Poetry About Animals

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"My furs are not in storage, nor lying on the bed,
they're dancing 'round my feet, waiting to be fed."

http://armedwithvisions.com (Warrior Poets) - nice collection, mostly environmental, some regarding animals

Most of these poems (and stories) are available in one document here

Title	Author	topic or first line
A Bleak Winter's Night	Trudie & Paul of Doris Banham Dog Rescue	Imagine a kennel on a bleak winter's night Invaded by winds that ravage and bite
A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)	Robert Frost	A speck that would have been beneath my sight On any but a paper sheet so white
Activist's Pledge	Janet Riddle	Until the last flesh is consumed
A Dog's Prayer	Harris, Beth Norman	Treat me kindly my beloved master,
A Dog Sits Waiting	Unknown	A forgotten companion
A Dog's Soul	Unknown	Advising all dogs
All Beings Matter	Renata-Laura Vegalante	Some passions or compassion cease to exist without me
All Life is Sacred	Andrew Pell	Hunting is not a recreational sport. It is the murder of innocent lives that should be taught.
All Up In Arms	David Dvorak	Angered by the insensitive callousness of the world Looking down on the voiceless only to feel superior
A Message for Models/ Fur belongs to animals	Jelena Z.	Fur belongs to animals. Animals apparently need it- they own it.
A Model?	Jelena Z.	You lifelessly do another casual stroll on catwalk, looking so calmly in presenting "final product" of ruthless,
A Mouse's Plea	Barbauld, Anna	Early Animal Rights Poem Discovered
A Prayer from a Stray	unknown	Dear God PLEASE send me somebody who'll care!
Animalennium	Maraya	Happy New Year to the animals
Animal Liberation	Dvorak, David	Accustomed no more to the abuse Now shed a tear seeing the reality
Animals in 2050	Malini Patel	As we evolve, so hopefully does our compassion
Animal Slaughter	Moore, C.K.	Hope of Escape
Anti-Fur Poem	Breslauer, Jillouise	Truth about fur
Anti-Speciesism	Toplak, Cirila	I have a lover, she is a beauty She's smart and fierce and dignified
A Letter From Your Pet In Heaven	unknown	To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say.
A Prayer for Little Paws	unknown	Written for strays in Greece
A Prayer To Go To Paradise With The Donkeys	Jammes, Francis	Animals in the afterlife
A Promise Kept	Greear, Cheryl	I stood behind a tree in a forest at dusk watching what was no less than amazing.
A Puppy For Christmas	Willis, Jim	A puppy is for life - (Seasonal)
AR Poems	various
A Shelter Dog's Poem	unknown	Once upon a time, you see, There was this little pup For reasons unbeknownst to me,
A Sioux Prayer	unknown	Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
A Time For Love	Moxham, Jenny	If Christmas is a time for love Can someone please explain,
Auguries of Innocence	Blake, Wiliam	To see a world in a grain of sand,
A Wall of Sadness	Zaric, Jelena	About the Belgrade Zoo
A Wolf's Plea	Des (Lone Wolf)	Wolves in Alaska
Bassatin Slaughtermen	Moxham, Jenny	Ritual Slaughter
Batall�n a Tordesillas	Padilla, �ngel	Ven. Acomp��anos. Jam�s habr�s hecho algo tan bonito.
Bear Bile	Owens, Amy-Le	I have spent my life in this cage, incarceration is all I know. The bars clenched tight to my body, they are my tomb and my home.
Before I Die	Willis, Jim	Breeding mills
Believe Me You	Dvorak, David	Basic instincts set in Enriching the minds of any ignorant to the truth
Bells of Heaven	Hodgson, Ralph	Plea
Beneath Hemlock	Strecker, James	Beside the Hemlock Garden: On lives and Rights (book)
Billy	Sharer, Kristen	Animal abuse. When Billy was 6
BSL Must End	Daines, Maria	I'm reading about Bruce the pit bull mix. Banned from his family because of what he is.
