Animal Poems | Examples of Animal Poetry

Does God mourn for every ant that was crushed before it was able to carry its own weight?...

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There once was an elk a lonely elk not a wapiti or moose who had no friends not even a whelk so he went in search the silly goose hoping for the milk of elkish kindness with another of his ilk tho' he did go looking high and low roaming all around in the snow sad to say at the end of the day no...

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dazzling frothy dolphin dives in dual dynamic with daughter I marvel at their beauty, and their diving prowess They astound, astonish, delight and disarm me I feel one with them, a kindred dolphin...

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The Ballad of the Endless Shell An Epic Poem of Turtles In the age when the world was newborn and bright, Before sword or sorrow or firelight, The Earth did stir with a breath so wide, And turtles rose from the ocean's tide. Old as mountains, calm as stone, They bore the sky on backs alone. With shells like shields from time and...

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With the fiery wick of my candle I add my intention to my heart Every crossroads I walk on are clear for me The path is clear no pebble to tumble on No blockage on the road with the fiery wick of my candle I add my intention to my heart Every crossroads I walk on are clear for me The...

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spirally coiled shell crawling across the sidewalk two tiny feelers ...

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Smiles from me to you, making you happy not blue. Friendship we can praise, as we enjoy sunny days. My puppy is tan and small, she likes to sleep in mommy's shawl. She loves to play with her ball, while I play with my doll. We like to play outside, where she will run and hide. I...

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AGING ACROBAT oak gray squirrel smolders, red rheumy lights his eyes for he's aged a year older with acorn chunks inside his hefty thigh when kit, he swung as acrobat to fly as 'tarzan', high, but now the fat defies! ...

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some fight each other some learn to play together others co-exist ...

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Summer arrives in golden light, Mountains shed their snowy white. The river moves with joyful gleam, Shining bright in the sun’s beam. Through rocky beds, she winds with ease, Nourishing earth in tender peace. Quenching the thirst of Pines and Firs, Thriving the bushes around her shore. Seasons shift, and colors grow, Tree tips shimmer, blossoms show. Daisies dance in meadows wide, Sweet peas bloom with...

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If a camel is the ship of the desert then speaking equally a ship is the camel of the sea altho' a camel can go without water for up to seven months a ship without water on which to float is neither a barque a barge nor boat as the camel needs food to get over the humps it seems like a dromedary conundrum to...

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Sitting in the sunshine streaming through the window my catnap's long overdue it's way past time I drifted off to the land of milk (and honey) ah Shangri-La a return to déjà vu and my reverie it's no hallucination merely visualisation of a fertile imagination and when all is said and done no I'm not the one (but, 'Wish I were,' hear me purr) the cat who ate the...

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"A camel is an animal which all of us should thank, if we were desert travellers far from a water tank" This was dictated by my 95 year old mother, from her childhood in the 1930's. I am trying to find the rest of the poem, but my searches have come up blank! If anyone knows this...

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The Elephant is big and strong It’s history runs deep and long But lots of Elephant’s are starting to die These friendly creatures and I’ll tell you why, They’re being killed by humans all around Tusks being sawn off is a harrowing sound Just for those tusks, they destroy the whole thing For the sake of an ornament, chess piece or ring So...

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Day is done and night now comes; flowers fade and birds sleep. Hear the wolf, he sings a love song; through the darkness deep. Hear the shadows weave their lullaby; weave a soft melody. As you dream, they sing their gentle song; sing for you and for me. As the day fades, and night begins; let your dreams arise. Watch as the starlight dances along through...

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