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PET SHOUT OUTS
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Pet Shout Outs & Poems
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acknowledgements
PET SHOUT OUTS & POEMSa Ten Penny Players publication
Sunday, October 28, 2007Silver Lake Reservoir Dogs celebrationheld at the dog run.
Selections posted on the Internet at 2 urls-http://www.tenpennyplayers.orghttp://slreservoirdogs.com
Pet Shout Outs and drawings by PS 25 students.Our thanks to their teachers.
Ten Penny Players work in Staten Island schoolsis supported in part by
the NYS Council on the Artsand the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
All rights revert to the authors.2007 Ten Penny Players, Inc.
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SHOUTOUTS
Quantall 4Kalista 4Nhi-Avialo 5Devin 6Luis 7
Zhane 8Marley 9Eddie 10James 11Kareem 12Nikye 13
& POEMS
Marguerite Maria Rivas 15-17
Joan Payne Kincaid 18
Joanne Seltzer 19-20Eliana Garcia 21-22
Alexandre Saint-Francis Cohen 23
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Quantall
Rockys nice to play with.He presses the tv button with his paw.I love my dogs.I feed them.My dogs, Rocky and ShaSha, fight.
They go to sleep.
Kalista
I love my cat
My cat is my favorite petIn the whole world
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Nhi-Avialo
The cat I want is yellow,a boy, and shortI will take him outsideI will play with himI will feed him
He goes to sleepHis name is StanleyI go outside with my mommyI love my momMom has a baby brother for me
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Devin
My frog isFat, Crazy, BigUgly, Dumb, Fast
Picky, White, Slimy& Slippery.
When food comes he is picky.He sleeps with his eyes open.He attacks the goldfishto protect his food.
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LuisCoco
My dog is cute and her name is Coco,Her nickname is Co. She protects meand my brother until my step dad getshome. She looks like a black bear.
Coco is a blanket during the winter.Coco is fat and lazy.She is a girl and she is cuteHer name is Coco.
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ZhaneMy Goldfish
All of my fish looked sillywhen they were playingwith each otheraround the tank.
Sometimes they biteach others tail, andsometimes they swamfaster than other fish.
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Marley
I have two lizards.Their names are Gumdrop
and Lollipop.
They are so cool.They are jumpy.They are funny, too.When you feel the lizards skin,it feels soft as a pillow.
I love my lizards.
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Eddie
My dogs are fastand crazy, mad, furry,and sometimes mad lazy.I love my dogs.My dogs are eating machines.
We love them.Their names are Coco and Grammy.I take care of them.I will not let them get hurt or stolen.They are a golden retriever
and a black lab.
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JamesMy Fat and Lazy Cat
My cat lives with my dad.My cat eats too much, but she is cute.My cat is a sleeping machine.She is so lazy.My cats name is Bailey.
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James DogBoy DogBlack JumpyBaby
James CatCat GirlFat LazyCute Black
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KareemMy Cats Home
My cats are very poor.I have built them their own home.Every day I give them 3 cans of cat foodI have to protect them from danger.
My cat has a broken arm and leg.But just because she has an injurydoesnt mean you cant take care of her.
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NikyeMy Cat -
My cat is cute.He makes me feel happy.Hes white with a black chest.Hes furry like a beast.I give my cat food.My cats name is Parrot.
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Poems
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Marguerite Maria RivasLoner Whistling for your Dog
Loner whistling for your dog,dont you know the musked air callsboth creatures low and highbrow?Fireflies signal lamping looks,distract me from my careworn books,
enchant the heart to ponder thesemore rutting, howling rites of spring.
Loner whistling for your pal,shes gone the way of weary wivesand worm-sick apples oer ripe
to dream the nightmare vernalwhere heavy fruit hangs pendulousbut shes forbidden to pluck it sweet,for underneath its red skin, taut,mealy, brown flesh bruises.
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Loner whistling for your dog,today the cool air beckons her,
and she, uncaring, fearless roamsthe streets in search of hearts blood richto subsume the obviousand then eschew all sentiment.Called to roaming, rolling, rutting,she and I are element.
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Marguerite Maria RivasO Honey Cat1986-2002
O honey cat, you can drip dropthat purr ooze onto my covers.Sweet Stria, sleep, nap-catwhile I click clack poetry beside you
Youve survived homelessnessbasement dweller smelling like heating oil.
O most forbearant cat!Youve hopped and scratchedthe life out of the new couch.
O most beauteous feline, fierceyet fearful, you burrow undermy armpit in a thunderstorm.
Sweet Stria, purring past the lastleg of her diseasemy last linkto an old, old, life and springs amnesia.
O most noble ears! Most velvet fur!Behind your dull cataracts, I seethe lamping eyes of Isis.
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Joan Payne KincaidObedience Re-do
She wants brown monkey and a chew stick
in back of me on the puter chair
tri color Parson Jack Russell
from a long walk and obedience class
where the substitute teacher tried to drag her
on a metal choker until she yelped and I said enough
and then in a corner she got tangled
on an about turn and I fell like a stone
nearly landing on her but being a Russell shes used
to barns and horses so was way ahead of it;
never again some stupid heel command on a metal
choke and never forgive the guy for doing
such to a four month old pup who was doing her best.
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Joanne SeltzerSnoopyesque
Forgive me, God,for I have covetedmy neighbors dog,
fed her word-pap,
coaxed in to my bedof whimsical dreams.
Shes a cartoonthat barks and licks facesand sits on command
and floats thought-balloonsfilled with puppy talkin translation
as if she will stay
nine weeks old forevernever to know pain
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or self-inducedanxiety, never
to be put to sleep.
Do I praise false godsby stroking a beaglesblack-patched white back?
Isnt love preciouswherever it blossoms?Isnt life comic?
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Eliana GarciaCalvin
In memory of my dog Calvin.
Beautiful brown eyesthat reflected your gentle soul.White blaze on your foreheadthat matched your white paws.
Soft, silky, white and golden furTail constantly waggingPouncing on your dinosaurRunning around the living roomwith your bone in a game of tag,then stretching out like a rug on the floor
Demanding that we all pay attention to youwith your loud barks that could not be ignored.Dancing, walking and delicately balancing
on your hind legslike an acrobat in your never ending quest
for food.
Pawing at your bowl spilling its contents,staring at us
with your large expressive eyesas you demanded edible food and clean water.
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Licking your paws and bathing yourself like a catSleeping on your back, or curled up peacefully
in someones lap
You were happiest just spending timewith your family.
You had a loving, loyal and playful nature.A puppy with many names, your stubbornness
and persistenceearned you the affectionate nicknames:
Peste and Napoleon.\Your eating habits earned you the name
Piggy or chanchito,And your sweet disposition earned you
the names dearest to my heart:
chiquitito, baby puppy, and Pootie.Never angry or resentful, you were always happyand ready to play.
You won a place in many peoples hearts.I love you Pootie! You will always be with me:
in my memories and my heart.
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Alexandre Saint-Francis CohenMy Dog Summer
Summer runs on the steppes of Snug Harbor.The summer season has left us,but Summer, my dog, stays faithful as ever...Loves to run and play near Neptunes fountainevery morning from 7 to 9
picking up horse chestnutsI throw to her like discarded old shoes.Get it! I yell,as she careens over 20 yards of still-green grass.Summers a blue-tick coon hound.She runs like a greyhound gazelle,
still young.So Ill have her for many winters,many autumns,many springs,and many summers.
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FEATURED PETScover: Chewbacca & Wheezer
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