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What would Fido say about you? This community poem takes pets' point of view [View all]
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1142511764/kwame-alexander-crowdsourced-poem-pets(6 min. audio at link)
What would Fido say about you? This community poem takes pets' point of view
December 15, 2022 5:01 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
RACHEL MARTIN
We asked and your pets answered.
NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander shares his latest community crowd sourced poem from pet owners around the country, from ages six to 86.
We heard from over 700 of you, sharing the words of what your pets might be thinking about you, their next meals, their next adventures, their next cuddles and more.
Read Alexander's poem, titled Dear Captor: You Talk, I Wonder.
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December 15, 2022 5:01 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
RACHEL MARTIN
We asked and your pets answered.
NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander shares his latest community crowd sourced poem from pet owners around the country, from ages six to 86.
We heard from over 700 of you, sharing the words of what your pets might be thinking about you, their next meals, their next adventures, their next cuddles and more.
Read Alexander's poem, titled Dear Captor: You Talk, I Wonder.
[...]
She calls me wiggle butt.
And buggie.
And cuddle bug.
Little one.
Love bug.
Herc-a-jerk.
Hercules.
At this point I just come to anything
Because it might mean food.
Or treats.
Or a walk.
Or cuddles.
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