Paper Trainer’s Lament--By Alice Couch--United States

Paper Trainer’s Lament

My pup is a big photo hound,

so numerous pictures abound.

She’s sweet and petite

will sit at my feet

then potty where no papers are found.

Alice Couch is a retired nurse’s aide who spends her days playing with her dogs, Nibby and Squeakie, while writing poetry for her three children, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and four great great-grandchildren.  One of her stories published in Living with Children. She studied yoga and Buddhism and has a gift for blending the rational approach of the Western mind with the deep spiritual wisdom of the east in her poetry. She was named Noblesville’s Senior Poet Laureate in 2012.