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  • By Linda Sue Park
    curve and swoosh
    of wondrous white
    brushstroked black
    the throat and wings

    modest cap of scarlet

    stretch and flap
    a regal span
    dance romance
    on chopstick legs

    elegant and awkward

    nest and stalk
    between the mines
    screech and whoop
    past endless loops

    of  shining razor wire
  • By Marilyn Singer
    april is a dog's dream
    the soft grass is growing
    the sweet breeze is blowing
    the air all full of singing feels just right
    so no excuses now
    we're going to the park
    to chase and charge and chew
    and I will make you see
    what spring is...
  • By Marilyn Singer
    I prefer
    warm fur,
    a perfect fire
    to lie beside,
    a cozy lap
    where I can nap,
    an empty chair
    when she's not there.
    I want heat
         on my feet
         on my nose
         on my hide.
    No cat I remember
    dislikes December
         inside.
  • By Carmen Bernier-Grand
    One tiny tree frog
    with big eyes
    sings happily,
    “Kokee! Kokee!”

    His brother comes to bother.
    Coquí doesn't push him.
    Coquí doesn't bite him.
    Coquí tells him,
    “Kokee-Kee! Kokee-Kee!”

    Two tiny tree frogs
    with big eyes
    sing happily,
    “Kokee! Kokee!”
  • By Sallie Wolf
    An owl once perched in my tree
    at night (when most birds cannot see).
    But when the sun rose,
    he was found by some crows,
    and their caws caused the owl to flee.
  • By Stephen Swinburne
    I live in a room by the sea,
    where the view is great and the food is free.
    Some of the tenants come and go.
    Some I eat, if they're too slow.
    One end of me is firmly locked.
    The other end just gently rocks.
    I...
  • By Sallie Wolf
    The robin makes a laughing sound.
    It makes me stop and look around
    to see just what the robin sees—
    fresh new leaves on twigs of trees,
    a strong, high branch on which to rest,
    a safe dry ledge to hold its nest.
    The robin makes...
  • By Katherine Hauth
    When you know
    that vore means eat,
    you will know
    that insectivores feed
                on grasshoppers, moths, and butterflies,
                mosquitoes, bees, and plain-old flies.

    When you know
    that carni means meat,
    you will know
    that carnivores eat
                snakes and lizards, deer and lamb,
       ...
  • By Katherine Hauth
    Mosquitoes,

    with needle-noses
    sucking blood
    from elbows, cheeks, and chin

    why were you not
    designed to thrive
    on brine, on swine,
    or likewise-spiny
    porcupines?


                           SLAP!
    SLAP!
                                ...
  • By Francisco X. Alarcón
    some say
    I'm now almost
    extinct in this park

    but the people
    who say this
    don't know

    that by smelling
    the orchids
    in the trees

    they're sensing
    the fragrance
    of my chops
  • By Roald Dahl
    The crocodile, with cunning smile, sat in the dentist’s chair.
    He said, “Right here and everywhere my teeth require repair.”
    The dentist’s face was turning white. He quivered, quaked and shook.
    He muttered, “I suppose I’m going to have to take a look.”
    “I...