Poems about Animals
#animals
Poetry about animals, all types of pets, beasts and creatures of the natural world. Also poems using animals as metaphors.
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it makes my heart sink
hello little kitty what did you do?
poor little thing lost, natural selection made a cut
not bright enough to avoid the road
it makes me so sad and I get angry
little bird fly high avoid the risk
why do you play chicken with moving cars, don't you know the danger?
with a splay of feathers on my windshield you made me feel horrible
killing one of nature's finest
I stopped to find you on the road, unrecognizable
tiny dog what are you doing
chasing cars it will be your undoing
ran over, you lay dead in the street
my heart...
poor little thing lost, natural selection made a cut
not bright enough to avoid the road
it makes me so sad and I get angry
little bird fly high avoid the risk
why do you play chicken with moving cars, don't you know the danger?
with a splay of feathers on my windshield you made me feel horrible
killing one of nature's finest
I stopped to find you on the road, unrecognizable
tiny dog what are you doing
chasing cars it will be your undoing
ran over, you lay dead in the street
my heart...
#animals
#nature
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Morbid Curiosity

#animals
#death
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Equal to
My birthday has become
a time of giving and serving
It's an exchange of gratitude
for another year of living
What better way to share
than providing a home
for a rescue kitty
who needed to be loved
Isn't that true for all of us
“And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make.”
a time of giving and serving
It's an exchange of gratitude
for another year of living
What better way to share
than providing a home
for a rescue kitty
who needed to be loved
Isn't that true for all of us
“And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make.”
#animals
#birthday
#cats #love
#cats #love
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The Last Stop
Flattened fur and bunny ear,
A weary grin now here appears,
Crushed little bones where tyres tread,
I guess it’s Bugs—yes, Bunny’s dead.
A brutal scene laced across its face,
Left for crows’ pickings, no shame, no grace,
Eyes peeled wide, a little like balloons,
A sudden death with instant doom.
A hooter honks to warn the hare,
Still he crossed; he seemed to dare,
We hope his end was quick and swift,
Paws skyward, soul adrift.
He met the tyre, body split in two—
What’s a driver meant to do?
Now fur and...
A weary grin now here appears,
Crushed little bones where tyres tread,
I guess it’s Bugs—yes, Bunny’s dead.
A brutal scene laced across its face,
Left for crows’ pickings, no shame, no grace,
Eyes peeled wide, a little like balloons,
A sudden death with instant doom.
A hooter honks to warn the hare,
Still he crossed; he seemed to dare,
We hope his end was quick and swift,
Paws skyward, soul adrift.
He met the tyre, body split in two—
What’s a driver meant to do?
Now fur and...
#animals
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Sleep well
I find roadkill strangely beautiful.
It feels almost rude,
like something I should keep secret.
How could I find something so
aggressive and brutal,
so calming?
Maybe it's something in their eyes.
A soul,
finally at rest.
And I hope they died fast.
And I hope they lived well.
And I envy them for finally being able to sleep.
A blameless death.
Accidental.
Peace at last.
It feels almost rude,
like something I should keep secret.
How could I find something so
aggressive and brutal,
so calming?
Maybe it's something in their eyes.
A soul,
finally at rest.
And I hope they died fast.
And I hope they lived well.
And I envy them for finally being able to sleep.
A blameless death.
Accidental.
Peace at last.
#animals
#death
#peace #sleep
#peace #sleep
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Mother Nature’s Revenge
Mother Nature’s Revenge
We live on Cattle and pigs and chickens
Killing the sentient just for dinner
What would happen if we were hunted
We say we are free but it’s not that simple
What happens when Mother Nature freaks out
Cows are men and children are little lambs
Uprising from the animal side all the sudden
We are being hunted like pheasants with no wings
So have them chicken nuggets how about a Big Mac and some fries
Sit bloated stained by sugary McDonalds
Now a bird...
We live on Cattle and pigs and chickens
Killing the sentient just for dinner
What would happen if we were hunted
We say we are free but it’s not that simple
What happens when Mother Nature freaks out
Cows are men and children are little lambs
Uprising from the animal side all the sudden
We are being hunted like pheasants with no wings
So have them chicken nuggets how about a Big Mac and some fries
Sit bloated stained by sugary McDonalds
Now a bird...
#animals
#environment
#nature #pandemic
#nature #pandemic
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Milch Cow
Lowing
cows,
low
pitch
Across
the
misty
meadows
Ghostly
bovine
bitch.......
by Jemia
cows,
low
pitch
Across
the
misty
meadows
Ghostly
bovine
bitch.......
by Jemia
#animals
#fate
#food #sadness
#food #sadness
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Injustices of being a lizard (collaboration with AfterSexDilemma)
Their cold blooded,
In need of heavy thick air
Something in their conscious now
To summon them, I would not dare!
