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Animal Poems | Examples of Animal Poetry

Animal Poems - Examples of all types of animal poetry to share and read. This list of animal poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of animal poetry. This list of works about animal is an excellent resource for examples on how to write animal poems.
Premium Member Freds Opossum Story
opossum lies in the street today I do not approach it right away like to keep myself safe said Fred these creatures often just play dead Wife said get a shovel and bury it! Fred did not want to, but...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Big Horned Sheep Look Wise to Me
a big horned sheep’s horns have a curl. fat and thick, curved up in a unique swirl. It makes them look wise if you ask me. If they could speak, then you would all see. Wiser than owls or...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Might Choose to be a Mouse
If I could be any animal I might choose to be a mouse. Finding my way by touching walls in a person’s house. Mice do not get sick, even if they eat food that is bad. They never...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Tabby Cat
My tabby cat with spectacles on nose, Sits on a chair in imperial pose. She holds an open book in one hand, And a mug of coffee of a fresh brand. Though she controls only the mouse, She acts as...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, appreciation, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member a murder
a murder of crows morph into shadows no suspects in sight...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, anxiety, bird, dark,
Form: Senryu



Pigeon
Once, when younger at the beach, Dad bought us an ice cream each. A pigeon, alert, pooed on dad’s dessert; no more it tasted of peach!...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Slice of Lemmings
slice of lemmings white wilderness suicide thank you walt disney...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Open Mouth Seas
A whale’s open mouth, and its wide. Young man’s open mouth; almost cried. For seeing the risk, Away, he does whisk. The job,...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, animal, sea,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Long Day For Mrs Whisker
After long day of work, Mrs. Whisker Heaved a sigh, and sat on her comfy chair, Holding tea in one hand, book on other An heirloom tea-pot right beside her. Flowers on the vase, delightful they...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, cat,
Form: Rhyme
You Saw Anew
Sundial numerals illuminate Knowing noon narrow shadow arrow strikes Flicks ‘round corners of maze elaborate ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, anxiety, daffodils, environment,
Form: Sonnet
The Screecher of the Cemetery
The screecher of the cemetery: You fly in between the headstones And hide away in the bell tower When the dawn comes. You know the names of all who are dead— At night, you call to them softly, And seek out...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, death, grave, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Spider Ride
If I could have one wish I would be very small and I would ride on the back of a spider I would traverse the web building with the spider with all the twists and turns I would look at...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Free verse
My Pappy Moe
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe I had a Pappy; his name was Moe. Pappy Moe raised a deer; it was a doe. The doe he raised was named Joe. Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe My Pappy Moe....Read the rest...
Categories: animal, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Meolu
In sunlit rooms, a feline form reclines, Meolu, the cat with fur of silken sheen. With eyes of jade, his gaze on birds' designs, A graceful hunter, silent and serene. His purrs, a melody that...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, cat, pets,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member mantis
monogamous not awful courtmanship nips off lover’s head tally ho handsome imponderable female seduces new prospect...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Acrostic

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