Animal Poems

Animal Poems

A Rondeau by a Bookman, by Francis Howard Williams

In fallow fields I long to lie--
A bookman los...

A Sonnet of Silence, by Francis Howard Williams

Tiptoe, with finger at her lip, and rare
Red...

There Sang a Bird, by Francis Vielé-Griffin

Behind my father's house there sang a bird,
I...

The Face of Love, by Frank L. Ludwig

When Love came to my doorstep
to brighten up m...

Dame Nature's Crazy Quilt, by Fred Emerson Brooks

Fair Tombstone sits high on her hills
Midst Ar...

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, by Fred Emerson Brooks

Midway to heaven I stand between two skies:
T...

Old Eagle, by Fred Emerson Brooks

Fear not, grand eagle,
The bay of the beagle...

Santa Claus, by Fred Emerson Brooks

I am that mythical, mystical thing--
The litt...

Atlantis: Part I, by Frederick Tennyson

I "We sail'd beyond the great gates of the Wor...

Atlantis: Part II, by Frederick Tennyson

I "One day we wander'd to the western side
O'...

The Crow, by G. K. Thomas

I hear your repeated syllable
of loneliness a...

Pagan Thoughts, by G. K. Thomas

I shouted my name through the valley,
but th...

The Purple Cow, by Gelett Burgess

I Never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see...

Battle of the Ford, by George Houghton

Impression left after listening to story narrat...

The Black Boars, by George Houghton

I The Black Boars crouch, a huddling pile,
...

The Carpenter, by George Houghton

I I'm sad, I'm sad, for the joy I had
Is wr...

The Nest in the Haw, by George Houghton

I A haw, with branches of bloom;
And a bird...

Niagara, by George Houghton

Idol I found thee, unfeeling, challenging man...

The Reaper, by George Houghton

The wheat-stalks are heavy and white,
They sl...

Restlessness, by George Houghton

Weary with waiting, we climb to the hill-tops ...

Sandy Hook, by George Houghton

White sand and cedars; cedars, sand;
Light-h...

The Shepherdess, by George Houghton

A hill of heather 'gainst a yellow sky;
And o...

The Summer Storm, by George Houghton

In a scurry of clouds
Sudden day fell,
What ...

The Three Poplars, by George Houghton

A picture from Normandy. Three of them--lithe ...

The Winter Court at Nidaros, by George Houghton

Long were the night-times on that slip of shore...