Buddhist Poetry	various	Anthology
Bunny Rabbits 'Don't Cry'	unknown	Blood soaked white fur,
Bye Baby	Animal Shelter Volunteer in Massena, New York	video adaptation
Called Him Rags	Cooke, Edmund Vance	They called him Rags, he was just a cur
Cat Haikus	various	Various haikus about cats
Catch the Wind for Battlefield	Zaric, Jelena	When the sea becomes so red ' It means that all baby seals are dead.
Canada's Ice Flows	Minde, Cynthia	Your waters are getting warmer and your Ice is melting
Chinchilla Poem	Robicheau, Paul & MacEachern, Sandra	Tiny paws reach for me in my dreams
Choose	Staff	Animals are not ours to use
Circus	unknown	Animals in the circus
Cow Milk - Moral or Sin?	Sonee, Naresh	If cow was my mom, I sort of idiot, Why I forced my father to pull my cart ?
Cows Give Us Milk	Moxham, Jenny	Is milk "natural"?
Cries of the Voiceless	Dvorak, David	Look in to their eyes Crying out for mercy
Crying With the Elephants	Dallas Rising	Animals in the circus
Death Ship	Moxham, Jenny	50,000 sheep left Devonport bound for Kuwait...
Dear Child	unknown	off topic. "What life is like"
Dedicated to A.L.F.	unknown	They are wearing black, I can hear them coming.
Dialogue from God to Man on Animal Slaughter	Pell, Andrew	I cry when I look down and see the sheep you kill. Only for your stomach to fill,
A Dog's Last Will	Laska	When human beings die they write their testament
Do I Go Home Today?	Thompson, Sandi	My family brought me home cradled in their arms.
Do You Remember Me?	Tiger	A forgotten companion
Do Something	Lewis, John R.	Request
Donde Voy	Chyi Yu	in memory of the dogs slaughtered in Chinese cull
DragonFly	SeaWolf	Were it so as legends tell Dragon on my bow may be
Farewell (to hunting)	MacMillian, Ian	BBC 4 broadcast in celebration of the ban on Fox Hunting
Fight Against Viv	Breaux, Crystal	He's just a sweet little monkey,
Firefly Sky	SeaWolf	Just one firefly's endless sky, Ever all I cared to see.
For ALFY	Daines, Maria	A little friend on tiny feet One that I was glad to meet
FOR THE ANIMALS OF CHINA	Beth	Animal Exportation
For Their Rights	Katz, Butterflies	Upon seeing them, a smile lights up my face.
For the Love of Justice and Truth	Dvorak, David	Following a different ethic code, Living to set free all the voiceless
Forget Me Not	Souza, Kathyrn	Shelter animals that do not get adopted
Fork in the Road	Dvorak, David	All for the sake of neanderthalic greed, Where countless sentient lives Are needlessly taken
Freedom For Birds	unknown	A tall forest tree is a cockatoo's home So why must I stay in this cage all alone?
From an Innocent Young Farm Animal	unknown	From an Innocent Young Farm Animal To the Children of the World
Fur: Russian Sable	Templeton, Laura	It's not a fashion It's not a trend
God Names Dog	Taal, Linda	The story of how dog got its name
God's Gift	Belanger, Marie	A forgotten companion
Good Night Precious	Willis, Jim	Shelter animals that do not get adopted
Gotta Be Somebody	Nickleback	This time I wonder what it feels like To find the one in this life
Grow Old With Dogs	unknown
Happily Blind	Riddle, Janet	Deception lies inside the walls A veil that covers cage and stalls
Have a Heart Not Hearse	Beane, Linda	Truth about meat
Hear Our Voice	Ewert, Lisa Jo	Plea
Helpless	Censtcuriaus, Sebastciaun T.	Helpless, to feel helpless as I look over that endless cliff!
Here In This House...	unknown	Here in this house... I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs 'out there'.
