Category Archives: animals

Blackbird

Posted on 18 August, 2018 by PoetJanstie

Your red-rimmed, mystic, all-seeing eye that asks of us the question … why you’re first to rise, not we in time to hear your cry. A share of this full Earth is how, you feed your Spring-time pride. An earthworm … Continue reading →

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Posted in animals, Ballad, conservation, Global Warming, green, nature, poem, poetry | Tagged Conservation | 1 Comment

A Dog’s Life

Posted on 1 May, 2013 by PoetJanstie

(for Jazz) Your soft and furry skin was like a prize that felt as if it were a therapy, reward for when we were too short of time to pander to your young demands, and yet you never once gave … Continue reading →

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Posted in age, animals, Blank Verse, Death, family, Love, melancholy, poem, poetry, sadness | 32 Comments

Snow Dog

Posted on 3 April, 2013 by PoetJanstie

Photo by Barbara Anstie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The depth of it exceptional, and all at once she lies and sits and stands below. She smiles, then in her mind she skips, her paws tread deeply in the soft white powdered snow. An … Continue reading →

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Posted in animals, melancholy, poem, poetry, political, Sonnet, Weather | 12 Comments

An Ekphrastic Experience…

Posted on 25 September, 2012 by PoetJanstie

If this is Ekphrastic, which I’ve heard recently described as one of the ugliest words in the English language, then what follows is the complete irony. It also demonstrates what little fodder poets need to inspire them to feats of … Continue reading →

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Posted in animals, Collaboration, courage, Heroes, Hope, Injury, Love, melancholy, nostalgia, poem, poetry, sadness, War, Wonder | 5 Comments

Big Comfy Cushion

Posted on 24 February, 2011 by PoetJanstie

(for Sophie) Every morning you get up to greet me at the door and, like an automaton, pad off to where your breakfast bowl has been; habit borne of sixteen years of life. In this house you’ve ruled our every … Continue reading →