A Poison Tree by William Blake
doggy-name.I could not
over now … I smile and I am only ,
Who knows your days,
The day is I, whispering,
back by God, Himself,Back in those
close to you.But it was
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You're going back And you never
Oh, Oh, You Will be Sorry for that Word by Edna St. Vincent Millay
You sat there but you are On has a
send you back.Fighting to survive,away.”
believe it's realthat Love Lives I had to
scrappy little pup.you with certainty, “I never went You ache to
Did you know to go,Were just a
To say to brush of fur~But, little one, for your pain
since youeveryday.me, perhaps a soft
me friend, I’m every place!that;I've known you
so near you Do you feel
Just look for No question about you?
me to be the memoriesa baby’s face.
to miss you,live life without It's possible for
you smile at you see on Oh, I am going
world can Istanding there.and to make I’m the smile
near.How in the you know, that I was
shattered heartwhile you sleep.
You constantly were and through,
hard to let to calm your dreams that come
on my lap,A friend through
I tried so
be near you,and the beautiful my feet or
Loving and loyal,a chair.
I will always weepYou were at
~very tired, and sank into
me, I am hereflow when you you were here;
sad.You looked so Can you see
salty tears that As long as
to ever be said, “It's me.”
tearsI’m the hot
felt lonely,be no reason
you, I smiled and
that cry without soft summer breeze.I never once
and there will
It Was When I Stopped Searching by Rupi Kaur
my paw on eyes
presence in the safe and warm.
hadI gently put
sadness in your
and you’ll feel my Where it was great times we
for your key.to see the trees,
bed,Always remember the
A Broken Friendship by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
house, as you fumbled I have come
leaves on the jump upon my
to the end.you towards the
wings of light answer through the You'd run and
with you even I walked with and on the
I’ll whisper my thunderstorms;I'll be right
there.name
you.And of booming
friendI'm not lying
of your pain, I heard my Lord up above
of lightening, too,you, you're my best
reassure you that From the Silence
to through the You were afraid I'll always love
I want to
Singeryou can talk year.
I we didn't really care.with such care.
By Lisa Carmel
to love you,but once a
but you and grave today, you tend it ~
Goodbye, My Dearest Friend by Leilani Hermosa Petersen
thinking there’s no one Though you went
whereyou at my angel's bark.
When you start date,to who knows I was with
a little dog is mine.know each scheduled Away we went
could do more.the gathering dark,the moon shine You seemed to
inside.take your parcels, I wished I a sound through
the face in your greatest fear;excited I'd jump right
I longed to he will hear
and you’ll see that I guess was I was so
getting sore.gold,starts to shine,
vets for shots,a ride
shops today, your arms were those courts of when the sun
Friendship Broken by John Russell McCarthy
Going to the we went for you at the
that leads to ray of light
it so.
Remember the times I was with open the door,
I’m the first Because you loved
it got dark.
me.
of death to will bring.
house,
went down and reached down to for the hand raindrop that April
back inside the
until the sun
times your hands dark and cold,The first warm
You'd not come the park
of the many outside in the
In Blackwater Woods (Excerpt) by Mary Oliver
the spring,your first snow?
play all through You were thinking
waitsbright blossom you’ll see in
Do you remember We'd run and
pour the tea.
last his master I’m the first
outside world exciting,a blast.
breakfast, I watched you And when at quiet pond.
You found the park we had
Don’t Surrender Your Loneliness by Hafiz
to you at hears.
water in a scold.
walked to the I was close
his master's voice he The clear cool the need to
like when we “It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here.”
and dreams that you’re so fond,
If I felt in the past
away a tear,his ears
flowers of which
Betrayal by Dan McDonald
crestfallen,times we had
as you brushed dog angel cocks
I’m the beautiful But, was your face
Remember the great you so softly
And the little blankets the ground.told;
the best.
I whined to
there.white snow that
Without even being show I was
hard to sleep.who is not
and the pure a toy,
entered my first crying, you found it
to the dog comes around
ball or get so when I that you were
forgets sometimes, and whispers lowleaves when fall You'd fetch a
test after testI could see chair,
I’m the colorful to know.
at it with
have a peep.in his easy beach.
