http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Poetry for a friend en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:49:51 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-325168 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:59:05 +0000 Cato1730 325168@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I just got home and have been thinking about these poems this afternoon, what lovely things you have sent me to pass on, thank you! Elizabeth </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-325158 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:43:27 +0000 Catwoman 325158@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>In a poem about the world to come, theologian John Piper writes:</p> <p>And as I knelt beside the brook<br /> To drink eternal life, I took<br /> A glance across the golden grass,<br /> And saw my dog, old Blackie, fast<br /> As she could come. She leaped the stream—<br /> Almost—and what a happy gleam<br /> Was in her eye. I knelt to drink<br /> And knew that I was on the brink<br /> Of endless joy. And everywhere<br /> I turned I saw a wonder there. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-325073 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:19:18 +0000 petpntr 325073@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I am sorry for your friends pain Cato. I have a page on my website which has the story Do All Pets Go To Heaven. If you think it is appropriate, let me know and I will copy it and send it to you via email. You can read it here:</p> <p> <a href="http://www.tributememorial.net/AllPetsGoToHeaven.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tributememorial.net/AllPetsGoToHeaven.html</a> </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-325031 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:03:35 +0000 JoanfromNewJersey 325031@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Cato, I'm so sorry for your friend. I hope Ivory Bill sees this; he is so good with words.<br /> Karenopa, that is a beautiful poem. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-325029 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:53:18 +0000 Karenopa 325029@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Awwwww..I'm so sorry to hear of your friend's loss of her dog. I had to put my dog down last May and I'll always miss her. Here's a poem I found that I liked so much. Hope she does too.</p> <p>Do dogs go to heaven?<br /> My little bully passed away, no more to breathe a sound.<br /> I held him for the last time, then entombed him in the ground.<br /> Day and night I wept so much, in tears I thought I'd drown.<br /> I searched my soul for comfort, but no peace therein was found.</p> <p>In great despair, I hit my knees and then began to pray.<br /> "Father will I ever see, my dog again someday?"<br /> I raised my eyes and saw an angel standing near a gate.<br /> I sensed an inner peace I'd never felt before that day.</p> <p>The angel smiled and said to me, "Oh man of little faith!<br /> God sees every bird that falls; He knows your bully's fate.<br /> I have met your little dog, I saw him pass my way.<br /> Your precious dog is still alive; he just walked through this gate.</p> <p>Paradise is lovelier than you can comprehend.<br /> No pain or grief, no tears or fears, and life will have no end.<br /> God gave to man His only Son, to cover all his sins.<br /> So why would God withhold from you, your pure and loving friend?”</p> <p>The angel took me by the hand and said, "Now come with me.<br /> A glimpse of paradise I'll give, to you so you can see."<br /> Through the gate and o'er the Rainbow Bridge we did proceed.<br /> Through green valleys filled with flowers, rolling hills and trees.</p> <p>“Wow, so this is paradise!” The place was filled with joy.<br /> I saw my bully playing there, with dogs and cats and toys.<br /> He also had some doggie treats, and food that he enjoyed.<br /> He'd made a lot of new friends there, including girls and boys.</p> <p>Then I saw a child come near, and hug my little mate.<br /> She said to him, "I love you so," and kissed him on the face.<br /> The angel said, "The child just crossed the Rainbow Bridge today.<br /> Now she needs a little friend, to love and help her play.</p> <p>God’s love for her would be enough, in that make no mistake.<br /> But in His love, He knew full well, the child would want a mate.<br /> This is why God called your dog unto this splendid place.<br /> God’s entrusted her with him, ‘til you pass through the gate."</p> <p>I pleaded, “May I hug them both?!” The angel answered, “No!<br /> You’d violate a sacred site, and now it’s time to go.”<br /> He led me back across the Bridge and through the gate to home.<br /> He left me there with new-found hope and peace within my soul.</p> <p>If someone ever asks what happens to a dog that dies,<br /> Just give a gentle smile of joy and look them in the eye.<br /> Take their hand and comfort them and tell them not to cry.<br /> For dogs don’t die, they simply cross a bridge to paradise.</p> <p>Dan Atcheson </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-325006 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:38:27 +0000 Cato1730 325006@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thank you S&#38;O's Mamma, the poem was lovely. I will pass it on to her. Elizabeth </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-325002 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:27:54 +0000 SammyandOliversmama 325002@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Cato, I just emailed you ... I am sorry for your friend and said a prayer for her doggy. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/13790#post-324984 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:55:54 +0000 Cato1730 324984@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>My best friend put her dog down yesterday. I know she is very sad and I wondered if anyone had a good poem for this occassion? If so, please post or email it to me as I would like to pass it on to her. She loves poems. Thanks :) Elizabeth </p>