Don Marquis Pete the Pup

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Pete the Pup is a character in the "archy and mehitabel" writings of Don Marquis. Pete is a Boston Bull Terrier with a raw, passionate joy for life and devotion to his ‘master’. Like Marquis' other animal characters, Pete types his poetry at night on the author’s typewriter (seldom capitalizing or using punctuation). Unlike much of the other character's contributions, Pete writes of his uncomplicated life without strong political and social references. Here is an example of a poem written by Pete the Pup. It comes from “the lives and times of archy & mehitabel” by Don Marquis, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1950.

pete at the seashore

i ran along the yellow sand

and made the sea gulls fly

i chased them down the waters edge

i chased them up the sky

i ran so hard i ran so fast

i left the spray behind

i chased the flying flecks of foam

and i outran the wind

an airplane sailing overhead

climbed when it heard me bark

i yelped and leapt right at the sun

until the sky grew dark

some little children on the beach

threw sticks and ran with me

o master let us go again

and play beside the sea

:::::pete the pup

External links

• [pete the pup]
• [Don Marquis.org]
• [Don Marquis.com]

 

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