Hi Willie	Fong, Mira	About a stray cat briefly adopted before he disappeared
Hog Treasures Life		For a hog treasures life just as much as a dog
Hope For a Second Chance	Melanie	Shelter animals
Horton's Poetry	Horton	I woke up one day. The Truth. Words of Atonement.
How Could You?	Willis, Jim	essay
How the Grinch Stole Hunting Season	Robertson, Jim	Every hunter Down in Hunt-ville Liked hunting season a lot--
How Would You Like It?	Moxham, Jenny	Each year billions of factory farmed animals are forced to spend their entire lives in small cages...
Humane Killing	Renata-Laura Vegalante	What part of humane does 'humane killing' mean?
Humans	Harvey, Dominique
Hunter's Weiner Bawl	Beane, Linda
I Adopted Your Cat Today	Shel	Shelter animals
I am an Animal Rescuer	King-Tucker, Annette	Hope
If Cows Could Speak	Kirschner, Andrew	I am cow. I like to feel the sun on my back graze in an open field roam freely and nurse my young.
I Have Learned	Willis, Jim	essay
I Hear Their Voices Crying	Burton, Craig	I see Thy face
Indy	Kerry	About a dog who got lost and died.
In Joy and Sorrow	HIM	Oh girl we are the same
In Lampers Beam	Hewitt, Judi	Hunting
Insects Are Bug People	Jaymes, Patty	Insects are bug people Who can't help being small, That's something hardly anyone Understands at all!
In the Name of Food	Riddle, Janet	Our habit requires that blood be shed So to slaughter the cattle head
I Rescued a Human Today	Allen, Janine	Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering
I Saw a Lobster	Genevieve	I looked into his eyes as they wept
I Saw A Possum Die	Beane, Linda	Traffic
It's What's For Dinner	Krapf, Michelle	Truth about meat
Just One Voice	Ward, C.	Each day I learn, research and read. About all the animals who are in need.
Just Wondering	Lynn, Terry	Do you know who is affected when you abandon an animal?
Jim Willis Interview	Litke, Hedy	Dec 2002
"Just a Chicken"	Hillman, Whitney	You think I have no purpose, I'm just food for your plate.
Karma	Burke, Rebecca	If fox hunting is a sport pardon me for being rude How the hell can I compete if I'm running away from you?
KFC Poem	tofuandpotoatoes	2007
Korean Leader	Beane, Linda	Animal abuse
Last Year's Christmas Present	unknown	T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Lend Me a Bird	unknown
Letter to Ciera	Leughmyer, Heather	Vegan mother to her child
Life through a Pit Bull's Eyes	unknown	You breed me to be strong, Now you think you were wrong.
'Lil Bear Cub	Peters, Bruce Andrew	Bear hunting
Listening to Their Cries	Dvorak, David	The call has gone out This time a call to arms
LITTLE LAMB	Durlabh Singh	Truth about meat
Lonely Loner	Blaine, C.	One person can make a difference
Loving Arms	Jessie	after watching "Earthlings"
Mad Human Disease	Natasha Canali Wood	"I will lend to you for a while, a bird", God said.
Man's Best Friend	Overton, Kelly	Dog on a chain Spring Summer Fall Winter
May I Go Now	Susan A. Jackson	May I Go? May I go now?
Meat Is Me	Moxham, Jenny	So you've nothing against eating meat? (Truth about meat)
Me Means Alone	Beane, Linda	Me means alone.
Modern China	Sarah	Neon flashing lights, Brighten the bustling streets, Advanced technology so cheap
Mo Embar - index	Mo Embar	Poems, stories, and songs
Monkey See & Food Forethought	Tolson	Can you look deep into my eyes,
Mother Parrot's Advice to her Children	Ganda, Africa	Never get up till the sun gets up
Mourning Toni	Zaric, Jelena	1/25/06, after euthanasia of Toni, the elephant
My Bully	Atcheson, Dan	My little Bully passed away
My Foster Dog	unknown	From fostered to forever home
My Freedom	Owens, Amy-Le	I am trapped, miles from home and though I may have little, And despite the fact that everyday I grow more fragile, more brittle,
My furs poem	Palva, Fabio	link to a video poem
Net Dance	SeaWolf	Inside that net does one tiny fish swim Wonderin' what then may become of him
Night B4 Xmas	unknown	AR twist on Christmas song
Night In A Cage	Krapf, Michelle	Running free, in the wild
Not In Vain	Dickenson, Emily	If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
No Need To Hate	Amri, Khy'em	If those with ears hear, what do those without do?
