Animal Hero Poems

V.
He could hold his breath over a minute,
bullets hit water, didn’t penetrate it,
he’d used this trick before against his foes,
water stopped slugs fast, not many...

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In a land of crime, pets too are killed
A goose was struck by an upset Ouma
I saw it in a fenced yard, life bleeding ...
It...

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(for J.B.P.)

A polarizing figure
A catalyzing force
A man for all seasons 
He’s a man called Horse

A strong man in the wheelhouse
A tall man in the field...

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Too bad
So sad

Chick farm
Coon harm

Coon harm
Alarm

Piled thick
Plucked chick

Bat, Gat
Our cats

You know
Juno

Dog guard
In yard

All day
They stay

All night
Keep sight

Thief quick
Took chick

Come back
Attack

New plan
Big, grand

Plan smart
Buy parts

Sorghum
Stick some

From...

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What a sad day out on the farm;
A raccoon got a chicken, did harm.
At the edge of the heather,
The large pile of feathers
Was enough to...

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The cats had a rather slow day
So they went to the yard to play
All over the ground
Were nuts to be found
Before long, they had too...

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Bat and Gat, on the porch, in the rain,
Lay in rest and surveyed their domain.
With it coming down hard,
Not much up in the yard
To keep...

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The picnic was set for today:
A cause for two hips and hooray.
With Split and Blueberry,
Their time would be merry
That’s if nothing got in their way…...

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Girl cat
That’s Gat

Boy cat
That’s Bat

Ukraine
Med plane

Box fell
Not swell

Advice
Vaxx ice

Heat pain
Insane

No ice
Not nice 

Split wide
Rats spied

Rats tried
Some died

Venom
In ‘em

Zombie
Army

Nice day
Kids play

Supplies
Nice prize

Rats swarm
Do harm

No time 
To...

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A rather long tale, it is written:
The story of heroic kittens
The boy was called 'Bat'
The girl’s name was 'Gat'
By the end, you’re going to be...

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thesis: strength endures voids and emptiness.
strength constructs no homes (antithesis:

if your house leaks then on swollen days
in sullen seasons there is no home for you)

there...

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Encounter with guardian angel January 20th, 2022

We (myself and thee missus)
experienced shell shock
analogous to war weary soldiers
back home from the western front
experiencing battlefield flashback
analogous to...

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WOW! that dog is amazing.
it jumped of the wall and hit the villain in the face. POW!
BOOM! the villain hit him back.
BANG! the dog picked...

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The eagle’s confident wings are ‘The why’
It does powerfully fly,
All the time, unimaginably high
Up in the cloudier, foggier sky,
Where humans don’t ply…
Between the straight and...

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The soft sereneness in their eyes
As they find their spot to lay—
Beside you they choose to lay,
Purity embroidering human flaw

Souls so sweetened by the sun,
Delicate...

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