National Dog Day is an annual event celebrated on 26th August.
Established in 2004, its aim is to raise awareness about the number of dogs that are currently in rescue centres and encourage their adoption.
Check out the links below then read the short poem that I wrote back in 2013.
HOLLY
Waking, my hand falls on warm fur:
a small ribcage rising, falling,
as breath goes on doing its work.
We are connected, she to me,
by synchronous breathing; by love,
on my part; on hers, obedience.
Now fifteen years, I hold her close,
gently as when she was a pup,
skin-and-bones, promising nothing.
A good dog, demanding only
a clean, warm bed; small kindnesses.
Fortune, grant her sleep, untroubled.
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