Our Best Friends (a collection of 75 dog poems)

This book is dedicated to those who love dogs. Dog lovers will laugh at these, go 'Aw ' at these, and wish they hadn't read a sad one in a cafe because of all the tears they'll cry into their coffee Wanna know what your dog's thinking when it looks at you, walks with you, whimpers at you, cries with you, fetches your bone, chews your bone, how it feels to be rescued, how it feels not to be rescued, or when you call it a naughty boy or girl, or when it calls you a naughty boy or girl? Well, it's all here, lovingly compiled by Phyllis Anne Smyth, who has been in animal rescue for 30 years and knows everything about dogs there is to know. How does she know? Dogs told her She's known thousands Try this one. But only if you have a hanky handy. Actually, make that a box of hankies.I Stood Beside Your Bed Last NightI stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.I could see that you were crying, you found it hard to sleep.I whined to you softly, as you brushed away a tear."It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here"I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea.You were thinking of the many times your hands reached down to me.I was with you at the shops today, your arms were getting sore.I want to take your parcels, I wished I could do more.I was with you at my grave today, you tend it with such care.I want to reassure you that I'm not lying there.I walked with you towards the house as you fumbled for the key, I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said "It's me".You looked so very tired and then you sank into a chair, I tried so hard to let you know that I was standing there.It's possible for me to be so near you everyday, To say to you with certainty "I never went away".You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew, That in the stillness of that evening I was very close to you.The day is over.... I smile and watch you yawning and say,"Good Night, Sweet Dreams, God Bless, I'll see you in the morning".And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide, I'll rush to greet you and we'll stand together side by side.I have so many things to show you, there's much for you to see.Be patient, live your journey out; then come home and be with me.About the AuthorPhyllis Anne Smyth has been involved in animal rescue for over thirty years.She has worked as a field officer in the West of Ireland for Redwings Horse Rescue & Sanctuary. For the International League for the Protection of Horses Phyll was hugely instrumental in ending the horrific transportation of live horses for slaughter to the Continent. She has also worked for a number of rescue centres in Ireland.