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anthropomorphism

The Wren’s Nest - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

The Robin cam to the wren’s nest
And keekit in and keekit in.

SQRL - by William Bonar

{ Poem }

chats in squirrel are limited
/ to a sort of Roman salute
/ foreleg extended then folded
/ open paw on breast as if to say
/ Look…

From Night Monkey, Day Monkey - by Julia Donaldson

{ Poem }

The moon shone down on the jungle.
/ Night Monkey climbed up the tree.
/ She clambered and leapt to where Day Monkey slept,
/ And…

The Ant Swap - by Russell Jones

{ Poem }

I bend an ear to your sound, put my knees in the dirt,
/ offer my orifices to you like doorways
/ to…

I, Lizard, performance artist - by Emily Ballou

{ Poem }

My art is my performance. / My performance is endurance.

Hyena - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

I am waiting for you.
/ I have been travelling all morning through the bush
/ and not eaten.
/ I am lying at the edge…

from Life and Death (Echoes) - by William Ernest Henley

{ Poem }

The nightingale has a lyre of gold,
/ The lark’s is a clarion-call,
/ And the blackbird plays but…

Rats - by Alison Prince

{ Poem }

You want to be a fat cat, want to do the deals?
/ Fix the odds, pull the birds, eat expensive meals
/ that…

from A Cock Crows in Rwanda - by Edouard Bamporiki

{ Poem }

Usually, beloved, I crow,
/ And my name is Rusake the Cock,
/ The same one most people chow down on,
/ Especially my delicious neck.
/ I’m…

A Little Nap Rap - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

A little nap rap
/ When I got home one evening
/ to my cosy living room
/ I found a squirrel at my table
/ and…

No. 115 dreams - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

The living room remembers Gran dancing to Count Basie.
/ The kitchen can still hear my aunts fighting on Christmas day.
/ The hall…

Eight Tentacles - by Julia Donaldson

{ Poem }

If only I had an octopus
/ I’d soon get my housework done.
/ I’d set him to work on the hoovering…

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