Art Wortd Coop

"Buddy" ( see all proofs)

© rebecca collins / artpaw.com

I love this little Frenchie named Buddy. This is for a teen girl's bedroom and I was sent a link to a peace duvet that the colors should match.  I think they are happy colors and almost have an Easter feel, so I wanted to post this fellow today.  Lola created this fine portrait with just a little direction and help from me, Yay Lola.

As I mentioned yesterday it is poetry month. I have found a lovely poem by Alicia  Ostriker that goes pretty well with today's Frenchie clad in his little life vest.  You can hear an audio reading of this poem at poetryfoundation.org.

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As if there could be a world

Of absolute innocence

In which we forget ourselves

The owners throw sticks

And half-bald tennis balls

Toward the surf

And the happy dogs leap after them

As if catapulted—

Black dogs, tan dogs,

Tubes of glorious muscle—

Pursuing pleasure

More than obedience

They race, skid to a halt in the wet sand,

Sometimes they'll plunge straight into

The foaming breakers

Like diving birds, letting the green turbulence

Toss them, until they snap and sink

Teeth into floating wood

Then bound back to their owners

Shining wet, with passionate speed

For nothing,

For absolutely nothing but joy.