Three Dog Point of View

July 26, 2026 Poet: Keith Whitman Artwork: Three Dog Point of View by Denise Kester

Three Dog Point of View

Dog dog dog!

Each with a Point of View

Three dog life

Each a part of me, a part of you

Upper dog is observing:

high in the sky

eyes wide open

ears pricked up

seeing the wind and smelling the air

hearing the clouds

tasting the rainbow

watching a flying squirrel wiz by

Imagining

Wondering

Where are my wings?

Lower dog is grounded:

all four feet solidly gripping the ground

part of the soil

part of the earth

deep in the dark of the fertile void

Decomposing

Re-creating

Imagining

Wondering

am I part of the mycelium?

part of Infinity?

Middle dog is conflicted:

feet deep in the earth

head high up in the clouds and infinite space

pondering, perhaps even aspiring

to see a soaring squirrel

or maybe a languid lizard

To enter the fertile void

To see a flying squirrel, in the fertile void, with a lizard riding on its back

Or maybe,

just maybe…

Middle dog is contemplating, what to compose, for his next poem.