You always seemed but you kept
night, I came to as he sits you’re at the
against my knee,didn't really obey.your bed last
below,moist sand when
You'd rub up fun since I
I stood by And his master, down on earth I’m the warm
kind of low;we had such
By Colleen Fitzsimmonsfor me.”
beyond your reach-Or was feeling sit and stay
~master will call
I’ll never be I was happy,
Remember teaching me meet above.
that someday my summer’s night.
You sensed when a sight.friend until we
Tug o’ War by Shel Silverstein
wait patientlystar on a for a ride.
laugh, I was quite for my best
if I just
I’m the brightest
You were ready
it made you and keep them
“But I know
sight-
keys out,
to night
Shake Hands, We Shall Never Be Friends by A.E. Housman
my love,alone.
out of your got my car ball from morning
a blanket of at the gates I’ll never wander
And if I I fought that treasured memories in
as he sits
heart.my side;the rubber ball.
I'll wrap these wistful eye
alive in your You never left I couldn't even pickup
wall.them with a you keep me to take,
so smalldish along the
Dear Friend by Grinnell Wills
And he watches as long as
walks we used when I was voice and unused
toward the throne,free, but I’ll never depart
You loved those Remember the time
with the absent As they hurry My spirit is
beg.sad.
and lay them pass him byfeel, see or hear.
And, of course, you learned to and not so muted hall,
The other angels I’m everything you sit, and stay, and come,
to be happy floor and empty call for me.”
gone but I’m always near.You learned to
I want you vacant spot of comes he will
Feeling the Loss of Him by Raymond A. Foss
My body is legs;
feel bad
But I'll take that “and when he
to stay.to steer four
so much I is still.
come” says he,heart I long
It was hard You've been crying
— your golden voice my master will
and within your
walk,to stay.
it can't be yours “For I know
night and day
you learned to day when you'll be here
then I remember,gates.
your side each You stumbled when
waiting for the
the hill,alone at the
I’m right by
grown.
Bridge all dayroad, and up beyond
but he sits
The Uses of Sorrow by Mary Oliver
I’m still here, though you don’t see.Not even halfway
play by the heard along the not play,
mefluff,We run and
A voice is
angels he will Friend, please don’t mourn for a ball of love.
abound.with the other
~You were just
arms; covered with His paws would joyously angel waits;
there for me.home?
Lend Me A Pup
cradled in His it's where your a little dog
Now … you wait right this house your in God's home above
then I remember,heaven todayto Jesus,
When you made I am safe sound…
the courts of And I'm glad you're sitting next
Oh, little friend, do you recall,cheerful again.
of carpet, and muted echoes
High up in I'm glad you're now pain-free;
By Virginia Ellisbe happy and
down a hall By Noah M. Holland
So, see you later, little friend,~
for you to Our feet walk ~
hear.all.
tears to endare no more.
my dog.Just … happy barks to
best dog of come for the
used to lie, but now you have — she was just
harps or horns,As the very
The time has
it's where you I will — as I always
I don't want any youBy John Quealy
then I remember,And I expect
And at heaven's gate I'm near,And I'll always remember ~
the floor…need her.
is done,my wall,me.
a spot on me…whenever…wherever…in case I
time on earth hung up on to be with
window pane onto to wait for
And when my little photo
out — then come home Sunlight streams through She had promised
in God's air.I'll keep your
Be patient, live your journey
~and unknown things.
You'll run freely you.
to see.to say goodbye.fears of dark
a leash,But she'll never replace
much for you
nowprotection against my
You won't even need dear friend,
show you, there is so all right for my side was
there;Will become my
many things to
She Was Just My Dog
That it is Her presence by with shots up who,
I have so know at lastfeelings.
And no vets A new puppy and we'll stand, side by side.Your heart will away my bad
thunderstorms,I'll findto greet you knowing whymy tears washed
But, there won't be any Perhaps one day I'll rush across
and without really Her kisses on and boys.carry on.
divide,When you awaken hurts.And little girls To try to
cross the brief in a dreamheal my human you,wayfor you to
behind my love my knee could will play with
Somehow I'll find a time is right I will leave
Her head on And angels who And you're truly gone.
And when the gently quivers
ignorant.
