NaPoWriMo Poem #14 & A Lipogram

I took this photo of Cali in the late evening of our daughter's camping sleepover.  After chasing girls, playing charades, and eating pizza and marshmallows, Cali just curled up in the ashes and warmth for a big snooze. We always watch her sleep, savoring each little move and twitch.  And just as I watch our own children's sweet slumber, staring in adoration, our children look at Cali with the love of a mother or father.

 

Cali's Campfire Nap

Photo by Amy LV

Puppy Nap

I watch my puppy when she naps.

I wonder what she dreams.

Where does she run to in her bed?

She isn't here.  It seems

she's chasing rabbits

playing ball

imagining

she hears my call

smelling friends

fetching sticks

chewing bones

learning tricks.

I sink my nose into her fur

and tell her there's no dog

no dog

like her.

© Amy LV

Yesterday I mentioned Tricia's Lipogram Stretch over at The Miss Rumphius Effect.  Happy to have learned my one-new-thing-of-the-day, I now understand that a lipogram is a piece of writing which avoids the use of one or more letters.  Here's my attempt:

Which Letter to Use?

I struggle to choose

which letter

but hey

this is the choice

every poet will weigh.

One letter of twenty-six

left in the dust.

I feel guilty 

to dump one

but dump one I must.

Rules govern this poem.

I need to obey.

It's tough

so I'll just pick

the first letter - __.

(Is this OK?)

© Amy LV

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