Stray dog
I'm lost, i'm gone i cannot be found
wandering alone searching for a bone
lamp posts barely illuminates
disgusting sores by past decays
from where i am there is no home
i could go back where i belong
if there was one but there is none
dog-tired and smelly! I am forsaken..
perhaps it is because i am rotten? (*sighs)
passers by whisper..every dog has its day..
but they are not dogs how can they say?
so i kept on sniffing and treading
busy scratching i did not see it coming!
2007-11-10 11:58:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Honestly, the poem could portray a description of a vagabond (homeless person). He feels lost and the poverty life is taking its toll on him. He/She sites the fact that the life he is living has decoyed him batheless, he is smelling the stank and feels rotten inward. His mind is even displaying the mental anguish, as he feels passerbys are staring, whispering, judging him and the street lights make him feel calm in a dark world. He considers himself a dog. Sores festering from lack of personal hygiene. What didn't he see coming? Death? A ride? Change in course?
Is it morning where you are at? You must be on the otherside of the map?
2007-11-10 12:44:24 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course this poem can have metaphysical meanings and refer to a homeless person, but you've asked at least one question about dogs and so I'm going to consider that the poem is really about a dog.
I'm also going to answer your question: Something good happened. A good Samaritan or Animal Rescue saw the sick, lonely creature. They rescued it, gave it medical care and love and brought it back to health. Then, a loving family adopted it. Eventually, the dog grew to trust its family. When a child was born, the dog attached itself to the baby. One day, the baby began to run a high fever. The dog warned the family, they rushed the baby to the hospital just in time to save its life. So, by saving the dog's life, he/she repaid the family by saving the life of their youngest member.
2007-11-11 08:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are a writer. There is a line I'd change: lamp posts barely illuminate. But that is a great poem. I think you are on your way to becoming a poet that will make her mark. It is because you make us feel that which we see before us and usually ignore. We've all seen that poor lost mutt. But you tell us not to look away. Rather, you tell us to put ourselves into the poor forsaken dog's skin. Amazing. Terrific job!
2007-11-11 07:33:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
needs to be polished, but this is an excellent poem!
I felt that the stray dog's experiences could serve as a metaphor of strayed or out-cast life of a person.
2007-11-11 02:36:28 · answer #4 · answered by soFresh&Clean 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, someone spent most of their life thinking about they're life and their problems, and they're greedy in a way and try to make their life better not anyone elses, then they loose someone close to them out of know where and they realise life to short.
2007-11-10 20:19:51 · answer #5 · answered by flawd_beauty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A car killed the dog?
2007-11-10 20:11:30 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reminds me of Lady and the Tramp... except the tramp didn't get killed by a car (That's what happened, right?), but otherwise... Cool!
2007-11-10 20:39:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the dog catcher got him?
2007-11-10 21:17:54 · answer #8 · answered by Mary S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hit by a car.
2007-11-10 20:40:03 · answer #9 · answered by autumlovr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are Very good at this and i like this.
2007-11-11 12:07:50 · answer #10 · answered by Can't Stop Smiling 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