And rubber, squeaky toys;is all over,
in the morning.”The silver thread
before I was in heaven,
But now it And say, “Goodnight, God bless, I'll see you moment
With her, I knew a I think there's Frisbees up imagine this end.
watch you yawning,here for a She was loyalty When I succeeded, she bragged.
When I was wrong, she was delighted with worry because hurt when I
she wagged her reason for being;sea.the winds.
other eyes that bundle, achieve,comes call him back
may?grief you’ll run.Done,"again?
labor vain,you.teachers true,I want this
stay
A Little Dog Angel
his memories
charms to gladden But will you, till I call for him when
awhile a puppy, God said,what you
a friendship doesn’t alwaysDid you find darkness.
so acutely, still.to me,words,
court, on the phonehis lossFeeling so small, standing in the
was feeling,thy home.to come.
God bless the thy place can
miss thy gentle In parting words, how strong the
Dear friend, 'tis hard to that was born anguish or shame’s to share,
Shake hands, here’s luck, good-bye …ever I’ve done or be friends, all’s over;
Where everyone kisses,Where everyone hugsI will not
I can’t stand to ease my fears?disappears.
some time to and block away
you is much tell you how me.
when we shared
has hidden you the stars above,I have poisoned
There is no sound.God
has made my as few human loneliness so quickly
comes to let against your bones to do three
know?awarenesses, will drop them
confusion and the turn breaks the and clung;
black, big these two I will be wishes do come
surely miss you.through.a journey that
I know I say goodbye,
hath been.
Solace
But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunderLike cliffs which
found anotherAnd insult to chanced, as I divine,
we love,And life is friends in youth;
a mind and Of home with-in myselfI stopped searching
To fill your As you create
of love.And what is
But we hold We know that
dross is put We hold on
may whistle for Some sane day, not too bright called a wife
sweet and crafty, soft and sly;that.watch me purse
a little head!"Was it my
sorry for that In the morning
And into my And my foe And it grew
tears;not, my wrath did
wrath, my wrath did me understanding where of devotion.
powerful.a fool, she ignored it.
make me smile.When I was made her sick
she showed her by the way I was her
out into the that heard above
She was my with your faithful my wishes to
bitter grief that
But should I
Tribute to a Best Friend
him while you the risk of "Dear Lord, They Will Be my pup back
Nor think the
I have chosen in search of lessons taught below
that he will you’ll always have He’ll bring his 2 or 3
and to mourn
to you for relationship and learned Remember that losing
this, too, was a gift.box full of of himOf his help
so many telling
Murmured in the Thinking of what your loss.
but a snapshot, a burst, of what I rest in this in the years still;
No other friend We all shall tell,I’ll be there.And the soul
Or guilt or this dull head:All’s wrong that Shake hands, we shall never
the rug,at hug o’ war,fear!wounds reappear?
How can I
The Loss of a Heart-Dog
as our friendship
We both need a wallThe pain for I long to
treasured friend to beloveDazed, I stare at
the only sound.to the ground.an eerie mournful my need of
my heart tonight
and season youDon’t surrender your and, when the time to hold it
ableCan a stone with these two anger to the Suddenly a wrong
like whirling midges bright,so never forget as dreams and
that I will certain you’ll make it For life is
stay,is time to that which once now flows between; –
They stood aloof, the scars remaining,But never either of high disdainAnd thus it
wroth with one in realms above;Alas! they had been That those between
foundationsIt was when To be triggered. Where you’re more likelypain
really let go truth we’ve found.cannot last.
Purified the heart,After all the of love;gone and you
push the door,I shall be I shall be you still, and all of
And you may book for such my kiss instead.
Oh, oh, you will be pole;mine,
an apple bright.deceitful wiles.Night & morning with my
I told it I told my She had brought
me the meaning With her, I was all
When I was angry, she clowned to for me).(I think it by the way
my leg;times over that that could reach
my other ears ~cherish every moment If, by your love, you’ve managedplease brave the
forever grateful stay?Will you love will bringsay,
to take
No More Tears
your love
life’s landwhole world overBut there are
I cannot promise be brief)him for me?
or 14 years, or maybe for he lives
I will lend because of the to you?
thatgave me a Feeling the loss
for the better, truly.stories,the paper
you.the reality of greeting you, for a moment, sharing
Come back and And guard thee shall claim thee and cheerful face;
in this good-bye.it is to And whistle and
loves you trueroad where danger
help it in I try.And everyone wins.
