Big Hero
by Marco Katz Montiel / July 20th, 2025
Little mutts that yap-yap-yap,
Those yappy dogs disgust me.
My energy they simply sap,
Then yap-yap-yap some more.
Give me a big dog any day,
A friendly canine I can hug,
A bowser who will romp and play,
Might even save a life, they say.
But then I read this news report
That made me think anew
About a longhaired little sport
Who saved a human life.
Sitting in a field of snow,
She stared intently at a spot
Where a man was trapped below.
A beautiful chihuahua,
She did not use her strength or speed
Nor snapping jaws to snarl or snag.
She sat for hours, no drink, no feed,
Then guided rescuers with her gaze.
I’d like to give that dog a hug,
And if she would, just shake her paw.
That fluffy dog with a cute mug,
Taught me a lot today.
Marco Katz Montiel composes poetry and prose in Spanish, English, and musical notes. He went to college late, and then alienated one university by publishing about bigotry on campus and got kicked to the curb by two others for his union activities. Still, Marco managed to graduate and even publish a book on music and literature with Palgrave. His essays, poems, and stories appear in
Ploughshares,
Jerry Jazz Music,
English Studies in Latin America,
Copihue Poetry,
Camino Real,
WestWard Quarterly,
Lowestoft Chronicle,
Dissident Voice, and in the anthologies
Cartas de desamor y otras adicciones,
There’s No Place, and the
Capital City Press Anthology.
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This article was posted on Sunday, July 20th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.
