Category: Poetry

Going to Ames

February 10, 2022 | National Championship, Poetry | Comments
So your dog is qualified And you’re going to Grand Junction To run in The National Championship The one and only To run on the Ames Plantation Where for a century and a quarter The continent’s best bird dog has been yearly crowned And where bird dog stories true and fiction abound Read more

Chinquapin Immortals

January 24, 2022 | Florida Open All-Age Championship, Poetry | Comments
I reflect on Chinquapin After twenty-seven Florida Championships Reported there From 1995 through 2022 A piece of earth crafted From lime-rock and sand Covered in wire grass Jack oaks and sparse pines  Sculpted uneven by The Master With an all-age bird dog in mind Its courses laid out in 1969 By Fred Arant nickname Goochy Since then it has served As a place to hunt quail And for a week Read more

When

November 29, 2021 | Poetry | Comments
When the harvest moon’s been full And the dawn is coming chill And the woodcock whistle through My thoughts turn to bird dogs and what they do Read more