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Freds Opossum Storyopossum 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...
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Categories:
animal, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Big Horned Sheep Look Wise to Mea 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...
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Categories:
animal, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Might Choose to be a MouseIf 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...
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Categories:
animal, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
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...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
a murder
Categories:
animal, anxiety, bird, dark,
Form: Senryu
PigeonOnce, 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!...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Limerick
Slice of Lemmingsslice of lemmings
white wilderness suicide
thank you walt disney...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Senryu
Open Mouth SeasA whale’s open mouth, and its wide.
Young man’s open mouth; almost cried.
For seeing the risk,
Away, he does whisk.
The job,...
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Categories:
angst, animal, sea,
Form: Limerick
Long Day For Mrs WhiskerAfter 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...
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Categories:
animal, cat,
Form: Rhyme
You Saw Anew
Sundial numerals illuminate
Knowing noon narrow shadow arrow strikes
Flicks ‘round corners of maze elaborate
...
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Categories:
animal, anxiety, daffodils, environment,
Form: Sonnet
The Screecher of the CemeteryThe 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...
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Categories:
animal, death, grave, life,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Free verse
My Pappy MoeEeny, 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....
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Categories:
animal, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
MeoluIn 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...
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Categories:
animal, cat, pets,
Form: Ottava rima
mantis
monogamous not
awful courtmanship
nips off lover’s head
tally ho handsome
imponderable female
seduces new prospect...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Acrostic
Specific Types of Animal Poems
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Definition | What is Animal in Poetry?
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