Animal Light Verse Poems

"Tyger, tyger burning bright
In the forests of the night…"
Archaic spelling set aside,
And not intending to be snide,
But really, Mr. Blake, I take exception.
While a tiger's...

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Can the llama see?
We truly did not know
How can he not get lost?
Where does he go?

The llama began to buck.
He saw his chance, he spun...

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The doctor spent hours fitting me with glasses
Those are the ones! My owner said.
Valentines Day is coming up.
And they will look cute at Christmas said...

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A seahorse named Irv finally got up the nerve
To ask a starfish named Larry to marry him.
Said Larry, "Sure, swell, and it's high time as...

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a gigglephant and giraffalaugh
in a junglement’s delight
did swing on a vine
most of the time
but today decided to fight
set to did they
but laugh did they
and tried...

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bulging
burgeoning
bulbous grin

widening
a widened chair
to sit him in

liking 
lotions
rubbed on chin

and greying
gruelling
sunburn skin



...

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sat a toad by a pond
pondering
of some words 
words of wonder
wondering
then he croaked them
gave his voice
voicing 
and looking up 
saw an audience
rejoicing

and the animals
with a...

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A rhino's eyesight is really myopic,
Perhaps that's what makes him so misanthropic.
His hearing and reflexes, though, are sublime,
He can turn on a nickel and stop...

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This is the last time the old frog was grumbling in a croak.
Last time I will ever be in this aluminum jacuzzi; was this kind...

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Whence the time had come, for the winding road to shine,
(Orbiting in circles
Jumping Hurdles
Cyclonic sparkles)
Like a diamonté sun, caught in the clearing of vertiginous fog,

The...

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Respect the boundaries of our love and
please don't squeeze or try to hug..
Haven't I come to you enough to show
my affection when life feels tough?
This...

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Old joke: How do porkypines mate? Very carefully.


The porcupine's a modest
And mostly solitary beast,
Akin to capybara and to beaver,
Though in size he is the least.
He...

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She had to stretch on tiptoes to kiss Prince Frog
He stood still, but his polka dots were quivering
He liked attention from sweet young girls

She thought...

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She really wanted that selfie
Her relatives said
But now of course
The silly girl was dead

You do not get a selfie in a shark’s mouth said Mr...

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Imagine, if you possibly can,
The primate called orangutan.
A great many people admire his cuteness;
They don't even seem to mind his hirsuteness.
His arms are too long...

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