Written for: dVerse Poets Pub - "In need of a happiness project?" (posted by Lillian for the Monday Quadrille) "So how about sitting down and creating a little happiness project of our own? You’ve got it: the word for our quadrille today is happiness. Or any form of the word (not synonym) as in happy, happier, happiest. Maybe verbify it and happy somebody! Or how about a happylicious ice cream cone as a treat? Any way you look at it, your poem of exactly 44 words, sans title, must include the word happiness or a form of the word. This will be our dVerse Happiness Project!" Happification is easily achieved in the dog world. Wanna go for a walk? They are ecstatic. Just came home from the grocery? They jump like you’ve been gone forever. See how many times you can throw the toy until they get tired of it. https://dversepoets.com/
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So true. I miss my Chauncey. Now I have 2 cats and if they glance my way after coming home after being gone it’s unexpected.
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My sister’s cat waits at the edge of her bed in the morning and opens his paws to be picked up. You never know with cats.
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Awwwwwwwww I would love to see a picture of that! I belong to a fb group for the cat shelter I volunteer at and they are always posting adorable pics. Would love to post it there 🙂
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I will check with her.
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🙂
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Oh yeah, mine’s nudging my arm right now for her afternoon walk down the same lanes we go every day. Simple joys.
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But the world to her!
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Dogs are inspiring in this way. 😀
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They are!
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Oh how I love wordsmithing! Happification….GREAT WORD! And I so agree…..is there any being, animal or human, that can exhibit happiness better than a dog? That madly wagging tail and how they get their whole hind end into the wagging and shaking back and forth???? They litterally exude happiness from their back end – you never even need to see their face to know how THRILLED they are to see you! And it’s unconditional as well 🙂
LOVE your post!
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Thanks, Lillian. It was a fun prompt.
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I had a dog once. It made me very happy. It was delicious, as was your poem. Salute.
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Haha! Thanks, Ron.
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Dogs seem to be happy without a particular reason.
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Wouldn’t you love to know their secret?
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