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Animal Poems | Examples of Animal Poetry

Animal Poems
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.
Shattered dreams of New Canaan
Shattered dreams of New Canaan no longer land of the free home of the brave, original rightful occupants hoodwinked, petrified, where diseases xeroxed ambushed, crushed, extinguished, squashed, trashed, wampashed, the entire kit and kaboodle zapped violent unwelcome intruders celebrated acquisition or outright annexation of...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, america, analogy, animal,
Form: Free verse
Gentle Wanderer
In tranquil depths, the sea turtle glides, Ancient traveler where the ocean hides. With a shell like armor, so strong and wise, She dances through currents, beneath the wide skies. A journey of...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Large Furry Visitor-or What Ate the Suet
bird feeder pole snapped in two suet cakes gone-border collies barking large furry forager departed- sated ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Other

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Phil saw his shadow I was hoping not darn groundhog ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Haiku
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Love not the cruel world- where the birds take to the sky, leaving snakes to crawl....Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, animal, betrayal, devotion,
Form: Haiku



The Magic of the Farming Days
On a quiet morning light comes the deep oshanas breaking round like a boundless oasis that is so bright and the echoes of the cattle happily resound. Manna of the north are planted and the mielies around the homestead...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, environment, farm,
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member Death of a flea
I hate it when a flea takes a liking to me and keeps darting in front of my eyes. I try swatting it away, but she thinks it's play, and so keeps it up - until she dies....Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, animal, dark,
Form: Tercet
Premium Member Keeping up with the Joneses, who are weird
Because I'd been good for a very long while, my parents decided to buy me a crocodile. Then all the kids on the block thought I really did rock. Till two weeks later, another kid’s parents decided to buy him...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member A Delicacy to Delight the Most Discriminating Pig
Porky Pig once stopped by my butcher shoppe Pig was not looking for any old slop He searched high...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, food, funny, giggle,
Form: Limerick
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I found my muse And added a pinch of euphony A lilting dash of beauty And wafting cup of imagery I stirred in two tablespoons of fauna and sprinkled a half cup of Flora I boiled a gallon of...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, art, beautiful, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Crazy Pets
My Crazy Pets You might think I am daft as I write this draft. But it doesn’t’ have to make sense! Prince presented me with a mouse. His litter box stinks up the house. He sleeps the day away, and rarely likes...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dignity Of An Elder Dog
Master, my eyes now have cataracts, my bones ache and stiffen when I rise, I cannot chase squirrels like I used to, nor fetch a tennis ball the way I did as a pup, but I love living with my...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Personification
The symbol in the Sky
Write a story for me about the symbol in the sky and how the moon orbits the earth in twenty seven point three days, when the universe was wide awake. Write a story for me...Read the rest...
Categories: age, america, animal, courage,
Form: Narrative
Waking Up in a Concrete Building
Sat in rows dressed for summer, we convene to talk about winter and death. There are four screens in the room. ...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, angst, animal, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Happy Groundhog's Day
I wish you health I wish you light and happy Groundhogs Day tonight...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Animal Poems

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