Best Animalssleep Poems
White sheep, you graze February grass,
nip up the weed-fresh forage
without raising heads,
chew gently dreaming in your sunlight,
fearless, because we shepherd you,
stand guard. We fence out all ravening mouths
beyond our own shadows and watch.
The night you sleep and we sleep –
what then?
It really is quite tiring, lying in the sun,
looking out for danger, protecting everyone,
All the time pretending that I don't even care
I'm sniffing out the undergrowth, to see what's lurking there,
Chasing after next door's cat can be extremely funny,
but I much prefer to find a patch of warm grass when it's sunny,
I sleep with one eye open, I am constantly on guard,
while noisy human puppies go careering round the yard,
Sometimes I'll do a trick or two, to keep my humans happy,
but when it comes to dinner time they better make it snappy!
I know it's just a dogs life, but I say, without conceit,
there's more to being man's best friend than to play or sleep or eat!