[The Futility of Lamentation]

[milo]

Hello

This is actually mostly quite excellent, one of the best poems I have read here in a while.

Due to the harsh weather,
I'm stuck in my house this morning
for longer than usual

(unbeknownst to the dogs,
who are locked up in the basement.

Still, they weep and howl,
bemoaning their aloneness.

I would look for a different word than aloneness. Maybe "abandonment but I am not sure

It strikes me that I'm naive as them
to lament the absence
of those who never truly departed.)

I would also eliminate the parenthesis entirely, they are not necessary. It is nice how you have alluded to a recent death and mourning without ever mentioning. All of your line breaks are fine except "them".

You have communicated quite a bit of information without ever saying it. i know your narrator feels trapped, generally leaves the house in the morning, has multiple pets but no spouse or children and had a recent death in the family that they are having trouble dealing with.

Nice job!