“The dogs assure me” by Madison Scott-Clary (read by the poet)

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You’re listening to Poetry Month on The Voice of Dog.

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This is Rob MacWolf, your fellow traveler,

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and Today we present a poem by Madison Scott-Clary,

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whose graphomania occasionally gets the best of her.

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Today’s poem is from her collection Eigengrau,

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and was previously published in Civilized Beasts vol. 2.

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Her writing is available at makyo.ink,

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where you can find stories,

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poems, and books to purchase or read for free online.

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Read by the poet.

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Please enjoy “The dogs assure me”,

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a poem by Madison Scott-Clary

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The dogs assure me: There are volumes of meaning —

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Life and death — And time;

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Past, present, future —

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In the scent of a rotting fish left after the flood,

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Or a trace of scat,

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Or the coyote, long passed,

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But not everyone reads poetry.

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I'm not so lucky, all told:

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The rich scent of meaning —

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Heady, intoxicating —

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Rises only from words And the way you rest your hands on the table.

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This was “The dogs assure me”

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by Madison Scott-Clary,

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read by the poet.

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Thank you for listening

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to Poetry Month on The Voice of Dog.