{"id":27,"date":"2025-08-07T19:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayfdesign.com\/laika\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-08-11T05:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T05:11:19","slug":"tributes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kayfdesign.com\/laika\/tributes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Moscow street-mutt, unloved<\/p>

stray. Eleven pounds of bone,<\/p>

of pelt, of tail. Who can weigh<\/p>

the heart of dog? What dials<\/p>

or instruments may measure<\/p>

loyalty; the desire, hard-wired,<\/p>

to obey? Dogs have no gods,<\/p>

know only to worship the hand<\/p>

that feeds. There is no canine<\/p>

word for pray<\/em>. Brave little<\/p>

cosmonaut, faithful to a fault;<\/p>

caught and collared, Earth no<\/p>

more than a distant ball with<\/p>

which you cannot play. How<\/p>

the words that sent you on<\/p>

your way crackle through<\/p>

the ragged dishes of your ears,<\/p>

a comet\u2019s tail of breaking<\/p>

syllables that even now leave<\/p>

their trail: Laika, in. Laika, lay.<\/em><\/p>

Good girl, Laika. Wait. Stay.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“Laika” \u2014<\/span><\/span> a poem by
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  • Nick Abadzis\u2019 2007 graphic novel \u201cLaika\u201d<\/li>
  • \u201cLaika\u201d, a song by Spanish band Mecano<\/li>
  • Laika is featured in a memorial statue at Star City, Russia, sitting amongst other cosmonauts<\/li>
  • “Laika Party”, song by Norwegian singer and songwriter Emmy. The song represented Ireland in Eurovision 2025.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    • “LAIKA”, poetry book by Max Robinson, illustrated by Louis Lorentz<\/li>
    • “Space Dogs”, 2019 documentary about Laika and the lives of other Moscow strays. Directed by Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser<\/li>
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