Oh, Val - you softy
what a beauty he is, though - I can see why you can't resist !!

Rose x

Awww thats lovely Val.

I think you had a secret love for this moggy, I can see it in your poem.
There is much feeling and care gone into this one. x

Steve, a coincidence is that
I have my own computer cat
Though she tends to wreck it instead
Then curls up innocently on the bed

Your Amber looks a little minx
My Opal is a bit of a jinx
My speakers don't work any more
Since she knocked them on the floor

Amber looked quite familiar
Her and Opal's markings are similar
It would be beyond coincidence
If you have a Riley inside your fence?

I had to go last night as my friend arrived so I didn't get to say......

Margaret I love your horse poem, is/was he yours? He is gorgeous.

I liked the other entries too, Rowan centipeeds are amazing animals.

Thank you Rose & Steve.
Sadly Floyd is no longer here. I am not really a cat person but I did love him, even though he wasn't ours, next door adopted him when he came straying. One of the most cuddly of cats I have ever met.

© Rowan Hicks

I'm guessing a fox, Rowan - I like this, it portrays your raider of the night really well

Rose x

Rowan, that is a lovely poem. I think fox too.

When the cheetah goes in flight
to chase after some poor deer
you almost cry out: "Oh dear!"
because it's such a horrible sight.

But the cheetah has to eat
just because she runs so fast
and I'm sure she wouldn't last
if she couldn't grab hold of some meat.

She has her cubs to take care of
while she hopes for some lucky day
when hard earned food comes her way
while there's still lions to beware of.

When she's finally got her prey
she is panting and so frail.
If a lion picks up her trail
he'll just come and take it away.

Then her cubs are still in danger.
They are paralysed with fear
as the lion comes so near.
It means death, this hostile stranger.

So she yaps and lures him away.
She may pay with her own life.
All this trouble, all this strife!
It just goes like this each day.

Every day she'll look for prey.
She goes through a lot of bother.
She's a good and caring mother
and I really want to say:

For her endless dedication,
for her courage and her grace
we just simply have to face
that's she's worth our admiration.

I admire, and am a great fan of cats of all sizes Berry, well done to spotlight the Cheetah.
They are beautiful, yet have a hard life.

I think you have been on your nocturnal observations again Rowan... this didn't shout hedgehog, so I'll go with a fox too

Berry, you have very nicely highlighted that wild animals also care for their young ebove all else

Rose x

Red foxes

Foxes have long bushy tails
With fur that is reddy brown
Pointed black ears, a wide snout
And are seen outside the town.

They mainly are seen in the evening
When the light is dim and grey
The lovely family of foxes
Will come out to romp and play.

They love to hunt, yet are so shy
Related to the dog are they
Eat small mammal, mice and rabbits
And farm chicken, if they get in the way

They have good parents who really care
And if humans do not torment
Red foxes do not cause much trouble
As babies are independent

Some people do call them a menace
But like big dogs, best if left alone
Yet they do not bark, they howl
And like to be on their own.

Doreen E Hampshire

They do look really cute, it's easy to forget they are wild animals, when you see them
they can sniff chickens out easily, when they do, they will return every night until they can get at them. And, now, they go into dustbins, too
Such clever animals!

Rose x