Animal Poems

Animal Poems

The Second Coming, by William Butler Yeats

Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe fal...

The Lake Isle of Innisfree, by William Butler Yeats

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,An...

Leda and the Swan, by William Butler Yeats

A sudden blow: the great wings beating stillAbo...

Sailing to Byzantium, by William Butler Yeats

That is no country for old men. The youngIn one...

Easter, 1916, by William Butler Yeats

I have met them at close of dayComing with vivi...

The Tower, by William Butler Yeats

                               IWhat shall I do...

The Song of Wandering Aengus, by William Butler Yeats

I went out to the hazel wood,   Because a fire ...

My Table, by William Butler Yeats

Two heavy tressels, and a boardWhere Sato’s gif...

The Tay Bridge Disaster, by William McGonagall

Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay!Ala...

The Famous Tay Whale, by William McGonagall

’Twas in the month of December, and in the year...

Fishing on the Susquehanna in July, by Billy Collins

I have never been fishing on the Susquehanna
or...

Workshop, by Billy Collins

I might as well begin by saying how much I like...

The Golden Years, by Billy Collins

All I do these drawn-out days
is sit in my kit...

The First Night, by Billy Collins

          The worst thing about death must be  ...

Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio, by Carl Sandburg

It's a jazz affair, drum crashes and cornet raz...

Wilderness, by Carl Sandburg

There is a wolf in me … fangs pointed for teari...

Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind, by Carl Sandburg

The past is a bucket of ashes.

1

The woman na...

Caboose Thoughts, by Carl Sandburg

It's going to come out all right—do you know?
T...

In a Breath, by Carl Sandburg

     To the Williamson BrothersHigh noon. White...

Remorse, by Carl Sandburg

The horse's name was Remorse.There were people ...

Still Life, by Carl Sandburg

Cool your heels on the rail of an observation c...

The Lawyers Know Too Much, by Carl Sandburg

The lawyers, Bob, know too much.They are chums ...

Chicago, by Carl Sandburg

        Hog Butcher for the World,        Tool ...

Fog, by Carl Sandburg

The fog comeson little cat feet.
It sits lookin...

In Tall Grass, by Carl Sandburg

Bees and a honeycomb in the dried head of a hor...