A Girl and Her Dogs

Dog Poem - “My Puppy” (by Aileen Fisher - cute!)

MY PUPPY

It’s funny
my puppy
knows just how I feel.

When I’m happy
he’s yappy
and squirms like an eel.

When I’m grumpy
and stays at my heel.

It’s funny
my puppy
knows such a great deal.

-Aileen Fisher

4 Responses to “Dog Poem - “My Puppy” (by Aileen Fisher - cute!)”

1. Susan Says:
   July 26th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

   This is WRONG! Didn’t you notice the rhythm doesn’t work? Please stop copying and spreading bad versions of this woman’s wonderful work! IT should be:

   Aileen Fisher, My Puppy

   It’s funny
   my puppy
   knows just how I feel.

   When I’m happy
   he’s yappy
   and squirms like an eel.

   When I’m grumpy
   he’s slumpy
   and stays at my heel.

   It’s funny
   my puppy
   knows such a great deal.

2. Michele Says:
   July 26th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

   Susan,

   Thank you so much for your friendly email and your kind and gentle way of letting me know that the place where I got this lovely poem (http://www.dogquotes.com/mypuppy.htm) had posted it incorrectly, and therefore my version was also incorrect.

   I apologize if in any way I myself, or any of my dogs, have insulted you or the honestly very talented and accomplished poet of this poem (Aileen Fisher - who does wonderful work) - it was never our intention to incorrectly post or spread bad versions of her work. I will change it today (as soon as I can, I assure you) and I will be sure to give you all the credit for bringing this misprint to my attention in such a friendly and considerate way!

   Thank you so much, Susan! I hope you have a fabulous weekend and thank you SO much for visiting our site and for contacting us!!

   Warmly and Sincerely,
   A Girl and Her Dogs

3. Michele Says:
   July 26th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

   P.S. - Oh, to explain why I did not ‘notice’ that the rhyming was off - I actually did, but as one who is a lover of poetry and art in all forms, I understand that art is subjective and that each person writes a poem in a different way, and with different cadence, and although there are rules to poetry in general, rules in art are made to be broken - therefore I reserve judgment on how I think a poem should sound or go, because since I am not the writer, I don’t know what they were going to say, so how could I judge it as incomplete?

   But you are very correct on the original form of this poem, and I do very much appreciate you letting me know this version was incorrect.

4. Denise Says:
   October 14th, 2008 at 8:50 am

   Michele - what a great repsonse!!

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