As I age
I see things more
as old dogs would:
drawn to the calm
of no delivery men,
of fresh water,
of nourishing food.
And the sweet scents of people
I can’t forget,
who love me.
And, yes, even those
who stop just to caress.
Michael Maul is a poet who lives in Chicago.
He is the author of the two poetry collections: Dancing Naked in Front of Dogs (2018), Breaking Cover (2023) and a chapbook “Birds Who Eat French Fries” (2019).
He is the winner of the Mercantile Library Prize for Fiction, his work has been nominated for ‘Best of the Net’ poetry recognition, and he was twice longlisted for the Ireland’s Fish Poetry Prize. Maul has also edited three annual international poetry anthologies for The Heron Clan.