Love That Dog Quotes

“Sometimes
when you are trying
not to think about something
it keeps popping back in your head
you can't help it
you think about it
and
think about it
and
think about it
until your brain
feels like
a squashed pea.”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“I tried.
Can't do it.
Brain's empty.”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“I don't want to
because boys
don't write poetry.

Girls do.”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“So much depends
upon
a blue car
splattered with mud
speeding down the road.”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“I think Mr. Robert Frost has a little too much time on his hands.”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“(I typed this up myself)

MY SKY
We were outside
in the street
me and some other kids
kicking the ball
before dinner
and Sky was
chasing chasing chasing
with his feet going
every which way
and his tail
wag-wag-wagging
and his mouth
slob-slob-slobbering
and he was
all over the place
smiling and wagging
and slobbering
and making
us laugh
and my dad
came walking up the street
he was way down there
near the end
I could see him
after he got off the bus
and he was walk-walk-walking
and I saw him wave
and he called out
"Hey there, son!"
and I didn't see
the car
coming from the other way
until someone else-
one of the big kids-
called out
"Car!"
and I turned around
and saw a
blue car blue car
splattered with mud
speeding down the road

And I saw Sky
going after the ball
wag-wag-wagging
his tail
and I called him
"Sky! Sky!"
and he turned his
head
but it was too late
because the
blue car blue car
splattered with mud
hit Sky
thud thud thud
and kept on going
in such a hurry
so fast
so many miles to go
it couldn't even stop
and
Sky
was just there in the road
lying on his side
with his legs bent funny
and his side heaving
and he looked up at me
and I said
"Sky! Sky! Sky!"
and then my dad
was there
and he lifted Sky
out of the road
and laid him on the grass
and
Sky
closed his eyes
and
he
never
opened
them
again
ever.”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“And why do I have to tell more about the blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road?”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“That was so great
those poems you showed us
where the words
make the shape
of the thing
that the poem
is about---
like the one about an apple
that was shaped like an apple
and the one about the house
that was shaped like a house.

My brain was pop-pop-popping
when I was looking at those poems.
I never knew a poet person
could do that funny
kind of thing.”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog