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Sorrow birdThe sorrow bird
Sings to no living thing
But the rain. It
Shakes its wet wings
So one day it might fly
Away to a new perch
So lovely and dry
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Categories:
animal, bird, life, poetry,
Form: Free verse
InsomniaThe hassle of Insomnia
Is like foolish dogs in paranoia
Over things they can't understand
Like barking in a magic wand
When will their foolishness stop
Doing things that are all crap,
Minding other's own affair?
Even prying...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Rhyme
dapper giraffeDapper giraffe had never felt spiffy like this.
He danced a little dance around a sweet little miss.
She was a filly who gave him an appreciative eye.
He felt so dapper and handsome, he let out a...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Rhyme
BodilyBodily
We are looking for in the universe.
In the hardening of the liquid.
Crustacean particles in the oceans and seas.
Fat that can be formed by proliferation of oxides in space.
Oil in grasses and plants.
The bodies of ocean...
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Categories:
animal, earth, history, life,
Form: Free verse
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Categories:
animal, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
MOM DAD WAR AND GRACE
Just the very thought of him, like an artist’s stroke of his
Paintbrush, sealed a promise of a lifetime of tomorrows.
I finally had found myself and, knew my purpose in life.
The instant you were within sight,...
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Categories:
animal, world war ii,
Form: Narrative
Something WILL FALL ThroughSomething WILL FALL Through
I MEAN
It's really hard to
Be "thorough..."
When all the little
HOLES are so
'SMALL.'
-Gray Squirrel
05-10-2024
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Categories:
animal, environment, heart, life,
Form: Free verse
Alligator SashayCircle left, hang on tight
Don't get caught in an alligator bite
Allemande left, what you want to do
Is turn that alligator into stew
Do-si-do, listen to the band
Alligator shoes look mighty grand
Roll away to a half sashay
If...
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Categories:
animal, dance, humor, music,
Form: Lyric
THE LITTLE BEARThe little bear
Who didn’t care
Grabbed a large crab
That grabbed him back
With a fierce attack
The little bear
Who didn’t care
Cries out loud
For his mom
That set off an alarm
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Categories:
animal, children,
Form: Rhyme
SnakeIt lies in liquid coils
Aware - head raised tongue tasting
Evaporates gone
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Categories:
animal, nature,
Form: Haiku
RAT
What was that
Running around, chased
By my cat?
With great haste
And also fear,
Away I raced.
My kitty dear
Thrashed a rat,
her new souvenir!...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Other
animalscurious cats crawl
dangerous daring dogs dash
scared squirrels scamper...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Haiku
camels on hot sandhumpback camels stroll
across the hot desert sands
licking sand off lips...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Haiku
The monumental bane of OCD obsessive compulsive disorderThe monumental bane of OCD - obsessive compulsive disorder
As origin of *****Sapien species surged ahead,
harboring nascent predominance
asper said primate reproductively bred,
(albeit via incremental fits and starts)
evolutionary forebears didst dread
Tom Tom Club former members
an American...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, animal, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
I Got A Leg Up On This One
I have to go pee you see and my bladder is oh so tiny
so won't you please hurry, no don't show your hiney
one leg up
on leg down
go ahead leak, then get out...
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Categories:
animal, humor,
Form: Limerick
Specific Types of Animal Poems
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Definition | What is Animal in Poetry?
Poems Related to Animal
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