“Truest Love” Poem – Dog is What Spelled Backwards?
More in honor of trust and dogs.
Truest Love
The little dog lay on its back
in the semblance of
truest love.
The woman, leaning in from above, ignored
stained whiskers and breath like fish,
in the semblance of truest love.
The little dog exalted when she came home
as if she were its dearest wish,
the answer to heart’s prayer.
She said, ‘hey there,’ and stooped
to capture some wriggle.
The little dog saw her as
itself spelled backwards; she
accepted the role, thankful that
some being had finally taken
due note of her
existence, ignoring
breath like fish.
All rights reserved. Karin Gustafson
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ManicDDaily 
February 5, 2010 at 10:53 pm
wow< thats a really good pome! i really like it! keep up the good work. =3
August 24, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Haha/ Yeah, that Dog spelled backward thing. About your dog of fifteen years of age, I had to put my old dog down last year. He was fifteen also.
August 24, 2010 at 9:01 pm
So sorry.
February 13, 2012 at 2:41 pm
As one who loves dogs, I found this poem enjoyable to read today.
February 13, 2012 at 2:44 pm
I can see you love dogs! Looks like a cute one. K.
February 13, 2012 at 3:19 pm
This is a great poem 🙂
February 13, 2012 at 7:54 pm
I don’t have pets but I can relate to the feelings evoked in your words ~
Thanks for sharing this ~
February 13, 2012 at 8:18 pm
this is adorable. i especially like “stooped to capture some wriggle.”