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Poet: Raymond Carver (Raymond Carver Art)
Poem: Your Dog Dies
Poem of the Day:
Dec 24 2000
Comment 35 of 35, added on September 5th, 2009 at 3:29 AM.
I really enjoyed it. You have done a great job.
I am from Arabia and learning to read in English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Free online share trading: some finance lists provide on however tight market within the world corporation, in which a week may determine even a several sellers."
With respect :), Greer.
Greer from Argentina
Comment 34 of 35, added on April 1st, 2009 at 5:13 PM.
Here's the poem he was talking about:
< dog farts >
a few years back
we had a little brown poodle
koko
(named after the cartoon clown)
now our black lab
could fart large
it took him thirty seconds
to lay one down
but koko was queen
her tiny ones
had the strength of nerve gas
their smell
made people jump up and run away
it wasn't something they thought about
but a reflex
like jerking your hand off a hot stove
one moment
you'd be sitting and reading
and the next
you'd be across the room
wondering what happened
(until your nose caught up with you)
- - -
Ray Heinrich from United States
Comment 33 of 35, added on December 23rd, 2008 at 8:41 PM.
Sleepy,
Why are you so bothered by MeMe's choice to use the word "mitigate"? It is in the dictionary after all.
And you tell her not to think too hard. What is poetry for if it doesn't make you think or feel anything? You don't need to be a professional intellectual to have an opinion.
Why do you think this is a good, well written poem? Maybe you envy MeMe because you can't articulate yourself.
Cheers to Carver.
joese from United Kingdom
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I really enjoyed it. You have done a great job.
I am from Arabia and learning to read in English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Free online share trading: some finance lists provide on however tight market within the world corporation, in which a week may determine even a several sellers."
With respect :), Greer.
Greer from Argentina