Celebrate National Poetry Month with Playful Dog Poems

Did you know April is National Poetry Month? I thought it would be fun to celebrate by sharing some of my embarrassing poetry. Do you write silly poetry to your pets? I know I’m not alone on this. (and yes I’m looking forward to Oz the Terrier’s bad poetry contest this year 🙂 )

My (Bad) Poems to Laika

Who loves silly dog poems? I am by no means a poet – but that isn’t stopping me from writing poems to my dog anyway. Here are some of my poems inspired by Laika, mostly fueled by her insane adolescent phase that is gladly over:

What Is It?

Why?

Zoomies

(Actual) Great Poems About Dogs

One of my favorite blogs is Life With Dogs & Cats; I could read Susan’s funny haikus all day long. If you’re looking for some funny pet humor you won’t be disappointed.

And if by chance you’re looking for something sentimental there’s the classic “A Dog Named Beau” by Jimmy Stewart. He read it on the Johnny Carson show years ago, and it even made Carson tear up. (I’m not going to embed it because I’ve been told many times it just makes people cry – so probably not a great idea to watch at work)

Some of My Favorite Dog Poems

If you love that last poem check out Francesco Marcuiliano’s books I Could Chew on This : And Other Poems by Dogs and I Could Pee on This : And Other Poems by Cats. They’re the funniest books I’ve read in ages. (and both were New York Times Bestsellers)

To learn more about Marcuilaino and how he got started with his humorous pet poetry listen to this great interview on NPR.

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The Barks and Bytes blog hop is hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs and Heart Like a Dog. It’s for anyone and everything – so join in, have some fun, and and share what’s on your mind. And celebrate National Poetry Month by writing some pet inspired poems and sharing them with your pet – they’ll be super impressed and flattered by your skills. I promise.