Animal Ode Poems

Ode to a Beaver

I watch the beaver gnaw the tree
And see its place in history.
Cursed with a luxurious pelt
Sought after by European furriers.

That led to...

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You don’t have to pitch a tent
Nor build a house to stay
When thousands of us wander desperate
Without a home or place to rest,
You own a...

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“The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”
- J.M. Barrie,...

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Oh, pretty pastel lion with your puffy cheeks
Beauty is in your colors, your eyes green as creeks.
A mere description is not enough to show your...

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Oh, little chirpy squeaking squirrel
I see you always dressed in grey apparel
Swift as an arrow you can run
Watching you scamper the tree is fun

Is it...

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Man, seldom a straightforward animal, 
Long lost in the deserts of weariness,
Wants to flee from a life of denial, 
Wallows no less still in piles...

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Mr. Mallard Duck with your beautiful green head.
You are shiny and awesome, and beautiful, and pretty well fed.
I wonder if your mate, all brown and...

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australian numbat is cuter than a chipmunk, monkey or cat.
with deep claws that know how to dig out food so fat.
tiny brown eyes and shiny...

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sweet decadent belly
how ever will you forgive me
i didn’t know
couldn’t know 
how to love you

i didn’t see that you were more than a belly
you were...

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Our four-legged furry daughter Reva bid us a farewell 
She went on her new journey wagging her tail
God came to take her during her sleep
Took...

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Walking past the zoo
and they have a giant
poster of a duck hung up.
Surely there are more qualified
animals to display to 
convince would-be zoo
goers that they...

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waddle waddle waddle quack quack quack
fluffed up feathers on my warm little back
doing the splits in the happiest way
I shall wander down to the pond...

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Eloise is a black and white cat

The pads of her feet pink

Her eyes a deep set green

My love for her grows warmer still

A lovely shade...

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cat
lion
carnivore
Africa’s joy
he enjoys the chase
making careful choices
antelopes flee before him
each step shows off his pure majesty
his mane serves as a pleasurable crown...

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Odiferous, a sad and sordid tale,
for naught remains but that which does assail.
The rascal takes one final, pungent swipe:
grizzled remains along the center stripe.


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