A reading of a rousing poem about independence: “Lone Dog” written by Irene Rutherford McLeod

February 26, 2018June 8, 2022

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I‘M a lean dog, a keen dog, a wilduntamed or uncontrolled; living in a natural state and not domesticated dog, and lone;
I’m a rough dog, a tough dog, hunting on my own;
I’m a bad dog, a mad dog, teasing silly sheep;
I lovea strong feeling of affection and attachment towards someone or something to sit and bayverb / bey / bayed / bayer to howl with a deep, prolonged bark, like a dog on the prowl I‘M a lean dog, a keen dog, a wild dog, and lone;I’m a rough dog, a tough dog, hunting on my own;I’m a bad dog, a mad dog, teasing silly she the moon, to keep fat souls from sleep.

I’ll never be a lap dog, licking dirty feet,
A sleek dog, a meek dog, cringing for my meat —
Not for me the fireside, the well-filled plate,
But shut door, and sharp stone, and cuff and kick, and hate.

Not for me the other dogs, running by my side;
Some have run a short while, but none of them would bide.
O mine is still the lone trail, the hard trail, the best,
Wide wind, and wild stars, and hunger of the quest!

Reading Selection:

Lone Dog by Irene Rutherford McLeod. (1955). In E. Markham (Ed.), Anthology of the World’s Best Poems (Memorial Ed., Vol. I, p. 576). New York: Wm.H. Wise & Co.

Artwork:

A Wolf Looking at the Full Moon (between 1870 and 1920). [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009631783/.