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Petting Poems - Poems about Petting


Premium Member The Octopus and the Gerbil
The octopus sometimes forgets Its suckers when gerbils it pets. It sticks to its arm, Then falls, to some harm, Which both of them deeply regrets. ...

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Categories: petting, animal, caregiving, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
Petting Time
I am a dog, a pup no longer I huff and puff just a push-over lover; fuzzy and floppy my soul a place for muddy paws and sniffy tingles. Your feline purrs have groomed my hairs and your belly rubs are the best. You wag me....

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Categories: petting, poetry,
Form: Free verse



I Was Petting Him
when his tail wagged but once more...

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Categories: petting, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Petting Zoo At a Farm
Children like the farm They have a small zoo A small petting zoo All the animals are out For the children enjoyment For all ages to enjoy They are able to feed As well as pet them The cows in the pasturesand roostere To touch and feed them Look at hens and rooster Pet a rabbit or a pony Or a donkey that is fenced in If they...

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Categories: petting, animal, children, farm,
Form: Free verse
Heat Lightening
Heat Lightening by Michael R. Burch Each night beneath the elms, we never knew which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance, then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . . Quiescent unions . . . thoughts of bliss, of hope . . . long-dreamt appearances of wished-on stars . . . like childhood’s long-occluded,...

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Categories: petting, car, crush, desire, love,
Form: Sonnet



Petting You Again
I long to pet my pet Heaven bond she has gone Fur tickling Gods nose Catching mice, who knows For he created her Where else would she go? Lost I am without her Meow, Meow her sound Disappeared with that sound In and out she would go Giving me no peace But now I say, goodbye My Sweet Anne: Rest In Peace Contest: All Pets Go To Heaven Sponsored by:...

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Categories: petting, animal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heavy Petting
Tiny children love to play at the farmer’s petting park, they’ll stroke the little lambs all day, and then beg to stay till it gets dark, until mum has to drag them away - a spring visit always hits the mark! 6 Lines of Cheerful rhyme contest Sponsored by Line Gauthier * NB The Sponsor asked for a fun title! 04/10/20...

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Categories: petting, animal, childhood, fun, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Petting Pet Porcupines
Petting Pet Porcupines Pet porcupines require love But always pet them with a glove...

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Categories: petting, angst, animal, appreciation, caregiving,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Step Santa and Petting the Prefix
12/28/18 I just received a gift from my {step}mother, Only three days late this year. It's a Santa Claus soap dispenser... with a twirl and a twist. I used to own it well over twenty years since. It has yellowing soap still clogging the spigot... *****, you've even treated old Saint Nick like a {step}, How true to your form...

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Categories: petting, abuse, holiday, mother,
Form: Free verse
Tragedy At the Petting Zoo
No matter a man's call or profession He must use all the proper protection Ask the zookeeper why For he lost his left eye When the elephant got an ******** Made for Bawdy Poetry II Contest on 6/29/14...

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Categories: petting, animal, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Petting Zoo
filthy goats grabbing they know just how to work a room complete in their absorption hungry symbols enslaved but not ashamed...

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Categories: petting, allegory, animals,
Form: Free verse

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