for the read! I thought you might enjoy it. Funny the things we remember like yesterday and then the other stuff we can't remember to save our lives. doggone it! ~L

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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a 'Universalist' !

5 posted 2015-02-16 11:19 AM

really good one !!

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

6 posted 2015-02-16 12:56 PM

I love this so much, your visuals are picture perfect and it's kind of easy, breezy, wet tongue dog slobber good on ya, Lori. Yay!!!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

7 posted 2015-02-16 02:52 PM

Thanks Bruce and Blues!
I think all the cute doggie pictures I have been seeing on facebook kinda got to me.~L

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

8 posted 2015-02-18 04:53 AM

love, love, love this Lori

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

9 posted 2015-02-18 06:02 AM

Hey thanks for the big smile and clapping! What a great way to start my day! I was hoping you would read it. I had a feeling you might like it. Thanks for taking the time to let me know. ~L

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