“In Praise of the Basset Hound,” a poem by Robin Becker, 2010-11 Penn State laureate
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and finding odd stuff on the net lovers. Well, I ran across this poem by Robin Becker and to be totally honest with my readers, I did not like it at all. I found it down right awful. They put the poor old girl out in shed? Not to mention the eye infection. This is what is stated about the author….
“Robin Becker, the 2010-11 Penn State laureate and professor of English and women’s studies at the University, is sharing several of her poems via video during the 2010-11 academic year, aiming to engage people “in the deep pleasures of poetry — language crafted and shaped from words, the ‘ordinary’ material we all use every day,” to explore how and why poems move us.”
Well this poem did not move me at all. I feel sorry for the hound.
The poem is called something like In Praise of the Basset Hound. Praise? Very odd
More wondering howl anyone could keep an old girl like this in a shed, then disrespect her by calling her smelly.
Very sad….Cat, Chaps and Emma
Comments(6)
Cat, If you want a GOOD poem, plus other fun things to read, try this web-site!
http://basset-tudebassets.com/howlin_info
I don’t even want to hear about a Basset being neglected. I don’t care who the poet is!
Hey thanks Karen! Love it!
I too felt displeasure with the poor sick elder being kept in a shed and pen. Sounds like she went for worse to bad. Sad.
deb, I was totally turned off by the poem. I found it horrible. What is so confusing is that Robin is praised for this POS.
I don’t feel this poet took care of this Basset or really loved this Basset.