Here are some poems submitted by children for our project.
These poems have not been edited and included in the form we received them.
Poems from USA (from children 12 and under)
Asian Elephant The ground rumbles below my toes
Cars speed by and nobody knows
The Asian elephant is not doing well.
It has become endangered and needs your help to stay well.
Just take a second and give it some care,
But most of all it's important to just be aware.
- Poem by Devon F. USA
Steller Sea Lion The water ripples and echoes in the sea.
Boats speed by but nobody notices me.
I'm raising my young, I'm really trying.
But nobody is aware of the endangered Steller sea lion.
Trash floats by and scrapes my fins
Like trash wrappers and old pieces of tin.
There is no way these problems will ever end
If people don't give a hand to lend.
- Poem by Devon F. USA
Poems from Australia (from children 12 and under)
The Numbat It walks through the bush eating berries and leaves
Then he's up in the air, he didn't know the trap was there
- Poem by Hamish. Australia
Animals Animals are big, animals are small
No matter what, we need them all
- Poem by Pamela. Australia
Animals Animals don't wish extinction upon us,
Why should we wish it upon them?
Save the animals.
- Poem by Paloma. Australia
Yellow-footed rock wallaby Once there were so many, now there are so few,
The only people to stop it are plain old you and me.
- Poem by Jo. Australia
Zebra There are still some left, they're not yet all gone
We can still help them if we don't wait too long.
- Poem by Kimberley. Australia
Tree kangaroo They were here yesterday
They are here today
But what about tomorrow?
- Poem by Carly. Australia
Southern Hairy nosed wombat Why would someone want to kill animals?
Have they ever stopped to think the consequences?
Animals are essential
There's still time in our world so care!
- Poem by Zoe. Australia
Sumatran Tiger Our earth is going brown
And it makes us frown
Because oxygen is turning toxic.
- Poem by Susi. Australia
Tapir Because the Tapir is a Tapir is a Tapir
You shouldn't treat it like some paper
Throw away that rifle. We are all animals.
- Poem by Nicholas. Australia
Squirrel Monkey What harm have they done?
They haven't done anything
We are the guilty ones
We must help them
- Poem by Alastair. Australia
Lesser Red Panda Protect the animals and plants
Don't do anything that could endanger them
Plant more plants and breed more animals.
- Poem by Annie. Australia
Giraffe Stop all this pollution
Help the environment
Stop all this destruction
Help the animals
Please help!
- Poem by Elizabeth. Australia
Ghost bat Don't hunt or harm animals
Don't be cruel
Save their home
You won't be a fool
- Poem by Hung Le. Australia
Cassowary Could you imagine what it would be like
Without the beautiful patterns
That animals make every day?
- Poem by Amanda. Australia
Condor Squawk went the bird
Raah went the lion
splash went the fish
Stop slow down take a glance
Endangered species are all around.
- Poem by Rasir. Australia
Golden lion tamarin If it goes in your generation
Who will see it in the next?
- Poem by Joshua. Australia
Indian Lion Everywhere animals are dying for their skins,
tusks and horns by poachers
Save the animals.
