Great Regulars: During our more than four years

of publishing this column we've shown you a number of poems about motherhood. Here's another, beautifully observed by Liz Rosenberg, who lives in New York State.

I Leave Her Weeping

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 290

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I have three dogs and they are always insisting on one thing or another. Having a dog is like having a dictator. In this poem by Mark Smith-Soto, who teaches in North Carolina, his dog Chico is very much like my dogs, demanding human company on whatever mission they choose to pursue.

Night Watch

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 291

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