In praise of the dog

A lady called Gladys, who is in her eighties, recently sent us these lovely lines she’d written herself all about dogs.  The words fit Jack Spratt and Nolene perfectly, they are the most faithful and loving dogs ever.   Gladys has called her poem ‘A Man’s Best Friend’ –

A faithful dog will play with you and laugh with you or cry.

He’ll gladly starve to stay with you nor ever reason why,

And when you’re feeling out of sorts somehow he’ll understand,

He’ll watch you with his shining eyes and try to lick your hand.

His blind implicit faith in you is matched by his great love,

The kind that all of us should have in the master up above.

When everything is said and done I guess this isn’t odd,

For when you spell ‘dog’ backwards, you will get the name of God.

Any more poets out there?   We’d love to hear from you.   Or if you have a favourite animal poem please send it us.