(72) If (By The Kipling Dog)

One of my all time favourite poems is If by Rudyard Kipling.

If you can scratch that irritation
And rid yourself of those fleas,
Put your head upon a masters lap,
And be patted gently on the head.
Look up with pining eyes at the table,
And gain the reward of a scrap of food.

If you can tempt your master to walk you.
Even when the rain is falling outside;
C**k your leg up at the leg of a chair,
And know you will never get caught.
Bear to take that dreaded walk,
Up to where the fears of the bath await.

If you can dream of the day now gone,
And kick your hind leg up in the air.
If you can train your master well,
To throw a stick but have to bring it back;
Then the world is your bone, my pup,
And every day you will be a dog.





copyright Chris Smith 2010

Reviews

[Ben Taylor]

This is really interesting; making this a parody of "If" was a clever idea :)
Nicely written; the comparison between the two poems is very noticeable, although I'm glad you gave a description of what this was imitating, since I have not read the original before.
In conclusion, this was a well executed, original idea :)

[Mauricio Montoya]

I'm more of a kitty guy, but nice work.

[iamkim]

If... if only I have the words to express how brilliant this poem is, i'd write an essay. but the only word that's left is EXCELLENT!

[northern monkey]

Very funny Chris, well combined with your acute observational skills.

[emona]

thats so cool ^^ but cats are better lol

[Sel Whiteley]

This made me laugh.

[Amy Bumpas]

This is cute and has the feel of humor too. If only we could
learn new tricks then the world would be perfect...lol

[HisDark Angel4ever<3]

very good..i like how you did the comparison between two poems

[Poeticadia]

This is brilliant! Dogs are particularly good at training us, even if they do have to put up with the occassional bath in return. An awesome parody of Kipling. I love it!

[Althelia Marie Caine]

Amazingly written, my friend