Do you know how they judge dog shows? Here's a little insight, and some up-close photos of the whippet competition (that's an English breed of sight hound) from the Bennington County dog show, plus some thoughts on the aesthetics of perfection. Read it and see it at blog.amynelsonhahn.info
Chancing on perfect
Is it something
in the eyes that makes
me blind to the worst of faults?
Is it the noncommittal curl
of the lip that gives me pause?
As much as I have measured
so much has she eluded me --
I will never know her
by method means,
but rather by stark negligence
of careful trial.
She will let herself be found
as in a dream,
where perspective vanishes
galloping over a hill,
and time defies all balance,
censuring designs of order
and proclaiming the dawn
of happenstance.
Copyright (c) 2011 Amy Nelson Hahn
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