Number 43	Nahid, Rebecca	remember me, I'm number 43,
Obligation	Guest, Edgar A.	Plea
Ode to a Fox	Hewitt, Judi	Truth about fur
Of Ravens One	SeaWolf	Once a Raven dressed in black came to sit and have a chat.
Old Dog In a Locket	Stamm, Heidi
One By Name	WantNoMeat
Once I Was a Lonely Dog	Pace, Arlene	Once I was a lonely dog, Just looking for a home. I had no place to go, No one to call my own.
One by One	unknown	One by One, they pass by my cage, Too old, too worn, too broken, no way.
One More Voice	Whittaker, Judi
One's Self Equates Experiencing Me As An Entity Alone	Beane, Linda	Pause a moment, fully comprehend "Self means alone."
Open Your Eyes	unknown
Our Endeavor	Jaymes, Patty	It's hard to change the world, we know, And yet we have to try, So long as cruel injustice lives And gentle creatures die.
Out of Mind, Out of Sight	Templeton, Laura	"I'm sorry I can't speak out I'm just not understood
Paint Her Divine	Beane, Linda
Please Help Save the Moon Bears	Foster, Leigh	video poem
Plea to Nature	Wegner, Marguerite
Plight of the Parrot	dOE, Terri L.	Animal Exportation
Poem for Winkie	Tanzer, Deborah	For Winkie the elephant and in tribute to Joanna
Poem for Baby Seals	Greene, Lindy	Written in 2005 about the annual seal slaughter
Poetic Animal Justice (2 poems from book)	Pupak, Barbara	All God's creatures large and small beautiful runners to those that crawl
Poetry	various	10 poems
Poetry.flv
Pointless Tests	Anonymous	Anti-vivisection
Point of View	Silverstein, Shel	The other side of dinner
Prayer for Animals	Schweitzer, Albert
Prayer of a Stray	Davenport, Bev	Please send me someone who will care...
Prayer of a Stray -- in three languages	trans. by Tiger	Stray animals
Prayer of the Cows	Gold, Sam	O light deliver us Thy lowly slaves, You who feed us The bread of sorrow.
Puppy	Hooley, Graeme	These four walls my prison for a short time they will be,
Quack Quack	Rebello, Dr. Leo	At the Quack Quack conference
Questions	Gullage, Cynthia Helen	Why are they killing the animals?
Remember Me: Ode to the Irresponsible Breeder	James, Trudie	Remember me, though I know that you won't
Remorse	unknown	Life changing experience
Repercussions' Set Into Motion	Dvorak, David	Raising hell for atrocities witnessed Sending the guilty running for fear
Retarded Research	Moxham, Jenny	Anti-vivisection
Rescue Poem	Pace, Arlene	From a rescued dog
Ride to Death	Riddle, Janet	Straight through the traffic grind the stench of feces trails behind
Road Kill	Toplak, Cirila	Every spotted road kill stops my random thoughts And makes me shiver
Room In Your Heart	Schubert-James, Caro	Sorrow fills a barren space; you close your eyes and see my face
Seasons of Life	Willis, Jim	It is the Spring of your life,
Shelter Animal	unknown	about shelter animals
Shelter Xmas	unknown	'Tis the night before Christmas and all through the town,
Sidewalk Sorrow	Anntelop	haiku
Sit & Stay	Ellis, Virginia (Ginny)	Hurricane Katrina's cost
Skinned Alive (also in French)	unknown	Its not a bad dream It happens in real life Nous sommes apeur's et effray's
Slow Dance	girl dying of cancer	Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Song of Peace	Shaw, George Bernard	from his writing
Sounds of a Battery Hen	Davis, karen	You can tell me: if you come by the North door, I am in the twelfth pen
Surrendered Eyes	Layne, Jerry Elmore	Shelter animals
Sweet Slaughterhouse Beast	Reader, Marian	Dear Sweet Soul I feel your pain That dark black hole where you were slain.
