Animal Ode Poems

Ode to an Orca

You are the apex predator
of the ocean.
No other sea creature can
match you.
Even the mighty great white
fears you.
Its liver one of your prime
delicacies.

You...

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O, noble eagle, king of boundless skies,
Whose piercing gaze the sun itself defies,
A feathered arrow, launched on currents strong,
Where mountain peaks your ancient anthems throng.

From...

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Soaring through the sky of early fall
   Abolishing mosquitos, eating for all

   Your siren song echoes in the night.
Hungry little teeth...

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Amazing creatures
Amazing features
Has the ablity to fly
Has the ablity to sing
Wonderful animals
Wonderful creatures
With wonder features
They can fly, swim and sing
Let their freedom ring...

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fly lands on my notebook
is this a hello?
does he want his own missive?
I can see his tiny wings
and his twitching face
I continue to write
he flies...

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wiry wily 
snakily snake
like a load of spaghetti
all coily not straight

roundy and writhy 
curly with flow
like stringy all knotty
and cotton to sew

a scribble of dribble
all...

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Lucky Orange’s nickname was El Oh 3.
He was so lively and quick, a great steed for me.
We would travel all day, and he never got...

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ODE TO ELEPHANT


Elephant Elephant 
enveloping essence of Earth !
             I hear an elevated...

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Oh you lucky dog 
aren't you glad you're not a frog 
as easy as it may seem 
you just lift a leg and let off...

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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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