Showing posts with label Poems about Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poems about Animals. Show all posts
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Ode to a Monitor Lizard - rhyming doggerel

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Ode to a Monitor Lizard   I saw a picture of a monitor lizard Its s...
Friday, April 25, 2025

What Do Little 'Possums Dream Of? - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   What Do Little ‘Possums Dream Of?                              (I k...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

The Cosmic Inertia of a Six-Pound Dachshund - short poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Cosmic Inertia of a Six-Pound Dachshund   Why is the resistance factor In shifting...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

The Window Frog - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Window Frog The human and the tree frog say good night The human inside and the tree frog out S...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

The Robin's Christmas Dinner - a merriment (a bit rough on the worms, though)

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Robin’s Christmas Dinner (ripped from the pages of the Middle Ages – “Sumer is icumen in”) M...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Two Kiddie Pools in the Back Garden, with Honeybees and a Dachshund - doggerel with a real dog

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Two Kiddie Pools in the Back Garden, with Honeybees and a Dachshund The dachshund loves her kiddie...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

High Noon at the Bird Feeder - a Dachshund and a Squirrel - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com High Noon at the Bird Feeder A little dog, a streak of dachshund red, Across the grass speeds to a s...
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Cats and the Office of Prime - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Cats and the Office of Prime With the dignity of an abbess the cat Enthrones herself upon the mornin...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

Cats are Iambic Pentameter - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Cats are Iambic Pentameter Light-footed cats are nature’s iambics Each subtle feline step unstressed...
Monday, February 6, 2017

The Death of a Good and Faithful Spider - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Death of a Good and Faithful Spider A good and faithful spider lived its life In spinning and du...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Cats are Iambic Pentameter - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Cats are Iambic Pentameter Light-footed cats are nature’s iambics Each subtle feline step unstressed...
Saturday, November 5, 2016

Oh, Possum! - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Oh, Possum! or Marsupials in the Mist or Didelphimorphia Park Well, there you are, snarling behind ...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Oh, Possum! - poem

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Oh, Possum! or Marsupials in the Mist or Didelphimorphia Park Well, there you are, snarling behind the mesh Of a steel human...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Death of a Country Gentlemouse - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Death of a Country Gentlemouse In a golden cloak and a white waistcoat Reposes an elegant little fiel...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

A Saturday Morning Wall-Eyed Hissy-Fit - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Saturday Morning Wall-Eyed Hissy-Fit On a rainy Saturday morning, two cats For reasons known to ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

A House Without a Dog - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A House without a Dog Socks will not disappear Shoes will not be chewed Christmas ornaments will not...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Animal Sanctuary

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Animal Sanctuary An ordinary lawn, an old oak tree Beneath it at dusk baby bunnies hop An...