Animal Poems | Examples of Animal Poetry

miniscule ant purposeful frenzied movements i ponder her goal...

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For Sir Brian Strand's 1398 Poetry Contest 24 July 2025 ~ ~ ~ ~ ____ ~ .-'o ...

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THE HEAVYWEIGHT AND THE FEATHERWEIGHT Poem written for Ridiculous Comparisons Poetry Contest, Miranda Hawley, sponsor, July 23, 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There’s the elephant, a lumbering titan, a true heavy weight with a heart that beats like thunder, each footfall a seismic event, a gentle giant, who with the grace of a ballet dancer could crush a car if ballet were performed in...

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Take me out back, I'll face the other way, Lay me on the floor, Help me gain my balance, So you can hurt me more. Treat me like a dog, kick me till I bleed, Watch me come back to you, And lay at your feet. Call it love, call it loyalty, call it anything but what it really is— a craving to be needed even in the breaking. I...

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Hear the tale of the green fields where I roam, Leisure World, the place that I call home. If you take strolls (a healthy habit), at dawn or dusk, you'll see a rabbit. (If you were faster, you could grab it) You'll see four-legged, curly-haired cuties who lead their pets while they do their duties, and grey-brown squirrels on their haunches meticulously chewing their...

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Eco-anxiety over the big cats, I am in fear of an empty space. Sitting on top of the food chain in their absence balance is off. Every day they slowly decline, eco-anxiety over the big cats. Panic is no longer dwindling, increasing as numbers shrink. The racing pulse of a lush forest every creature is a part of it. Eco-anxiety...

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Ophid air of misconception Polarizing those of superstition Hideous to some and Indescribably beautiful to many Devoid of human soul Involved in man’s downfall Only to be cursed as Pretense of innocence Holding unfounded fear Of snakes who serve Behind our sight with Intense appearance and Always omnipresent...

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Deborah’s Grandfather was fond of saying, other than at Thanksgiving, turkeys had no worth for he believed that turkeys were the stupidest creatures on Earth. He told stories of turkeys innocently and ignorantly standing on the ground and staring up into the rain so long…they ultimately drowned… Of course we know this isn’t true….and the reason for her grandfather’s...

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We are plain yellow chicks in my barnyard, my family and I Well, we were, until the birth of my younger brother, Guy He is the most excitable chick we had ever hoped to see Getting enthusiastic to the utmost degree When his feathers begin to turn from yellow to pink And then blue and red, we know what to...

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A loyal being is my pet frog More reliable than any dog For a car a dog will chase Maybe even win the race While my trusty frog stays in...

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I've oft been offered but not tempted by large helpings of pie in the sky from too many crooks who indeed the broth did spoil and so as not to be sullied by such greasy oil I stay out of their kitchen not because I can't stand the heat but what's on their menu ain't my cup of meat apple or cherry by the slice...

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There are those who think the masses are like a legion of lemmings doing a death march into the sea (actually a river) but suicidal lemmings are a myth created by none other than Walt Disney in Alberta, Canada where (no lemmings live) the 1958 film 'White Wilderness' was made and the sordid scandalous scene by the filmmakers was staged spinning turntables were constructed all covered...

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A brave sailor who sails the high sea will aim knowing his aft from his lee, but Brownian motion, that fabulous notion, works well for an amoeba like me. ...

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I saw a buzzing, birding fly go by. It spied a puzzling, flying bird up high. When it said, "that's a flycatcher, I think", that bird caught lunch - a fly and a drink....

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something small almost imperceptible is crawling across the porch I have to get closer to see it; it is a tiny bug, so small it has no color I wonder if my dogs have noticed; but they are asleep, not caring leaves of my lilac tree capture my attention next; they seem to shimmer. a different color on the...

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