If you read today’s poem ‘Death of An Old Dog’ earlier today and cameback to it again and thought the author’s name is different, you would be correct. I errantly assiged the poem to William Doreski when it was written by Nancy Henry.
Both poets are personal favorites of mine which is in part why the [...]
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An apology to William Doreski and Nancy Henry
Posted in Literature, National Poetry Month 2008, Poetry, Writing, tagged Nancy Henry, William Doreski on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
She lies down there to be sipped up by the dewy grasses
Posted in Literature, National Poetry Month 2008, Poetry, Writing, creative, tagged William Doreski on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Death of the Old Dog
It is time for the old dog to slip down
beneath the grass, to taste the sharp iron
of earth on her broad lolling tongue,
to yield the sap of her eyes to the blind worm
and her thick brown pelt to the cold roots
of the twisted Northern Spy behind the barn.
Her deep moans [...]
