Rilke's Fear Of Dogs - A poem by Jeffrey Harrison


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Jeffrey Harrison - Rilke's Fear Of Dogs

had less to do
with any harm
they might inflict
than with the sad
look in their eyes
expressing a need
for love he felt
he couldn't meet.
And so he looked
away from them.


He was too busy
for such obligations,
waiting instead
for angels to speak,
looking up at heaven
with an expression
they couldn't help
responding to,
try as they might
to avoid his gaze.

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Poet: Jeffrey Harrison Poem: Rilke's Fear Of Dogs Volume: Feeding the Fire Year: Published/Written in 2001 Comment 1 of 1, added on July 25th, 2008 at 7:24 PM. spear of adam s trust welcome my son where have you been,welcome to the historic war, war of pens, wra of games so i just come to tell you that here i stand once again when you been hovering around angelsplease link to my centerblog.net that is zobairi8zebra.centerblog.net zoubairi hassan from Morocco More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Rilke's Fear Of Dogs, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Jeffrey Harrison with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Jeffrey Harrison Poem: Rilke's Fear Of Dogs Volume: Feeding the Fire Year: Published/Written in 2001 Last read: Jul 25 2008, 7:24PM Viewed 488 times. Added on July 25th, 2008 at 7:24 PM.

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