Animal Poetry

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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."

Title	Author	topic or first line
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
Animalennium	Maraya	Happy New Year to the animals
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
A Letter From Your Pet In Heaven	unknown	To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say.
A Moment In Time	unknown	Written for strays in Greece
A Prayer To Go To Paradise With The Donkeys	Jammes, Francis	Animals in the afterlife
A Puppy For Christmas	Willis, Jim	A puppy is for life - (Seasonal)
AR Poems	various
A Sioux Prayer	unknown	Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
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
Before I Die	Willis, Jim	Breeding mills
Bells of Heaven	Hodgson, Ralph	Plea
Beneath Hemlock	Strecker, James	Beside the Hemlock Garden: On lives and Rights (book)
Billy	Sharer, Kristen	Animal abuse
Buddhist Poetry	various	Anthology
Bunny Rabbits 'Don't Cry'	unknown	Blood soaked white fur,
Called Him Rags	Cooke, Edmund Vance	They called him Rags, he was just a cur
Cat Haikus	various	Various haikus about cats
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�?
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"
Do You Remember Me?	Tiger	A forgotten companion
Do Something	Lewis, John R.	Request
Donde Voy	Trear, Susan	in memory of the dogs slaughtered in Chinese cull
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,
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.
Forget Me Not	Souza, Kathyrn	Shelter animals that do not get adopted
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
Grow Old With Dogs	unknown
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!
Hi Willie	Fong, Mira	About a stray cat briefly adopted before he disappeared
Hope For a Second Chance	Melanie	Shelter animals
Horse_Slaughter	Sumner, Valerie	Horse racing
Horton's Poetry	Horton	I woke up one day. The Truth. Words of Atonement.
How Would You Like It?	Moxham, Jenny	Each year billions of factory farmed animals are forced to spend their entire lives in small cages...
How Could You?	Willis, Jim	essay
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
I Have Learned	Willis, Jim	essay
Indy	Kerry	About a dog who got lost and died.
In Lampers Beam	Hewitt, Judi	Hunting
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 Wondering	Lynn, Terry	Do you know who is affected when you abandon an animal?
Jim Willis Interview	Litke, Hedy	Dec 2002
KFC Poem	tofuandpotoatoes	2007
Korean Leader	Beane, Linda	Animal abuse
Life and Liberation	unknown	about shelter animals
'Lil Bear Cub	Peters, Bruce Andrew	Bear hunting
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
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.
Mo Embar	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 furs poem	Palva, Fabio	link to a video poem
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	Quotation
No Need To Hate	Amri, Khy'em	If those with ears hear, what do those without do?
Obligation	Guest, Edgar A.	Plea
Ode to a Fox	Hewitt, Judi	Truth about fur
Old Dog In a Locket	Stamm, Heidi
One By Name	WantNoMeat
One More Voice	Whittaker, Judi
Open Your Eyes	unknown
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
Poetry	various	10 poems
Poetry.flv
Pointless Tests	Adele Cain	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	Tiger	Stray animals
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
Retarded Research	Moxham, Jenny	Anti-vivisection
Rescue Poem	Pace, Arlene	From a rescued dog
Seasons of Life	Willis, Jim	It is the Spring of your life,
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
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
Surrendered Eyes	Layne, Jerry Elmore	Shelter animals
The Activist	E., Paul	A rescue
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 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 Least of These	Carter, Jared	No, not a dream, but here, now.
The Little Black Dog	Reynolds, Elizabeth Gardner	If Christ had a dog...
The Puppy's Plea	Mollie	Pet Stores
The Reason	Senite-RockoO, Kim	I would've died that day if not for you.
The Slaughter-House	Hayes, Alfred	About animals going to slaughter
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
They Live In Our Hearts	Nagev, Nitram	They live in our hearts and run through our dreams:
Think of The Cow	Briggs, Marion	Is milk 'natural'?
This Little Kitten	Melanie	Done once shunned,
Through Their Eyes	Wilson, Ann	No difference
The From Trust to Dust Video	Beane, Linda	Hey homies! Yeah all of you!
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
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
Unseen They Suffer	unknown	Unseen they suffer
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:
Voices Crying	Burton, Craig	I see Thy face
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's Her Baby	Beane, Linda	Every animal is someone's baby
Who's James Strecker?	Strecker, James	interview
We're Not Different	Lambdin, Vickie	In a sleek dark alley, there once lived two cats
Will Somebody Love Me?	Lohinski, Judith	Shelter animals
Within Bitter Walls	Delesandro / McNulty, Kelly	A tale of lives broken
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
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