I only found the online workshop today and realised it is too late to send her my connection poem, this month's assignment. So instead, in honour of my trip up north to Maun for the International Poetry Festival, I am posting my poem here.
Hope you like it! See you next week when I get back unless you're heading for Maun too!
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I Have a Small Dog, Like Paris Hilton
I have a small dog
Like Paris Hilton.
It doesn’t look like her
Or even like her dog.
Mine is stocky
And would never sit in a purse.
She’s not like that
My dog.
She likes to run after weasels
And bark at small children
And see them burst from the gate in fright.
She likes to smother her body in cow dung.
Paris Hilton wouldn’t like that.
Mine wouldn’t accept a name like
Tinkerbell.
She would turn her head away in
Disgust and embarrassment
With me.
Paris Hilton’s dog is very like
Paris Hilton.
I guess my dog is
Very like me.
5 comments:
Oh I love it, Lauri! My dog (if I ever had a dog instead of cat, although that's unlikely as I'm a cat person) would definitely not be a Tinkerbell and would also prefer to roll about in the mud!
Judy (South Africa)
That is so cute. Thank God - a small dog with integrity, not swayed by the lure of designer handbags and kitschy names. Love it!
Oh wonderful! I love your poem, and the marvellous image of your dog, (and you!). We have a special Botswana-dog just like that, too!
Hope you enjoyed the Maun poetry festival, looking forward to hearing more about that :)
You really are from Botswana ?
Wow... such an exotic country :)
Thanks guys!
Yes Karen I had a lovely time in Maun and yes am going top blog about it. Too bad you couldn't manage to get over. Next time.
Darjole- yes I live in Botswana, doesn't seem exotic just feels like home.
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