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ARTFUL PET GUARDIAN

Pet Care - Art - literary magazine

Ally Benbrook

First Place Service Dog Fine Art Contest Fall 2015

ARTFUL PET GUARDIAN Featuring 5

Pet Life

15

Pet Health

36

Training

51

Fine Art

66

Literary

86

Humor

Sasa Prudkov “Beautiful Park” Fall 2015

Poetry

By Carol Santora

www.carolsantora.com

Horses

By Carol Santora

“Carol is attracted to the pure spirit of animals…”

Horses Running, grazing, playing Nickering, whinnying, grooming Spirited, bold, smart Calm, patient, strong, versatile Powerful, agile, alert, swift, enduring Gentle, balanced, curious Teaching, knowing, awesomeness My muse, my heart, my inspiration Spirit guide and mentor Colors Bright, muted, abstract Line and texture Bold strokes, drips, runs, splashes Intuition, spontaneity, instinct Intimate connection, Spirit, heart and soul www.ArtforBarks.org

Poetry The Naming of Cats T. S. Eliot

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have

THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the name that the family uses daily,

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Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James.

Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey -All of them sensible everyday names.

There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames: Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter But all of them sensible everyday names.

But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular, A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,

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Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, 0r Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum Names that never belong to more than one cat.

But above and beyond there’s still one name left over, And that is the name that you never will guess; The name that no human research can discover -But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confuse.

When you notice a cat in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same: His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name: His ineffiable effable Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular Name. www.ArtforBarks.org

Poetry How A Lot Of Us Become Friends One day on the beach Ricky met a dog just his size. Her name is lucy and she is very pretty.

“Wow”, said Ricky.

Naturally, I met Lucy’s mother, theresa, at the same time.

It happens that Ricky’s full name is Ricky Ricardo, so how could Ricky and Lucy not take to each other? In fact, they became quite tight. It wasn’t a good day if they didn’t see each other.

So how could Theresa and I not start on that day to become friends?

Poem by Mary Oliver

Dog Songs

Paintings by Evelyn Mcorristin Peters www.evelynmccorristinpeters.com www.ArtforBarks.org

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susan street

Joseph Piccillo

gallery@susanstreetfineart.com

Corporate And Residential Consulting Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, founded in 1984, is one of Southern California’s leading contemporary art resources specializing in art consulting for private and public collections.

Susan Street Fine Art Gallery responds to the unique challenges and aesthetic needs of each client, from those who are new to collecting and purchasing a single work to the experienced collector or corporation building a large collection.

As consultants, they specialize in helping build collections that reflect the client’s personal taste and pride themselves on being able to obtain virtually any work of art, whether or not it’s in their current inventory.

209 North Cedros Avenue, Solana Beach, Ca. 92075 www.ArtforBarks.org