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Animal Poems | Examples of Animal Poetry

Mouse Mischief and Feline Fatigue
A mouse, quite the agile small chap, Played hide-and-seek, right in cat's lap. The cat, with a yawn, Said, "This game's gone on, I'm napping, you rodent, perhaps?" ©bfa032225 ...

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Categories: animal, fun, hilarious, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Pond
Playground for the waterfowl, Other creatures swim there too, like the fish and frog. Not a place for humans to swim, because it's gross! Delightful to watch nature's own playground. ...

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Categories: animal, water,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member pesky mosquito
buzzing in my ear horrible pinch expected pesky mosquito...

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Categories: animal,
Form: Senryu
Interview With A Barnacle
You seem to be like a scab on this ship. Do you enjoy a nice fishing trip? So what do you do with your time? Do you like the taste of lemon or lime? Or maybe acidic things are poisonous to you. Do you like this boat, which is the color blue? Or would you prefer a cruise ship...

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Categories: animal, fun,
Form: Rhyme
A Muggy Day in Assam
The air is heavy— like a warm, wet blanket wrapped around everything. The sun? Hiding behind a cloud, like it doesn’t want to deal with the day. The Brahmaputra flows— slow, wide, calm. It mirrors the dull sky, grey and tired like it skipped breakfast. The trees don’t move. Not even a whisper of wind. Just leaves, soaked with sweat, hanging there like they’ve given up. The cicadas...

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Categories: animal, allegory, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse



The Bone Identity
A K9, with nose to the ground, Found a bone, where no bone should be found. "This mission's a bust!" He thought, filled with disgust, "My treat's in that bone, profound!" ©bfa032225 ...

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Categories: animal, fun, hilarious, humor,
Form: Limerick
Here Comes the Bunny!
(Easter Bunny Song) Here comes the bunny with a wiggle and a hop, Bringing jellybeans and eggs that plop! With a basket full of magic and a trail of cheer, He hides little treasures once a year! He’s got pink paws and a cotton tail, Zooming through gardens and bunny trails. If you see a flash of fluff, don’t blink too slow-- That...

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Categories: animal, children, chocolate, easter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member zebras and giraffes are pals
Zebras and giraffes are pals with wows! Like pygmy goats and milking cows If predators are close, giraffes sound the alarm Zebras run with their herd to avoid death or harm...

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Categories: animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chimp on a Unicycle
Chimp on a unicycle Sure, why not? A versatile learner Who can be taught This one can do sign language too Signing to his owner “I love you”...

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Categories: animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Farm, A Visitor’s Guide
Cow is very close to Pig Pig is busy busy streets and restaurants plenty of eating and dining out Cow is also close to Sheep Sheep is nice quaint and picturesque numerous shops dotted around Cow is not too far from Horse Horse is impressive large houses and open spaces a laid back life of calmness Cow is also not far from Dog Dog is thriving multicultural and diverse a...

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Categories: animal, farm, fun, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Canine Evangelism
My pup ate some theology; some fifty pages have been freed. Now bound for glory, they have gone: the word of dog, upon the lawn. ---------- H/T to Caren Krutsinger's "pup eats paper like a goat"...

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Categories: animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Poacher's Dream
"I dismounted, seated myself on an eminence, and began to mark with my pencil, making a dot for every flock that passed. In a short time finding the task which I had undertaken impracticable, as the birds poured in in countless multitudes, I rose and, counting the dots then put down, found that 163 had...

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Categories: animal, environment, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Clouds Talking To Me
"Pretty clouds filled with water, then it rains down." By Poet I love to sit and watch the clouds, as they dance across the big blue sky. If I watch and wait what will I see, animals like a zoo walking by. One day I ask a big bright white cloud, where are you going? I was shocked when it answered back, off...

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Categories: animal, blue, fun, sky,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Direwolf, Dire Times
I watch the sun rise and once again bring another dawn, Another day in which we are alive. I stand 30 feet above the muddy ground, on the top of our walls, at the end of my watch shift. In the mud I see what...

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Categories: animal, bible, community, fantasy,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Lions Dont Eat Carnivores
Grass-eating animals are their favorite food Lions don’t eat carnivores, they are not in the mood When they devour the tasty stomach of their prey They can stay healthy one more day...

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Categories: animal,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Animal Poems

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