Category Archives: Donkeys and working animals

The Donkey and the Wolf

A wolf captured in Patok A mountainous terrain Was brought into a farm And put in a cage Which was a strain On the wolf’s abilities And Although the farmer fed Food to the wolf thereafter He wasted it which … Continue reading →

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“Edward”

Standing by the roadside A victim, Passers by Hardly realising That this donkey he did cry Suffering the agony Of his legs wired Up and he Left to face the music As some were soon to see Taken back to … Continue reading →

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Donkey

Put upon That feeling of willingness to please Thrown back really in one’s face A despairing tease Inflicting, such heartache For a martyr in distress An ordeal of infliction And a torment giving stress What is residual misery That cuts … Continue reading →

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Bamoko and it’s donkey

One of the poorest countries Mali seems to me To have It’s share of rubbish dumps And mountainous they be Worked by little donkeys Who live each rotten life Of long hours dragging huge weights And Causing them such strife. … Continue reading →

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“Vishwas”

She was tentatively rocking By the side of a busy street having escaped from a merchant Racked up with deceit Who beat her and who worked her And tied her legs together So she just couldn’t get away She was … Continue reading →

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“Jeepers”

Put upon Made to work Neglected often every day These donkeys really enjoy life And work hard for a Bag of hay Considering the work they do Its very hard to understand Why owners should neglect them Often tied up … Continue reading →

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“Flopsy”

In this great big world of ours Neglect apparently Is really very widespread And animals do see And feel a lot of terror Like working donkeys they Get paired up with real bastards Every single day Who disregard their food … Continue reading →

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“Flopsy”

“Flopsy” was old And clearly sad Standing still Feeling real bad A wounded ear The maggots came In the road And did inflame His Fear apparent Spitefulness Clearly There was no redress Agony was his to hold Was his to … Continue reading →

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“Leon”

The rope was tight around his leg His flesh torn open wide Neglect had caused the injury The rot was deep inside It must have been so terrible When we found him lying there So many tears had fallen But … Continue reading →

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“Lolo”

A donkey mangled on the street And speeding rickshaw Trying to cheat Time the passenger Sadly late Lambert into Lolo’s Gentle gait head and necks wounds Lacerations Cuts and bruises Her location on the street A mass of sores She … Continue reading →

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“Veeru”

A gentle soul hardworking All his days His owner was of unsound mind With wrathful indignant ways Too many bursts of anger A frightful man was he Gnashing teeth and fury Was often how he be Poor “Veeru” always working … Continue reading →

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The little white donkey

Imagine falling down a hole And landing in a pile Of sewage in the darkness Of ourse that so vile To contemplate the feeling Underneath the ground To have fallen into a septic tank And Luckily not to have drowned … Continue reading →

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“Lance”

Lance was looking poorly Front and back leg torn Left tied up and neglected The flesh alas was worn Bleeding terribly painful Standing all the day Just left there really to bleed out Whilst most looked the other way We … Continue reading →

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“Angelo”

We got a call from someone A donkey sadly had collapsed and was lying in a shed Clearly feeling bad Plastic rope around his legs Had torn into the skin Wounding them and exposing them To flies that had crawled … Continue reading →

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April the donkey

There she was the worse for wear A gaping hole A soulful stare A Jennet suffering all could see And probably feel that agony She was in a dishevelled state Abandoned to her probable fate Death was close One had … Continue reading →

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BIRJU scalded and left to die

They found him by the roadside Wounded and bleeding he Just looking at his injuries I cried how can they be So very very terrible Who allowed so much neglect Scalded him with boiling water And the street dirt did … Continue reading →

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Genevieve and her dear Mother

An innocent baby Guiltless and cute Was attacked by some dogs And one hungry brute Bit into the baby Savaged her so Clearly the agony Daily did grow Bleeding and sore They used haldi to try And stop the bleeding … Continue reading →

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FARM FRESH ABATTOIR WREXHAM

Harrowing scenes of horror And cruelty exist It’s incredulous to imagine That staff there Don’t resist The frustration they are showing Where is their conscience they Have a job to organise Slaughtering every day Sheep and lambs are sadly Beaten … Continue reading →

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Oscar

Twenty five years Of everything A donkey Ever needs Greetings on a lovely day When truth of course Succeeds A donkey loved and cared for When so many still Abroad Are worked Are ridden If only like me A sweet … Continue reading →

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Loath to be sentient

To be grudging and unwilling Are human traits and we Who serve the tourists in hot countries Really need to be Amenable to assist them And show kindness where we can Our refusal to look after Our animals a man … Continue reading →

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Roadside butchery

This really is sn obscenity Taking place today In Baoding south west Of Beijing Where 10 million people stay The most polluted city At this roadside butchery Donkeys are all tethered Waiting To be murdered The vulgarity personified The tactlessness … Continue reading →

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Donkey rides

We call them working animals Its suits us But they are equine wonders And for me Donkeys are Gentle perhaps and just too amenable They be Believing and persuadable A little bit naive Trusting and confiding And thats why they … Continue reading →

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“Freddie” and “Merlin”

“Mares” A sanctuary in Bulawayo A place for sad donkeys Injured and sad In a country that’s poor and has thousands of animals Suffering terribly Clearly the bad Times bring out evil And hatred and sadness And the donkeys the … Continue reading →

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Agricultural Shows

We exist in actuality Undeniably Enduring and well grounded Flesh and blood We be Animals That human beings Use captivity Fear and farming methods As a philosophy Together we all represent The Meat Trade YES on show You bring your … Continue reading →

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Donkeys

Descended from the wild ass Some 40 million now In the world and mostly Pack animals and how They work hard in hot climates Draught animals they be They eat a lot of grass They eat voraciously. Recently Pakistan Has … Continue reading →

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Wrong doing and corruption

Some Animals hardly have any rights Other than to work and surely die In Africa more especially In Zimbabwe It is high Time that the poor old donkeys Got a thought or two They are beaten up and badgered Working … Continue reading →

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Folly’s farm home and rest for Donkeys

I am just one of the donkeys here But what I have to say Is we live a life of riley And love the natural hay We are just outside of Nettledon On a road that winds Its way down … Continue reading →

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Donkey hell

They walked the beach at Blackpool Giving the children rides Supposedly for twenty years But alas in their insides They harboured quite some cruelty From the owner and her man And her daughter Who all lived in Fir Tree Farmhouse … Continue reading →

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NOAH and the angels

An alien world Left bereft of hope Imagine a soul It is hard to cope Just inconsolable Undone forlorn In terrible pain One’s mouth clearly torn Terribly injured Thirsty was I I needed the drink And there it did lie … Continue reading →

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A passing

The concept of the loss of someone Hacks into the heart Whether an animal understands the finality To start Analysing grief As a palpable concern For me is without substance But I feel that I learn From animals that grieving … Continue reading →

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