Pets Longing Poems

If I could write a poem about 
you, what would the subject be?
And would the form be sonnet,
or something far more free?
You are so difficult...

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"I wandered lonely as a cloud", William Wordsworth 

I wandered lonely as a cat
And grew weary of chasing rats.
I'm not fond of killing lizards,
And squirrels...

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I watch and wait at the foot of the door.
No other place is better than this floor.
When the doorknob jiggles.
My old hairy tail wiggles.
Happy that...

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Strolling along a country road in March
I saw a little kitten, bedraggled, all alone
It hesitated to come to me, back in an arch,
I took from...

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In the corner there...
Under the defused lights,
With spectral highlight’s here, 
There, they float near and afar.
An apple sits in its technicolor glory, 
It's not fully...

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She is dear as she lies on the bed,
Given away – gray – clinging to someone new.
Someone new, reticent, afraid to be given away –...

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Once my neighbor asked of me
would I, for a modest fee,
tend his dog?  “It won’t be hard;
he will stay in our backyard.
We’ll be gone...

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All windows of my home are having the mosquito net
Though the mosquito menace will be bearable
More mosquitoes throng outside when daylight is set
Mosquitoes thronging in...

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Oh, precious little creature, mine,
The joy you suffuse my life with is immeasurable!
I pray I convey to you in affection
And inclusion in all my comings-and-goings,

Just...

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I owned a dog, for eleven wonderful years,

I got him as a wee puppy,

He had brown velvet ears,

I really do miss him…oh so much,

He was...

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Bugger 
17th July 2015

Last night my missus gave me some oysters for tea
Was I in for a night of rip snorting whoopee?
I showered and shaved...

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There was a young feline named Jackson,
Who wanted a piece of the action.
While hunting for rats, Jack
Got into a spat, with a strange little
Creature known...

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Dachshunds




Charming pair of brave dachshunds,
Possessive and stubborn,
Grew up with my only son,
Always jealous of my love for him,

Playing games with lot of wit,
Full of humour...

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Bob had been a lonely man ever since
His wife of fifty years had passed.
“Lord, let me join her.” he would pray.
“Let this day be my...

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I left your side not long ago,
To run on Heaven‘s fields.
I know you’ll miss me daily,
While writing poems on the hills.

With no farewells exchanged,
And no...

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