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Hello, I found these poems on the website www.svn.net, I think they are all really good if you are an animal lover like myself.


A Prayer for Animals
By Albert Schweitzer

Hear our humble prayer, O God,

For our friends the animals,
especially for animals who are suffering;
for any that are hnuted or lost
or deserted or frightened or hungry;
for all that must be put to sleep.
We entreat for them all
Thy mercy and pity,
and for those who deal with them
we ask a heart of compassion
and gentle hands and kindly words.
Make us be true friends to animals
and so to share
the blessings of the merciful.



A Dog's Plea
Author Unknown



Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no
heart in all the world is more grateful for
kindness than the loving heart of me.
Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though
I should lick your hand between blows, your
patience and understanding will more quickly
teach me the thing you would have me learn.
Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's
sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce
wagging of my tail when your footstep falls
upon my waiting ear. Please take me inside
when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated
animal, no longer accustomed to bitter
elements. I ask no greater glory than the
privilege of sitting at your feet beside the
hearth. Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for
I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.
Feed me clean food that I may stay well, to
romp and play and do your bidding, to walk at
your side, and stand ready, willing and able to
protect you with my life, should your life be in
danger.
And, my friend, when I am very old, and I no
longer enjoy good health, hearing and sight, do
not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am
not having any fun. Please see that my trusting
life is taken gently. I shall leave this earth
knowing with the last breath I draw that my
fate was always safest in your hands.

The Hunter's Poem
By Lemuel T Ward

A hunter shot a flock of geese that flew within his reach.
Two were stopped in their rapid flight and fell on the sandy beach.

The male bird lay at the water's edge and just before he died,
He faintly called to his wounded mate and she dragged herself to his side.

She bent her head and crooned to him in a way distressed and wild,
Caressing her one and only mate as a mother would a child.
Then covering him with her broken wing and gasping with failing breath,
She laid her head against his breast, a feeble honk...
then death.

This story is true, thought crudely told. I was the man in this case.
I stood knee-deep in snow and cold, and the hot tears burned my face.
I buried the birds in the sand where they lay, wrapped in my hunting coat.

And I threw my gun and belt in the bay, when I crossed in the open boat.
Hunters will call me a right poor sport and scoff at the thing I did,
But that day something broke in my heart, and shoot again?
God forbid.


Baggage
By Evelyn Colbath

From the Shelter Dog

Now that I'm home,
bathed, settled and fed,
All nicely tucked into warm new bed,
Lest I forget,
There is so much to carry-
So much to regret.

Hmm...Yes there it is,
Right on top-
Let's unpack Loneliness,
Heartache and Loss.
And there by my leash hides
Fear and Shame.

As I look on these things
I tried so hard to leave-
I still have to unpack my
baggage called Pain.

I loved them, the others,
the ones who left me.
But I wasn't good enough-
for they didn't want me.

Will you add to my baggage?
Will you help me unpack?
Or will you just look at my things
and take me right back?

Do you have the time
to help me unpack?
To put away my baggage
to never repack?

I pray that you do-
I'm tired you see.

But I do come with baggage-

Will you still want me?



Barb Saxton wrote:

Does anyone have quotes or poems regarding the loss of a pet? Thanks.
Barb S.


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