The Perfect Name (Monday Poem)

by Peggy Archer


You can name some dogs for how they look
or what they like to eat.
You can name them for the way they act
when walking down the street.

You can name some dogs for flowers, or
for famous movie stars.
You can name them for the friends you like,
or for your favorite cars.

You can name them for their talents, or
their wiggy-waggy tails.
You can name them for the way they bark,
or go to fetch the mail.

With all the ways to name your dog,
when all is said and done,
whatever name you give your dog
will be the perfect one.


from Name That Dog! Puppy Poems from A-Z
by Peggy Archer
2010, Dial