Waiting 'Round the Bend
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Comment from Janice Canerdy
This poem makes me think of our Mama Kitty (aptly named!) who died at age 13 when I was a kid. I believe she thought she was human. I still, at age 70, think of her. Your poem is moving and expressive of how very close we can be to our pets.
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2022
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This poem makes me think of our Mama Kitty (aptly named!) who died at age 13 when I was a kid. I believe she thought she was human. I still, at age 70, think of her. Your poem is moving and expressive of how very close we can be to our pets.
Comment Written 19-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2022
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Our pets do win our hearts. Thank you for reviewing.
Comment from Pam Lonsdale
A lovely tribute to your furry friend. I'm sure you will always miss him on your walks, but he loved you (I know this because he wanted to play with you) and you will have memories of your guy to make you smile.
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2022
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A lovely tribute to your furry friend. I'm sure you will always miss him on your walks, but he loved you (I know this because he wanted to play with you) and you will have memories of your guy to make you smile.
Comment Written 19-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2022
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Yes, and thank you.
Comment from MissMerri
Well, I managed to get through this poem with only moist eyes, but when I read your author notes, the tears ran over. This is beautiful and sad and something we can all relate to, I'm sure. It is so difficult to say goodbye to our loved pets and I too, like to think they will be waiting for us in heaven. Thanks for sharing this. It is so touching, and I'm sorry for your family's loss. What a beautiful creature. MM
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2022
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Well, I managed to get through this poem with only moist eyes, but when I read your author notes, the tears ran over. This is beautiful and sad and something we can all relate to, I'm sure. It is so difficult to say goodbye to our loved pets and I too, like to think they will be waiting for us in heaven. Thanks for sharing this. It is so touching, and I'm sorry for your family's loss. What a beautiful creature. MM
Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2022
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Thank you, he was a special doggie (we all say that, but it is always true). My daughter got him via the internet. He was rescued from the Katreina flooding in Texas. He actually belonged to her but I often walked him or took him in when she and her family were away. My other daughter and family all loved him too. Our properties are abutting, so we called him the "compound doggie". He won our hearts on his first day here.
Comment from T B Botts
Hello Dennis,
I'm so sorry about your dog. We lost ours a few years ago and it still hurts. They become such a part of our lives, it doesn't seem fair that they don't live as long as us. Is there ever a more faithful friend than a dog? I hope your memories of him are all wonderful and that they bring you some peace.
God bless and keep you my friend.
Tom
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Hello Dennis,
I'm so sorry about your dog. We lost ours a few years ago and it still hurts. They become such a part of our lives, it doesn't seem fair that they don't live as long as us. Is there ever a more faithful friend than a dog? I hope your memories of him are all wonderful and that they bring you some peace.
God bless and keep you my friend.
Tom
Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Thanks Tom. Although he was really my daughter?s dog, J often walked him and we always kept him when my daughter was away. So he really was part of 3 families as my two daughters, their husbands and children all live right next door to us. The 3 properties about so we call it the compound. Thanks and I agree they are faithful and loving. I like the bumper sticker; Oh God, make me the man my dog thinks I am. 👍😀
Comment from Teri7
This is a very precious and heartfelt poem you have penned about your dear pet that is now gone on. I believe if Jesus is coming back on a white horse surely there are animals there. I hope to see some of our pets that have gone on too. I am so sorry for your loss. Blessings, Teri
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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This is a very precious and heartfelt poem you have penned about your dear pet that is now gone on. I believe if Jesus is coming back on a white horse surely there are animals there. I hope to see some of our pets that have gone on too. I am so sorry for your loss. Blessings, Teri
Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Thanks, Terri, for your always kind words. God bless you.
Comment from royowen
We will have quite a collection of furry, four legged friends up there, I'm not absolutely sure that we will, scripture says there spirits go down, where? I'm not sure. Ecclesiastes 3:21. But I know how you feel, our last dog, Buddy, was ball mad, we've 16 animals overall since marriage, beautifully written Bro, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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We will have quite a collection of furry, four legged friends up there, I'm not absolutely sure that we will, scripture says there spirits go down, where? I'm not sure. Ecclesiastes 3:21. But I know how you feel, our last dog, Buddy, was ball mad, we've 16 animals overall since marriage, beautifully written Bro, blessings Roy
Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Thanks brother Roy. They do get to us and probably make us better people in the long run. God bless, Dennis
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They are beautiful
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yes they are
Comment from L. Kalere
Darn it! You made me cry. Anyone who's had that one special pet could not help but be moved by such a heart-felt tribute. I'm not convinced there's a heaven, but if there is, I know Murphy's waiting for me. Thank You...great job.
Linda
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Darn it! You made me cry. Anyone who's had that one special pet could not help but be moved by such a heart-felt tribute. I'm not convinced there's a heaven, but if there is, I know Murphy's waiting for me. Thank You...great job.
Linda
Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Thanks Linda, there are worse things to cry over and it shows you have a tender heart. God bless you and yes there is a Heaven. 😋
Comment from Joanne Gill-Maddick
This is a beautifully written poem. So sad to lose our pets they are part of the family.
Like this line. But I trust when our turn comes, we shall see him,
waiting 'round the bend.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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This is a beautifully written poem. So sad to lose our pets they are part of the family.
Like this line. But I trust when our turn comes, we shall see him,
waiting 'round the bend.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Thank you Joanne, I appreciate your kind words.
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Your welcome
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That's "you're welcome", not "your welcome".
If it was "your welcome" in thanking me, it would be an incomplete description of my welcome in some other setting. :) (just funning you a little bit, but I don't think you will ever forget this correction. And that's a good thing in writing! God bless, Dennis
Comment from Shirley McLain
What a beautiful tribute to your friend. You did a great job, and I loved reading it. If all my loving friends are waiting for me around the bend, I'm going to have to open a kennel for them. I can't wait to see them again. Have a great week, my friend. Shirley
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reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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What a beautiful tribute to your friend. You did a great job, and I loved reading it. If all my loving friends are waiting for me around the bend, I'm going to have to open a kennel for them. I can't wait to see them again. Have a great week, my friend. Shirley
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Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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ThNk you Shirley for your kind words. Very much appreciated, Dennis
Comment from Frank Malley
I don't know that God is good, but I know that dogs are. And I do hope that any version of life beyond death includes the Chorkey that lives with us now. "Waitin' Round the Bend" expresses the writer's love for a family dog, who, the poem hopes will prove to have sped ahead and be waitin' round the bend. The poems lines and rhymes create a lyrical movement smooth as a dog's trot; this sentimental poem never loses it trail.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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I don't know that God is good, but I know that dogs are. And I do hope that any version of life beyond death includes the Chorkey that lives with us now. "Waitin' Round the Bend" expresses the writer's love for a family dog, who, the poem hopes will prove to have sped ahead and be waitin' round the bend. The poems lines and rhymes create a lyrical movement smooth as a dog's trot; this sentimental poem never loses it trail.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2022
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Thank you, Frank, for your kind words. I would suggest if dogs are good (and they are) than it follows the Giver is good too. Appreciate your review!
