tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124065142011-10-27T01:30:31.448-07:00Poetry, musings and sketches concerning the zen of being owned by dogsDan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1154386002583873082006-08-06T22:14:00.000-07:002006-08-06T08:29:14.366-07:00We sharpen our teeth, <br />Pounce with joy on tasty verse <br />Language is a bone!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-115438600258387308?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1154385902022414122006-07-31T15:41:00.000-07:002006-07-31T15:51:56.723-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3795/1050/1600/3Pixelchewing.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3795/1050/320/3Pixelchewing.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Big girl teeth are in! <br />Splinters rain on the carpet <br />No hiding antiques<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-115438590202241412?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1137629570562126182006-01-18T16:12:00.000-08:002006-02-03T19:53:48.400-08:00I remember how<br />you were not so fond of rain<br />cold drops on warm fur<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-113762957056212618?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1137629530446886812006-01-18T16:10:00.000-08:002006-01-22T17:48:38.766-08:00<a href="http://artpaw.com/nessie_scottie1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px;" src="http://artpaw.com/nessie_scottie1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />You went for a swim, <br />Though it was bitterly cold <br />nothing could stop you<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3795/1050/1600/nessie2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3795/1050/320/nessie2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-113762953044688681?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1137629389535065472006-01-18T16:09:00.000-08:002006-01-18T16:10:21.556-08:00<a href="http://artpaw.com/scottie_pic_a2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px;" src="http://artpaw.com/scottie_pic_a2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Red ball in my mouth,<br />A hidden talent revealed<br />Caught before it's dropped<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-113762938953506547?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1123798622603097152005-08-11T15:13:00.000-07:002005-09-29T05:39:35.253-07:00Remember his beach<br />Play between thunder and dusk<br />Heart, find your ocean<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">R. Swann</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-112379862260309715?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1122846814977737582005-07-31T14:52:00.000-07:002005-07-31T14:53:34.983-07:00Tiny paws aflight<br />Black, bittersweet spot of joy<br />Nessie's eagle child<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-112284681497773758?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1122514551650730672005-07-27T18:32:00.000-07:002006-07-31T15:56:44.630-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3795/1050/1600/Tommywideangle.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3795/1050/320/Tommywideangle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />He'll fetch and return<br />A dog in a scottie suit<br />Not wise, but all heart<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-112251455165073067?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1118803627802942062005-06-14T19:35:00.000-07:002005-06-15T18:17:48.573-07:00Home in the evening,<br />She greets me with less spunk<br />Her grey beard a slow smile<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111880362780294206?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1118596814689362332005-06-12T10:16:00.000-07:002005-06-13T06:44:40.370-07:00A curious leap,<br />Joyful bark and playful pounce<br />Not Amused, Fat squirrel?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111859681468936233?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1118541204031623762005-06-11T18:41:00.000-07:002005-06-11T18:53:24.043-07:00A hothouse orchid<br />Rubbing his belly sweetly<br />That's what you called him<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111854120403162376?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1118197079195632362005-06-09T19:25:00.000-07:002005-06-12T10:29:18.483-07:00My little black boy<br />Walk, play, sniff the universe<br />Remember your toys<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">-Becky</span><br /><br /><a href="http://artpaw.com/pinky2.jpg"><img src="http://artpaw.com/scottie_art.jpg" border="0" height="427" width="310" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111819707919563236?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1118196972524422972005-06-08T19:15:00.000-07:002005-06-08T08:06:20.123-07:00Sorrow blossoms on<br />A winter road. I chase him<br />Beyond the horizon<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111819697252442297?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1118196904342424422005-06-07T19:11:00.000-07:002005-06-07T19:15:04.350-07:00Beautiful black dog<br />In my kingdom of despair<br />Remind me of joy<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111819690434242442?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1114961163078119762005-05-01T08:25:00.000-07:002005-05-01T08:26:03.080-07:00Long day's journey home<br />carried by love, sleeping dogs<br />Travel fast and far<br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/scottiedog_sketch3b.jpg" alt="dogsketch" /><br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/scottie_dogsketch3.jpg" alt="dogsketch" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111496116307811976?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1114380192460117582005-04-29T15:01:00.000-07:002005-04-29T14:38:23.416-07:00She'll not let them stray<br />Wandering along the shore<br />Circle of yellow<br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/stella_beach.jpg" alt="Stella" /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/stella_sketch.jpg" alt="Stella" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111438019246011758?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1114614512348151112005-04-28T08:08:00.000-07:002005-04-29T14:39:42.220-07:00Dancing in mid air<br />Salty dog bites salty disk<br />Ocean waves applauding<br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/ellas-beach.jpg" alt="dogphoto" /><br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/bella_dogsketch1.jpg" alt="dogsketch" /><br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/bella_dogsketch2.jpg" alt="dogsketch" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111461451234815111?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1114380101063672932005-04-26T15:00:00.000-07:002005-04-27T05:25:25.870-07:00Fifteen paws on sand<br />One hangs in the air lightly<br />Making him special<br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/atti_beach.jpg" alt="Atticus" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111438010106367293?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1114379849090084682005-04-25T14:55:00.000-07:002005-04-27T05:25:05.926-07:00Small Black legs churning<br />crashing waves, and undertow<br />too much sand and sea<br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/nessie_beach2.jpg" alt="Example" /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/scottie_sketch1.jpg" alt="Nessie Beach" /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/scottie_sketch2.jpg" alt="Nessie Beach" /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111437984909008468?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406514.post-1114379727629943712005-04-24T14:49:00.000-07:002005-04-25T06:09:57.626-07:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Biting salty foam</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rough morning waves splash wildly</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tasting endless sea</span><br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/nessie_beach1.jpg" alt="Nessie Beach" /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/scottie_drawing1.jpg" alt="Nessie Beach" /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /><img src="http://artpaw.com/scottie_drawing2.jpg" alt="Nessie Beach" /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12406514-111437972762994371?l=poetrydog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Collins (Atticusworks)noreply@blogger.com0