Canine Poetry - Tumblr Posts

“A sheep dog guards a wolf”

I promise he's harmless if you learn to sit still

It's all he has known, could not help the urge to kill

He's too far away, hunting some new type of thrill

I give you my word, these old wounds are just not real.

The nightly vigil was not made for me

I was here to guide, not to bite

I should’ve just stayed with my family

Now my life is a painful strife

Heavily inspired by the art of Whyn Lewis

I GET MEAN WHEN IM NERVOUS LIKE A BAD DOG!!!

I GET MEAN WHEN IM NERVOUS LIKE A BAD DOG!!!!!

Imagine if you were a sheepdog that has to muzzle itself to not bite the sheep that it’s supposed to take care of even if they hurt it. Can you imagine it?? Do you even need to???

Oh, Border Collie. You disgraced, ostracized workaholic, your morality is taking a toll on your heart.

The sheep are unthankful, the wolves have gone way far, and you’re all alone.

The other two variations I did:

“Zehn”.

Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen.

“I will keep trying to howl at you and I'll try to get my wails to reach you even if I don't know if you're actually hearing them or if they really interest you, because despite being a proud creature, wolves are not meant to howl at the sun, but maybe dogs do”.

Oh my love, let me press my snout right under your arm as you stroke your gentle hand against my messy pelt, feeling each crevice and curve of my fur, hold me gently as my tail slowly raises to a wag.

Take care of me, for we keep each other alive, eh?

First poem to post, lol.

No tw or cw I can think of.

This poem is very dog related.

The formatting is different on here than it was on my notes app, so it might seem weird. Although it might have seemed weird anyway, lol.

You Taught Me/Bad Dog

You taught me to fight

Yet when I fight

You label me a

Bad dog

You taught me to bite

But when I bite

You call me a

Bad dog

You taught me to growl

Yet when I growl

You say I'm a

Bad dog

You taught me this

But when I listen

You declare me a

Bad dog

You taught me

Yet I listen and

You insist I'm a

Bad dog

You taught me

How to be a

Bad dog

Second poem to post.

Tw/cw: abuse but not named. Nothing else I can think of but let me know if you find anymore.

Another canine/dog related poem.

Trying something different with the read more thing being after the title of the poem.

I love like a dog

I love like a dog

Always going back

To people who hurt me

Cause that's what I

Was taught that love is

I love like a dog

Always letting people

I love hurt me

Cause that's what I

Was taught that love is

I love like a dog

Always waiting for

People to hurt me

Cause that's what I

Was taught that love is

I love like a dog

I hurt the people

I love just the same

Cause that's what I

Was taught that love is

3rd & 4th poems to post. Posting these together cause they are related.

Tw/cw: violence(?), tearing skin, and bone mention.

Bare my Teeth and Tear 'my' Skin & Bare my Claws and Tear 'my' Skin

I want to bare my teeth

And tear at 'my' skin

Until all that's left

Is the bone underneath

For the bone will be

More right than the skin

Despite it still

Being wrong

But I cannot

For this body's

Teeth are not sharp

Enough to tear the skin

So I bare my teeth

At the image in the mirror

For it is wrong

It is not right

-------------------------------------------------------

I want to bare my claws

And tear at 'my' skin

Until all that's left

Is the bone underneath

For the bone will be

More right than the skin

Despite it still

Being wrong

But I cannot

For this body's

'Nails' are not sharp

Enough to tear the skin

So I bare my claws

At the image in the mirror

For it is wrong

It is not right

- Zuki Shay Lupo (They/it)

5th poem to post. Another dog & wolf related poem, lol. A lot of my poems are canine related cause of me being a canine kin [specifically wolfdog kin].

Tw/cw: biting mention, abuse hinted at(?), and I think that's all. Let me know if you find any tw/cw I didn't add that I need to.

- Zuki Shay Lupo (They/it/xe) [trying something new with my sign off thing on my poem posts]

Roll Over/Growl

I think that

I should roll over

And whine sorry

Over and over again

But instead I growl

I bare my teeth

And snap at you

I bite and growl

I should roll over

I should say sorry

I should be a good dog

A good wolf

But I'm not

I growl and bite

I'm a bad dog

A bad wolf

I should roll over

I growl and snap

I should whine sorry

I bare my teeth and bite

I'm sorry I'm not good

I bite even when

You try to help me

For I'm scared

I'm sorry I'm bad

I growl even when

You're kind for I don't

Know when you'll stop