| The Snail To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall |
| Leda and the Swan A sudden blow: the great wings beating still |
| Jubilate Agno, Fragment B, [For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry] For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. |
| The Paper Nautilus For authorities whose hopes |
| Skunk Hour Nautilus Island's hermit |
| The Tyger Tyger! Tyger! burning bright |
| The Moose From narrow provinces |
| The Armadillo This is the time of year |
| The Bear In late winter |
| The Crocodile How doth the little crocodile |
| Thing We love our cat |
| The Windhover Caught this morning morning's minion, king- |
| I Am! Said the Lamb [excerpt] I had a Donkey, that was all right, |
| Woodchucks Gassing the woodchucks didn't turn out right. |
| Darwin's Finches My mother always called it a nest |
| The Parakeets They talk all day |
| Mole For weeks he’s tunneled his intricate need |
| 27,000 Miles These two asleep . . . so indrawn and compact |
| Psalm In the small beauty of the forest |
| from The Kitten and Falling Leaves See the kitten on the wall, sporting with the leaves that fall |
| At the Zoo First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black |
| Bats unveil themselves in dark |
| Turn of a Year This is regret: or a ferret. Snuffling |
| The Return What do you say when you've forgotten |
| The Caterpillar Under this loop of honeysuckle |
| How Doth the Little Busy Bee How doth the little busy bee |
| The Dusk of Horses Right under their noses, the green |
| The Eagle He clasps the crag with crooked hands |
| A List of Praises Give praise With psalms that tell the trees to sing |
| Wild Gratitude Tonight when I knelt down next to our cat, Zooey |
| The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me The heavy bear who goes with me |
| Wilderness There is a wolf in me |
| Goldfish Are Ordinary At the pet store on Court Street |
| Hawk All eyes are fearful of the spotted hawk |
| The Fly Little fly |
| Ho Ho Ho Caribou Leaped at the caribou |
| The Lorca Variations (XXVIII) "For Turtles" Up there—or down here |
| Me and the Otters Love makes you feel alive |
| Testy Pony I am given a pony for my birthday |
| The Purple Cow I never saw a Purple Cow, |
| Nonsense Alphabet A was an ant |
| A Crocodile Hard by the lilied Nile I saw |
| Orkney Interior Doing what the moon says, he shifts his chair |
| Grasshopper It's funny when the mind thinks about the psyche |
| Eletelephony Once there was an elephant |
| Animals and Art |
| Maine Seafood Company A LOBSTER |
| The Future is an Animal In every kind of dream I am a black wolf |
| Gila It's no curse |
| Quiet the Dog, Tether the Pony Gaze gaze beyond the vermilion door |
| To a Mouse, Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie |
| Epitaph to a Dog Near this Spot |
| Freedom in Ohio I want a future |
| Flamingo Dreams A green and copper-backed frog |