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STANDARD POODLE
by KJ McPhee → (All Poetry by KJ McPhee)
Sunday, September 6, 2026    Not rated by the Author.
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STANDARD POODLE


If I was a Standard Poodle,
I'd go on the Royal Hunt
I wouldn't fear any other,
dog around

If I was a Standard Poodle,
I'd leap over gravestones
and through gates,
I'd have lots of good mates,
canine and human

Friends from Westminster
and other Dog shows

Running in the churchyard,
off the lead,
Names of the deceased I can't read,
the grass and the earth speaking
To my wet nose.

The man with the cheerful smile,
Talking kindly to my master,
He seems to know I'm not run of the mill
Common or garden,
Knows an aristocrat when he sees one.

I think he misses a dog,
I like him patting my woolly head,
My grey coat impresses him.

If I was a Standard Poodle?
By God in this churchyard,
I most certainly am, monsieur!  

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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 6, 2026
That's a kind of weird personification. Royal.

My brother bought a standard poodle one time, but had to let it go because he thought it would harm his young daughters.

My cousin in California had a substandard (smaller) poodle she named Tawny. That little girl had the unique ability to catch a thrown ball just after it made a bounce. She had many puppies and could swim like a fish. None of her puppies could do that bounce catch like her.

When my cousin died in her bed. Four of Tawny's puppies guarded her with their lives when they came to remove the body.

Ron


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