Short Animals Poems

Short Animals Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Animals by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Animals by length and keyword.


The Snake

A slithering creature is the snake
He gives me such a fright
For when he coils up and hisses
I know he’s about to bite
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Camouflage

seems what it can seem,

                 really there, although unseen,

                       chameleon blends in.
Form: Haiku

And Was Blue Earth...

And was blue Earth, green woods and hills,
Place that is good, animals had a dream:
My dear, remember me and my deer...
Form: Haiku

Weasel

The sneaky, slinky weasel
Is weaselly recognised … 

But stoats are stoatily different … 
They’re ermine in disguise!
Form: Epigram

Delphic Bee

Singing pollen songs
Lips anointed with honey
Priestess of Delphi
Filling her pollen basket
Propolis giving comb love
© Abe Lopez  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka


The Skunk Farts

The skunk farts
fox squeaks and moves away...
defensive trait





Category:doobutsu;       Kigo:skunk


Olusegun Arowolo
Form: Haiku

Plastered Basement

Randy Hoards Brandy
Locks his stash secretly
Basement waterloggs
His animals go fuzz fuzz
Singing Glory to the keeper
© Zoe Life  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Grandma

Grandma, the tortoise,
lived hundred forty one years
she witnessed many
animals generations
died at the San Diego Zoo
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Creek

sounds of running water


moving and swirling over rocks


animals will drink from


                 P.R.Deremer
Form: Haiku

The Jackfruit and the Flies

One day in summer
We were eating a jackfruit
Suddenly some flies
Smelling odor from somewhere
Came as the unwanted guests.
Form: Tanka

Sad Sextet

Sad Sextet. 


Rainy day 
Wet dog on pavement 
Looking in
Seeing me
Sit by the cosy fireside 
Ignoring its plight.
Form: Sestina

Munch

Munch 

An alligator with a duck swimming to it --

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 14, 2010

Poetic form: Monoku
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Life With Or Not

Jack Spratt's cat was not so fat.
In fact was long and thin.
Jack said "Cats can swallow fat
And also thighs and skin."

' Mimicry ...' 23rd Senryu

‘ Mimicry ’   23rd  Senryu 



        Is That Mimicry ? …
Yeah ! … A Caged, Enraged Polly
          Parrot-Parody !
Form: Senryu

Drowsy Fly - Fulton -

S  L	E   E	P   Y
P  I	G   E   O  N
P  A   S   S   E   S
P  I    L    L   O  W
C  L   O   U   D  S
Y  A   W   N   E  D
Form: Shape

Prairie Rain

Frenzied gophers holding tiny umbrellas
run pell mell amongst the splatter
of irregular raindrops along a prairie road..

Question

I read that tale when I was eight
And I've wondered ever since
Just how many frogs must I kiss
Before I find my prince?
Form: Rhyme

Canines

Canines
Soft, Fierce
Loving, Licking, Drooling
Big, Loud, Small, Quiet
Purring, Hissing, Sleeping
Lazy, Sneaky
Feline
Form: Cinquain

The Camel

The camel can retain much fluid
But this I bet you knew
If you were to join him for a drink
Would he ask one hump or two
Form:

A Hamster

my little hamster
has four tails
he runs on his wheel
all day long
he doesn't get tired
because he eats
a lot of food

Armor Hotdog

bird of feather
flocks the all mighty sea shore
just for a hotdog






Tribute To
The Hotdog 
In All Of Us  LOL
Form: Haiku

Snowshoe Rabbit

A very lucky rabbit
Is the northern snowshoe hare … 

Each year he gets new furry boots,
And a fur coat with each pair!
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Birds Across the Blue Divide

The blueing ocean Separate eagle and dove Spiritual birds http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature4.php
Form: Haiku

Wild Horses ~ {a Septolet}

beautiful bangtail
spirit untamed
racing tumbleweeds
thundering
across mesas

stallions wrestle
under night skies...

Premium Member The Gar

The Gar of very ghostly white
Swam across the sky
Until the fanbrush whisped him away
Blending him into the sky blue-sky
Form:

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