Magdalena Zurawski’s intrepid use of caesura — a pause in a line of poetry — reinforces the theme of disciplined attention in “[Dog Is a Way of Thinking].” The poem’s frequent midline interruptions of ...

In this sound portrait, we meet poet BJ Love. He talks about finding inspiration in small moments of everyday life, being married to another poet and how poetry is like a time machine. He reads his ...

(CN) - A woman hoping to take a dog from her ex-boyfriend found her undoing in poem she wrote that portrays the dog as a gift to him, an Illinois appeals court ruled. Jennifer Koerner adopted a dog ...

A column I wrote about my dog, Gracie, was recently published and I've been pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of kind words and support from readers. As I explained, Gracie has degenerative ...

spraying water almost every day. My dog is unsure -- friend or foe. To bark or not to bark, that is the question. Slyly, it offers a drink.

He opens his eyes and draws a new breath. Why, only last night he was hit by a truck. It seemed that Lucky had run out of luck. I carried him home and said my goodbye. He licked at my tears as I ...

Dear Annie: You printed an essay about a year ago regarding the loss of a pet from the pet’s point of view. I’m sorry, but that’s all I remember. I recall the way that poem made me feel. I hope you ...

Mary Oliver and her dog Ricky, who's not camera-shy. (Photo by Anne Taylor) It’s easy to write bad poetry about dogs. God is dog spelled backwards, pup spelled backwards is still pup, and so on.

British comic Hegley composes nearly 50 eccentric poems about cornflakes, bullies and other seemingly unrelated topics. All his poems rely on surprise, whether in terms of events or skewed, stuttering ...