The ABCs of Atrocity	Ransel, Viola	sow the seeds of future perversity.
The Activist	E., Paul	A rescue
The Baby	Renata-Laura Vegalante	How can we take away your mother
The Bear Hunt	Lincoln, Abraham	A wild-bear chace, didst never see?
The Circus Slave	WantNoMeat	circus
The Death of the Old Plymouth Rock Hen	by Senator Eugene McCarthy	It was tragic when her time came
The Difference He Made	Poole, Randy	Amidst the morning mist of the swift returning tide
The Family Dog	unknown	The family's dog was bought to guard, Chained to a post in a chilly backyard,
The Garden	Cowper, William	Well--one at least is safe. One shelter'd hare
The House Dog's Grave	Jeffers, Robinson (1887-1962)	I've changed my ways a little; I cannot now run with you in the evenings along the shore
The Hunt	Owens, Amy-Le	Below the roots of an oak, be there a family of six. A mother and her babies who she smothers with love and licks.
The Least of These	Carter, Jared	No, not a dream, but here, now.
The Legend of Billy McCread	Hughes, Paul	You'll remember the story of Jake Ah, yes, that was incredibly sad
The Little Black Dog	Reynolds, Elizabeth Gardner	If Christ had a dog...
The Pledge	Riddle, Janet	Until the last flesh is consumed And no more animals are born to doom
The Power That Moves	Gold, Sam	The power that moves without impediment All light, all density, thrush and cricket song,
The Puppy's Plea + 10 poems	Mollie, Jim Willis, more	Pet Stores
The Reason	Senite-RockoO, Kim	I would've died that day if not for you.
The Silent Revolution	Piergrossi, Brian	On the surface of the world right now there is war and violence and things seem dark.
The Slaughter-House	Hayes, Alfred	About animals going to slaughter
The Spirit of a Greyhound	unknown	I was standing on a hillside in a field of blowing wheat
The Stairway to Freedom	Marr, Anthony	One who dwells in the bottom of a well will say that the sky is small.
The Thoughts of "H"	Donnelly, Harry	I don't know much about dugongs or sea turtles for that matter,
The Vegan Poem	Rogers, Jeff	This is my poem promoting the vegan lifestyle. The thought of eating flesh, to many, is just vile.
The Vegan Poem Page	various	Various poetry from various sites
The Vegan Poem Page 2	various	Various poetry from various sites
The Vow	unknown	Forgive me for my actions were learned
The Young Horse	Sumner, Valerie	Horse racing
The Week Before Christmas	Moxham, Jenny	Twas the week before Christmas And all through the shed, Not a creature was stirring For all were now dead.
They Live In Our Hearts	Nagev, Nitram	They live in our hearts and run through our dreams:
Think Again Brother Man	Pape, Edward	This is the voice of the creatures Calling the one that can speak,
Think of The Cow	Briggs, Marion	Is milk 'natural'?
This Little Kitten	Melanie	Done once shunned,
Through Opened Eyes	Riddle, Janet	Through opened eyes we clearly see And answer the animal's plea
Through Their Eyes	Wilson, Ann	No difference
The "From Trust to Dust" Video	Beane, Linda	Hey homies! Yeah all of you!
The World's Need	Wilcox, Ella Wheeler	So many gods So many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind
Those Eyes	Sarah	Your eyes did not comprehend, The pain and suffering you endured,
Through the Eyes of a Pit	unknown	Do you know what it's like to be a pit bull?
