Animal(A) Poems - Poems about Animal(A)

They’re killing innocence because that’s what they do. Bullets are made to fly and bombs to fall too. The animal is alive and disguised by a soft smile. But it will rip out and eat your heart and then politely say thank you. The animal lives a cultured life, educated and true. The animal exists in...

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the squirrel sensed danger quickly it ran up the tree helpless the dog barked ...

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When the sun sets in the morning and rises late at night, and dogs hop on lily pads, and frogs viciously bite, that's when I'll stop loving you, and not one day before, unless, I find, regrettably, that you loudly snore....

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Palestine anticipating life dying trying to save death from possessing...

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I woke with blood in my mouth and no memory of the scab that sealed the rasure. I’m cat-spitting dog-growling peregrine-divebombing rooster-flogging badger-flipping hornet-stinging wolverine-ripping mad. I fired the sun for showing up late cursed the fridge light until yogurt soured in terror. God called I let it ring twice. The therapist said breathe so I swallowed my tongue now I speak in the language of things with canines. coyote-howl syntax vulture-vowel decay the guttural grammar of...

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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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