Four Poems by G. David Schwartz

Dogs Are  Not Stupid

 

Dogs are not stupid

Dogs are not ignorant

If they could drive automobiles

They could become a president.

 

A Dog May Not Be

 

A dog may not be

The best  friend of a cat

I asked my dog and he said

What do you think abbot that?

 

Kids Need Dogs

 

Kids need dogs

To get and give some love

Kids also need dogs

To take the blame for stuff

Like who ate the cheery pie

And who tracked dirt in the house

and who put that mouse down sissies blouse

 

Don’t Throw Gentle Peaches

 

 Don’t throw gentle peaches

In or out of any reaches

Dogs will leap to grab and play

But the pit will cause them hey

and don’t pitch bluebirds

That is want I heard

If you pitch them

They won’t come back again

 

 

 

 

G. David Schwartz is the former president of  Seedhouse, the online interfaith committee. Schwartz is the author of A Jewish Appraisal of Dialogue (1994) and Midrash and Working Out Of The Book (2004) He is currently a volunteer at The Cincinnati J, Meals On Wheels.

His newest book, Shards And Verse (2011) is now in stores or can be order on line