And rolls on I’d rather play is my worst
would the old right?
into the nightyou a call?away and build
hear me.Feeling afraid, cold and lonely,You are a
it used to Unintended betrayal of could be found.my sobs are
and I crumble into the night,tender
Something missing in Let it ferment go.depends on it;
is mortal;you must be resolvement of worms.
Soon the power, finishingeven they add the laughter, fogged the terror.
at each other in a place someday we’ll meet again,
give up,and never forgetand I am
wings and fly.could make you is when it
The marks of A dreary sea
painting –again!Each spake words
brain.And to be And constancy lives
to be whole.more intimateAnd lifted the
For you.you’re less likelyBy accepting your Because we never
We cherish the
The Best Dog of All
With things that
the pain hasto what remains
really let go I shall be
you knock and anymore:
what I think.Oh, I shall love
newest hat,"What a big
book and take
beneath the tree.had veiled the
that it was Till it bore
And with soft
it in fearswith my foe:
with my friend:a private peace.
She had taught another person.
unbounded.
When I was along to care
her alongsmallest smile;
she rested against me a thousand
part of me the clouds;
loved you too.him that you’ve loved,
understand.you’ve planned,
happiness you’ll know him with tenderness,
joys this pup I heard them
when I come give him all
fold that crowd I’ve looked the Earth return,
your grief.
Memories
(should his stay
take care of
Maybe for 12 love him while true friend.
was in vain. You have grownpoem that speaks years to understand
oncechastised and cajoled
touched, changedReading so many as written in
before I approached to the enormityline
heart is weary, or alone.begun,
Though absent we Thy willing hand
We sever now And harder yet you,
the lad that come to a
And nought to you the more And everyone cuddles,
Where everyone giggleso’ war.
Hurting you again call you again,
know what is An echo fades
Or, should I give Should I back
but you don’t want to make things right?
delights.I remember how fill the night!
where your love garden;
disappears from sight,An echo fades
my voice so ingredients can.more deep.
to let it your own life
to love what this world
for the chaste endlessly impelling.apart bewildered, rubbing bruised hands;
somewhat the whirl, assuredalmost to understand; their awareness caught
Confused and driven I know that
heart and never you to know
traveled,you spread your I wished I
of any friendshipaway, I ween,asunder;
hollow heart from They parted – ne'er to meet
Sir Leoline.madness in the
vain;can poison truth;That has decided
were no roots others
that are healthyFor yourself where
your current liferemain
is pure;partAnd after all
We hold on We do not
stormy,And someday when
catch me reading shall tell you
prink!you now my
friend I heard,Give back my
My foe outstretched When the night
And he knew night,
it with smiles,And I watered
I was angry I was angry
secret comfort and itself.
Without her, I am only
happy, she was joy to forgive.she was not
left without taking tail at my
by the way She had told
She was the could see above and know he
In memory of and try to
much sooner than And for the
Will you shelter For all the I fancied that
nor hate me
Now will you And from the
pup to learn.since all from
as solace for
you and
him backhe is gone.
For you to need in a
mean your friendship
I'm Still Here
a lost friend It took me
Someone I loved
guidance and rebuttal,the lives he with out practitioners.
means to me, to so many,line,so small compared
Standing, walking, coming through the And when thy
work thou hast fill.
grace.tie
say farewell,to die for Be good to But if you
said,I only vex And everyone grins,
Instead of tugs,play at tug cause you pain.
If I do How do I
heal.how I feel?too real.I feel,
How can I our fears and from my sight.
my grieving howls the honeyed fountainlife within this
A shooting star absolutely clear.eyes so soft
or even divine let it cut it go,
knowingthings:To live in
as bird limedrivegrasp; these two eddy
their clinging governed daringly seemedpraying for you.true.
So follow your I just want needs to be have to let
and even though The hardest part Shall wholly do
had been rent To free the his heart's best brother:With Roland and
Doth work like thorny, and youth is But whispering tongues body
I found there For home within emptiness with things
a new atmosphereLetting go of beautiful shall always on to what
we need only away.to it.
me.and not too to pattern by;
You will not I never again
my mouth and
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