Nature Animal Poems

I looked to the trees and first saw the crow
When it called out it’s voice sounded coarse
He stared for a second, but then flew away
And...

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Nature isn't Disney
No wild animals die of old age
They die of hunger, exposure, illness
Parasitism, injury and predation
The first five manners of death 
All lead to...

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A bag of bones tucked in the trees,
Nestled against the fence,
Camouflaged by branches and leaves,
Heavy with the weight of death.
It tells a story of mystery,
No...

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a solitary willow weeps
a babbling brook nearby
deer and fawn present a peaceful scene
the sun begins to glisten
on the dewy grass

field mice run through the meadow
rabbits...

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Vivacious, young Adele was quite popular, for she had lots of friends;
Like night's affinity with creamy stars, of joyful glitter that never ends.

She was a...

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In the whimsical woods where the wind whirls wild, 
Lived Benjamin the Bear, a creature quite mild. 
With a belly that bounced as he waddled...

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The tree embraces cat and bird.
On both its blessing is conferred.

In turn, they celebrate the bliss
Of this eternal armistice.

The tree is rooted in the deep,
Where...

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The forests deep, the forests dark,
with mysteries that stir the heart;
the forests tall, the forests proud,
with birds that chirp and twitter loud;
the forests leaves, the...

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The prairies stretch, the prairies team,
their vastness like a painted dream;
the prairies flush, the prairies grow,
fat cattle wander too and fro;
the prairies plant, the prairies...

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Here I am, so loved and adored,
running in fields with my wagging tail,
and every moment I can't be bored,
for every day brings another tale.

When I...

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Bing the turtle was taking a
Slow walk, until he was 
Encountered by a hungry jaguar
Who was ready to eat and kill
So, he knocks the lil...

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A hillside of walkers gathering slow
blend with the gold medal fields all aglow.
Kites finding freedom, flutter and flow
as looping Red Kites begin to swoop low.

Families...

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Would you sleep when the mountain gets steep?
Would you sleep when the valley gets deep?
I have the strength to climb to the highest peak
And the...

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He circles around this rustic boat launch,
the locals know he nests in the pine trees,
fish bone at the base tell of his last lunch,
these birds...

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Please come join me in spirit if not in body...
regarding my resumption 
of daily/mostly nightly constitutional

I accompany my dark shadow...
(small number of  hours 
before...

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