[New-Poetry] poor spaniel... from the Writer's Almanac

[Anny Ballardini]

 Lyrical

by Joseph Millar<http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,gg4b,dv,7bfj,hnmm,3hrs,fxvj>

The spaniel next door yaps at the sparrows,
he yaps at the crows and the mailman,
yaps at the compost pile and the sunflower,
yaps at the rain and the sky. He yaps
at the steps leading down to the creek
where the flax plants bloom high as my waist
and blue flowers force their way up
though small stones the color of night. He
yaps at the garbage truck's back-up beeper,
iron bell song of the priest and bridegroom,
song of the lone ship, song of the train,
song of the big waves rolling and breaking
over the western reefs. He yaps at the rosebush,
yaps at the fence, song of the sidewalk cracked
in half, the wine bottle resting against the curb,
the neighbor who doesn't come home.

"Lyrical" by Joseph Millar, from *Fortune*. © Eastern Washington University
Press, 2007. Reprinted with permission. (buy
now<http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,gg4b,dv,hmdt,kujz,3hrs,fxvj>)



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star!
Friedrich Nietzsche
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