Typical…

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Sue Vincent

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I just wanted to sleep last tonight…
The Small Dog stayed up late,
She’s all excited, I can tell,
Just by the prancing gait
And, “Writer, please just come and see…
I’m up at fifty-eight!”

“It’s not the New York Times
Bestseller list,” I try to say.
The Small Dog interrupts me
So I let her have her way…
“I’m beating Hillaire Belloc
and Ted Lear… that’s made my day!”

She’s bouncing with elation,
“I’m an author now,” says she.
“They’re not reading the classics,
Writer dear, they’re reading me!
So would you like my pawtograph?”
She grins with canine glee.

Though fame may well elude me
Till I’m six feet underground,
And I’m okay with knowing that
As on the keys I pound,
I never once imagined
I’d be beaten by a hound.

Doggerel: Life with the Small Dog

Available now in paperback and for Kindle

via Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon.de and Amazon.fr

Ani, the inimitable Small Dog, told of the trials of training her two-legs in ‘Notes from a Small Dog: Four Legs on Two‘. Their poetic adventures continued in ‘Laughter Lines: Life from the Tail End’.

In her latest collection of poems, their daily life together takes centre stage. From the perfidy of humans who insist on bathing dogs, to the unpunctuality of writers at mealtimes, the relationship between two legs and four is explored in verse.

The Small Dog reveals her continuing fascination with chicken, tennis balls and the compulsion to re-write Shakespeare, while exposing her two legs’ misdemeanours to the world.

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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47 Responses to Typical…

  1. Mary Smith says:
    November 13, 2019 at 11:11

    Well done, Ani. Wonder if I could encourage Bandit the cat to put paw to paper? 🙂

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  2. Jane Sturgeon says:
    November 13, 2019 at 11:12

    Congratulations, Sue. ❤

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  3. Sadje says:
    November 13, 2019 at 12:50

    Just got it. It’s on my TBR.

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  5. willowdot21 says:
    November 13, 2019 at 13:45

    Awe, Ani well done 💜💜🌹

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  6. willowdot21 says:
    November 13, 2019 at 13:47

    Reblogged this on willowdot21 and commented:
    Ani is so excited…. I agree with Sue it is just Typical 💜

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  7. joylennick says:
    November 13, 2019 at 13:49

    Brilliant,Sue and Ani…Could be confusing…No chewing of bones on the carpet, Sue and heeding to nature’s calls should be best undertaken indoors!! xx

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  8. petratsgalore says:
    November 13, 2019 at 16:53

    YAY! Ani be happy you and The writer deserve it! I wish my Mom would do that for me. but no.. she just takes pictures and posts them :p UGH! anyway CONGRATULATIONS to you both! Takoda and Mom

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  9. robbiesinspiration says:
    November 13, 2019 at 16:55

    Congratulations, Sue and Ani. I have my copy already.

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  10. aydenbrick says:
    November 13, 2019 at 23:14

    I’ll be looking into this book! Great poem

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  11. Marilyn Armstrong says:
    November 14, 2019 at 02:59

    Bought it (Kindle). I was hoping I could get one of my dogs to read it to me. You think? I think they might get the intonation perfectly.

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  12. jenanita01 says:
    November 14, 2019 at 09:00

    Very well done, to both of you!

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  13. Alli Templeton says:
    November 14, 2019 at 13:54

    Congratulations, Ani, only your two-legs could have such a highly talented four-legged companion! 🙂

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  14. Adele Marie says:
    November 14, 2019 at 17:48

    Congrats, Ani, you are the star, much paw love, Dante the Dawg. xxx

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  15. OIKOS™-Publishing says:
    November 14, 2019 at 18:51

    Congratulations, Sue and Ani! 🙂 By the way, on the book cover in the front Ani looks like a little bit like the “Dog of Baskerville”. 😉 Michael

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  16. dgkaye says:
    November 14, 2019 at 23:32

    Congratulations on your new release Ani! Oops – Sue and Ani lol, what a team!!! ❤ xx

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  17. Widdershins says:
    November 15, 2019 at 06:14

    Ah, Sue … never go on stage (any sort of stage) with animals or children. They always win. 😀

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  18. Denis1950 says:
    November 15, 2019 at 08:17

    Congratulations Ani. And so kind of you Sue to provide word processing back up.

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  19. Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life. says:
    November 15, 2019 at 23:35

    Fantastic Sue, perfect for this time of year.. Will slip in a new book promotion on Monday 18th… congratulations and cheese and liver pate to Ani…hugsxxx

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