A Beautiful Life

June 2017 Literature

Roy Runds

He's loyal

Loving

Grateful

Friendly

Intelligent

Understanding

Affectionate

Alert

True

Sincere

A delightful

Sensitive companion

Eager to please,

Is easily pleased,

Always knows his own mind

Only takes what's offered

Will live on muck and water

Doesn't complain

Can take any treatment

From his boss,

Whom he always forgives,

Doesn't mind if people stink

Or make a mess

Shout

Are unmannerly

Ignorant

Womanizers

Or nymphomaniacs,

Warmly welcomes his friends,

Is ready to learn

And to be trained

An adept pupil,

Dashes to save a friend in danger –

What a compliment

To be called a dog!

About the author

Roy Runds

Born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1944, he received a BA from the University of Western Australia. He settled in 1972, in Israel where his main avocation was as a poet. He also wrote limericks. From 1984, he was a member of the Voices Israel Group of Poets in English, and co-editor of their annual magazine, VOICES ISRAEL from 1992 to 2006. Two of his books of poetry are in print: SUNSPOTS AND SUNBEAMS (Tel Aviv, 1996) and LAVA AND LAVENDER (Tel Aviv, 2005). His poems have been published in Israel, America, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the United Kingdom. He was a freelance journalist, editor and proofreader. His interests were reading, music, literature, and the company of good friends.

Roy passed away in December 2020. There an obituary written by Kaila Shabat on the Voices Israel website https://www.voicesisrael.com/Newsltr-2021-1_website-version.pdf

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