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A field day shoe fit for Mother GooseA field day shoe fit for Mother Goose
Fruitless effort squeezing figurative juice
Pandora called triggering
helter skelter to get loose
necessitating Bullwinkle J. Moose
to usher at yours truly
(an aspiring wordsmith) vamoose!
Hey diddle diddle the...
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Categories:
animal, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Rhyme
My Best FriendHe sits up; alert
His head turns sideways, I swear with a grin
He slowly performs an extended stretch
A furrowed brow; my best friend
It's a pattern of behaviors
A Pavlovian routine I've come to know
Its as if he's...
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Categories:
animal, dog, friendship love,
Form: Rhyme
Mouse on the RunWith a giggle and a wiggle,
A mouse scurried up the clock,
Tick-tocking on each rung,
As time went tick-tock-tick.
The hour hand struck one,
And the mouse began to flee,
Running down in a panic,
Toward safety and liberty.
With each tick...
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Categories:
animal, children, humor,
Form: Free verse
Bandits From The Woods Nursery Rhyme
Always together, they played
Never alone, lost or afraid,
They trudged through the woods
And all the surrounding neighborhoods,
Piercing the darkness with shiny flames,
Their eyes never revealing their names.
Always together, they delighted
In the games – wonderfully excited,
They plodded...
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Categories:
animal, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
The Tale of the Late SnailAs I wandered down the lane,
I met a snail, quite slow and vain,
"I'm late!" it cried, with a mournful strain,
"I missed my train, I missed my train!"
The sun in the sky did brightly shine,
But the...
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Categories:
animal, inspirational, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Suzanne's Impish MalteseEyes gleam onyx-black, white silky hair gently flows
Pampered with kisses, hugs and chic bows
It's Suzanne's impish Maltese
The first lap dog, from Old Greece
Sparking heart-rending love which glows, spreads and grows
3/22/23
For SuZ...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, humor,
Form: Limerick
Nocturnal
Night,
lunar-
lit.
The eyes
luminous,
surprise
prey.
Fearsome
hunters of
lowly creatures.
Nocturnal
dwellers
in
darkness
encounter
nightmares
of
savage
death.
NB: Waltz Wave form
22 March 2023
Writing Challenge - 'N' Words - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France...
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Categories:
animal, bird, death, environment,
Form: Verse
The MuttA mutt may show up with a rat
Do some terrible things to your hat
But he’s happy for sure
Just to roll in manure
And so grateful that he’s not a cat
...
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Categories:
animal, dog, humor,
Form: Limerick
Wee Winnie Wiggler
It was much too cold underground
so Winnie wriggled her way to the top
where she found it much too hot!
She turned and wiggled back down.
“There’s no place like home!”, she said.
“I like the feel of my...
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Categories:
animal, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Anna Alpaca
Anna Alpaca is a sight.
with long, long legs and long, long neck.
She’s almost as tall as a kite!
I lean in to give her a peck
and when I am too close she spits
to let me know...
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Categories:
animal, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
THE RAM-RODA ram-rod told his riders to
Listen to what he tells them to do
When the cows got away
He told them to stay
So, the rest escaped, oh It's true...
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Categories:
animal, humor,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
THE LITTLE HORSEA horse was the smallest of all
But he also long to be tall
So, he stretched everyday
Stood on bails of stacked hay
Until he stumbles and fall...
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Categories:
animal, humor,
Form: Limerick
The UnknownAs Everyone closes their eyes
And the clock strikes 12
Out comes creatures of the unknown
Into the world under a cloak
They roam to their pleasure
Drinking water by the fountain
Or even visiting the...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Free verse
Nocturnal
a hibernating bear
in the dead of winter
during the day,
the lion sleeps...
until sundown.
Writing Challenge - N...
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Categories:
animal, day, metaphor, nature,
Form: Imagism
Gadding aboutThe foxes came to call
On a late winter visit
The males name was Clive
The females name was Bridget
They arrived as you and I
Were sitting down to sup
You kindly called them
To the door and asked them what...
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Categories:
analogy, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Animal Poems
Read wonderful animal poetry on the following sub-topics:
acrostic, cruelty, death, farm, funny, haiku, kids, metaphor, nature, passing away, rights, rhyme, shape,
and more.
Definition | What is Animal in Poetry?
Poems Related to Animal
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