'Till All Are Free	Dvorak, David	As if viewing a fortune telling abacus Counting both good and bad events
To A Dog	Branch, Anna Hempstead	If there is no God for thee,
To A Fur Scarf	F.F. Van de Water	The trap jaws clanked and held him fast;
To Fast on Thanksgiving Day	Fong, Mira	Questioning America's most barbaric tradition
Tom Turkey	Beihl, Molly	I'm emailing you today, my friend Not just to say hello
To My Uncle Sam	Browne, Brennan	While robbing the poor to pay for more war You redefine goodness as terror.
Tough Love / Chained	Bakalar, Gordon	I am a dog with a story to tell
Trapped Earthlings	Templeton, Laura	We are all earthlings trapped in a world in which we've doomed
T'was the Night Before Christmas	unknown	Xmas in a shelter
Twas The Night In the Fur Farm	Jacobelly, Liz	Twas the night in the fur farm In my prison I lie Deprived of freedom No one heard my cry
Unseen They Suffer	unknown	Unseen they suffer
Until the last flesh is consumed	unknown	Until the last flesh is consumed and no more animals are born to doom
USDA Choice	Schorin, Mel	Would you eat it if it fell on the floor, the waiter washed it off, replaced the sauce and broccoli,
Vegan Poetry	Jones, Bernie	Collection of poetry
Vegan Poetry 2	Jones, Bernie	Collection of poetry
Vegan Steven	Zephaniah, Benjamin	There was a young vegan
Versos de Fuego		Que te incendien el pelo en nombre de Dios,
Voice of the Voiceless	Wilcox, Ella Wheeler	I am the voice of the voiceless:
We Are The Living Grave of Murdered Beasts	Shaw, George Bernard	We are the living graves of murdered beasts
We Will	Katz, M. Butterflies	We will always be mindful...
What Are My Influences?	Rose, Simara	Everyday miracles
What We Owe	Dennis, Alan	All died bravely most died scared
What's It All About ...? Alfy!	Remnant-Ashton, Elaine & Rod	Book of poetry to raise funds for the care of the animals on Jollity Farm
Where Does It End?	Ewert, Lisa Jo	Cats are one of God's creations
Where Do We Start?	Snider, Bonnie	Where Do We Start? The task so daunting. Where do we start? Every second of every hour of every day
Where's Her Baby	Beane, Linda	Every animal is someone's baby
Who's James Strecker?	Strecker, James	interview
Why Animals Need You	Jaymes, Patty	Because they have a voice to cry Without the words to tell you why;
We're Not Different	Lambdin, Vickie	In a sleek dark alley, there once lived two cats
White Stallion of Riudoso Canyon	SeaWolf	Up in those canyons far Riudoso way Runs a white stallion so legends do say
Will Somebody Love Me?	Lohinski, Judith	Shelter animals
Within Bitter Walls	Delesandro / McNulty, Kelly	A tale of lives broken
Within the Heart	Riddle, Janet	Another day -- another meal Another life your actions steal
With My Eyes	Shoss, Brenda	Promise to never forget
World Week for Animals in Labs	Strecker, James
www.veganpoet.com	Butterflies Katz	Poems and articles on vegan issues by the co-author of "Incredibly Delicious Recipes for a New Paradigm"
Xmas Poems	Greene, Lindy. Hankins, Camille	Two AR poems
Xmas Quote	Manchester, Guila	Seasonal poem
You Are The Answer	unknown	"Good morning, may we help you?" That's how we start our day, "You won't kill them, will you?" are the first words you say.
You Just Don't Care	unknown	Look away, it's okay Pretend that you don't see
Your Saviour Has Come	Mi-Ri-Guel-Ta	Your Saviour Has Come, No Matter What
Your Servant, Your Saviour, My Life, My Mission	Mi-Ri-Guel-Ta	To my brothers and sisters of the animal kingdom:
2 AR Poems	various