A Beautiful Poetic Tribute to a Loved One

Our beautiful friends. This is a post from, Dave Kavanagh who, like so many of us, misses one of his close family members. We are all animals, we cannot exist without them. We have domesticated them and they bring us such comfort and companionship. Dave Kavanagh's short tribute to his friend hits the heart of all those who love dogs. Our struggle for a humane world is also the struggle for a closer relationship to the natural world and all other animals in it.

Still missing this old pirate so much. Some dogs get under your skin.
from Dave Kavanagh

....
He's buried
under the stone romeo
in an out of the way corner
where no one goes

and the sound of the cars
he never barked at
can be heard
like an echo of humanity

below sweet haws
and elder flowers
growing out of briar
and seeding grass

and artemisia rubbed
by callused hands
feels like the crown
of a faithful head
...
he’ll not be disturbed
but for tune of song birds
finches calling morning
over crab apple blooms

or me - occasionally
kneeling to weed -under trees
and to whisper
good lad -rest well won.
Into black lopsided ears

Dave Kavanagh is the Editor---Poet at The Blue Nib An independent small press publishing the work of exceptional emerging writers both on line and in print.