Animal Prose Poetry Poems

Chris and Martin brought us biology, zoology and ecology.
They introduced scientific learning to us in a friendly, exciting way.
We learned to observe, detect and investigate...

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Sheila wears tiger clothes everywhere she can.
Do you have a tiger swimming suit? I ask.
She does not.
I feel it is my opportunity to see her...

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You first I offered.
The rugged two-hundred-and-sixty-pound guide stared at me.
You are kidding, right?
We had stopped in front of a cave opening.

It’s spring. Bears would not...

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whate and shark both wanted her love
she saved herself
for her feelings were not the same
they eventually moved on

there is no merman, other mermaids chastised her
she...

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I was walking along a pond
When I felt myself being watched
It was not a creepy feeling
But it was absolute.

This was the first time I had...

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How far could he possibly leap? The child asked her father.
Stop talking and start backing up slowly, her Daddy told her.
He already knew a snow...

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I thought Santa wore red, the crow said to the owl.
Regular Santa, but this is raccoon Santa, the owl hooted.
What does that mean?
Watch and learn.

In...

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Casual lion lounges in his 70’s jacket
It is made of velvet, not velveteen
Softer than his mane if you can believe it
We wait for his words...

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Peanuts slowly slid between the old man's fingers as he watched.
Unaware, his long time patrons smiled and greeted him as they passed.
The music stopping abruptly,
he...

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Having to undertake my journey through life
        I face unusual situations...This time with animals...

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he time machine took us way back
To the cave dweller days
No electricity no electronics
The hit of the day was cave paintings

In order to see them...

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It was the kind of heated up August that fried toads
My sisters and I sneaked off to the riverbank
Don’t get wet! Our mother warned us
We...

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Leaking through the worn, gray boards, like a trickle from a dream. Where gentle thoughts raised prayers through the loft, tiers spilled out tears, remembering...

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lovebugs has taken on a new meaning
now that I live in Jacksonville, Florida
where honeymoon flies congregate
in hundreds or should I say millions?
flying in tandem, like...

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Borden’s milk had a gorgeous sidekick cartoon cow, Elsie.
In the Midwest we had Elsie dolls, Elsie curtains, Elsie pins.
I wanted Borden’s milk more than anything...

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