Animal Nose Poems

Eyes like pools of dark chocolate,
A large nose to lick with your tongue,
Ears stuck on the side of your head,
A tail to swat the flies...

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These are poems about animals by Michael R. Burch

Double Limerick: The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch

The platypus, myopic,
is ungainly, not erotic.
His feet for bed
are over-webbed,
and what...

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When asked why his nose was so red
Young Rudolph looked flustered and said:
Those elves love high jinks
and spike all my drinks:
The rum tends to go...

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When asked why his nose was so red
Young Rudolph looked bashful and said:
'One kiss from a doe
Sets me all aglow;
I blush from my hooves to...

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Our cupboards are full of junk no one would ever eat.
My husband has this little buy-too-many groceries problem.
Especially if they are on sale.
"I'm saving you...

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Such a nose had Ol’ Blue.
Best in south Missouri... everybody knew.
Could smell a pheasant across the plain.
Could point a covey in a hurricane.
That’s the way...

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Like an animal,
I can detect your scent
As it wafts through the ether.
You smell like the pure essence of man and myth.

Our scents mingle,
Share a created...

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