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Rated: 18+ · Book · Philosophy · #2227028

Entries to The Daily Poem Contest.

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February 2, 2026 at 3:26pm
February 2, 2026 at 3:26pm
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By Any Other Name

German Shepherd in the snow,
what I really want to know,
if once you were an Alsatian,
would spots make you a Dalmatian?

And if you were a Croatian,
might you be on a vacation?
Strange indeed this assignation,
herding sheep could be salvation.

Changing names, it seems to me,
is nothing but enormity -
as Shakespeare said about the rose,
it don’t mean nothing to the nose.


Line count: 12
Rhymed aabb
For The Daily Poem, 02.02.26
Prompt: Illustration of German Shepherd dog in the snow.
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