<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=423808" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Prize Winning Poem - Dog Tale (United States)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">our family has been abuzz <br>with dog tales ever since we were kids<br>there was a dog our grandparents owned<br>which swam the river back<br>after being forgotten in a village<br>another chose to die<br>in our neighbour's garden<br>hiding itself in a bush<br>perhaps because of its unwillingness<br>to let us feel the pain<br>a few had such sensitive ears <br>they could hear<br>our car a kilometre away<br>hissing and jumping at the gate <br>before we appeared<br>another accompanied<br>mom to the wetmarket each morn<br>waiting earnestly at the road <br>as she made her purchases<br>sometimes, it would turn back<br>on the leisure trip <br>fearing attacks by bigger dogs<br>that had suddenly appeared <br>giving mom the comic laughters<br>late granny was so touched<br>by the death of our last dog<br>she insisted that there would be <br>be no more dog in the house<br>as she could not take <br>the pain of a lost pet anymore<br>so when we heard of a Japanese dog <br>which spent many futile months<br>waiting for its master's return <br>at a railway station, <br>we knew it to be a true story</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Voicesnet International Poetry Contest 2004<br>Merit Poem</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Tiong+Chunghoo">John Tiong Chunghoo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=423808" data-title="Prize Winning Poem - Dog Tale (United States) de John Tiong Chunghoo" data-description="our family has been abuzz with dog tales ever since we were kids there was a dog our grandparents owned which swam the river back after being forgotten in a village another chose to die in our neighbour's garden hiding itself in a bush perhaps be..."></div> </div> </div>

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