Serpents tongues and leathery skin
Reflections of fearful eyes
Don't come to close,
Possession begins,
When they hypnotize!
Camouflaged in the night.
Absorbing sunlight.
The heat of a solar flare.
Dogging the cows,
Their blood boiling now.
Chasing the innocent hare.
The eyes of insight.
Intelligence and know how,
The bonding begins.
Emotions planted and plowed.
Inside...
In need of heavy thick air
Something in their conscious now
To summon them, I would not dare!
Serpents tongues and leathery skin
Reflections of fearful eyes
Don't come to close,
Possession begins,
When they hypnotize!
Camouflaged in the night.
Absorbing sunlight.
The heat of a solar flare.
Dogging the cows,
Their blood boiling now.
Chasing the innocent hare.
The eyes of insight.
Intelligence and know how,
The bonding begins.
Emotions planted and plowed.
Inside...
#animals
#grief
#memorial #rhyming
#memorial #rhyming
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Opportunistic Carnivorism
I stood there and watched a shroud.
Of nature.
Reveal the universe to me.
As the magpipe ate a pigeon.
I reflected on my.
Assumptions.
Of nature.
Reveal the universe to me.
As the magpipe ate a pigeon.
I reflected on my.
Assumptions.
#animals
#nature
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Willard
Willard never had a friend
Choked by silver spoons
Constantly picked on by miscreants
Driven closer to the edge
Transfixed aggression's
Hell bent on revenge
Taught to murder by command
Lord of the Rats
Sinister rodents, Welcome Big Ben
Infested abode, Hideous Vermin
Chew thru the door,
Gnaw on their throat
Chewing thru bone,
Devouring Corpse
Race of the Rats
Piss, Shit, Breed, Repeat
Pick on the weak, Neurotic disease
Revenge of the Rats
Conquest, War, Famine, Death
Cull the elites, Hail...
Choked by silver spoons
Constantly picked on by miscreants
Driven closer to the edge
Transfixed aggression's
Hell bent on revenge
Taught to murder by command
Lord of the Rats
Sinister rodents, Welcome Big Ben
Infested abode, Hideous Vermin
Chew thru the door,
Gnaw on their throat
Chewing thru bone,
Devouring Corpse
Race of the Rats
Piss, Shit, Breed, Repeat
Pick on the weak, Neurotic disease
Revenge of the Rats
Conquest, War, Famine, Death
Cull the elites, Hail...
#animals
#fear
#horror
#PopCulture
#scary
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The Injustices of being a lizard(collab w/ Vision_of_insanity)
They're cold blooded,
In need of heavy thick air
Something in their conscious now
To summon them, I would not dare!
Serpents tongues and leathery skin
Reflections of fearful eyes
Don't come to close,
Possession begins,
When they hypnotize!
Camouflaged in the night.
Absorbing sunlight.
The heat of a solar flare.
Dodging the cows,
Their blood boiling now.
Chasing the innocent hare.
The eyes of insight.
Intelligence and know how,
The bonding begins.
Emotions planted and plowed.
Inside...
In need of heavy thick air
Something in their conscious now
To summon them, I would not dare!
Serpents tongues and leathery skin
Reflections of fearful eyes
Don't come to close,
Possession begins,
When they hypnotize!
Camouflaged in the night.
Absorbing sunlight.
The heat of a solar flare.
Dodging the cows,
Their blood boiling now.
Chasing the innocent hare.
The eyes of insight.
Intelligence and know how,
The bonding begins.
Emotions planted and plowed.
Inside...
#animals
#grief
#memorial
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Hard Times
Zoomy squirrels on dangle cobbs
hang upside down to eat
dry kernels by the bits and gobbs,
like crows with roadkill meat.
The cold nights say to fatten up
and all the critters will
in breakfast, lunch, and twilight sup,
with their minimal skill.
The rodents love a fatty nut
but in a pinch they may
munch out upon a deceased butt
all night and half the day!
And that is why we mustn't feed
the critters up too close
lest they nip with a hangry greed...
not caring if it's gross 🤢
hang upside down to eat
dry kernels by the bits and gobbs,
like crows with roadkill meat.
The cold nights say to fatten up
and all the critters will
in breakfast, lunch, and twilight sup,
with their minimal skill.
The rodents love a fatty nut
but in a pinch they may
munch out upon a deceased butt
all night and half the day!
And that is why we mustn't feed
the critters up too close
lest they nip with a hangry greed...
not caring if it's gross 🤢
#animals
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DU Poetry : Poems about Animals