Secret Pet Wishes
Fish:
I want to be furry, aloof, proudly fat
and lazily curl on your lap like the cat
Cat:
I want to be loyal and join you for jogs
and bark in the park, at a stick, like the dog
Dog:
I want to be shiny with fins full of swish
and swim round and round, round and round like the fish
I want to be furry, aloof, proudly fat
and lazily curl on your lap like the cat
Cat:
I want to be loyal and join you for jogs
and bark in the park, at a stick, like the dog
Dog:
I want to be shiny with fins full of swish
and swim round and round, round and round like the fish
This poem is copyright (©) Mark Bird 2025
About the Writer
Mark Bird
Mark Bird is a children’s author and teacher. He was born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and now lives in London. His debut picture book, ‘Halloween Date From Hell’ came out in October 2022 followed by ‘The Klangaroo’ in 2024. Mark has poems published in several anthologies including Ana Sampson’s ‘Heroes and Villains’, Gaby Morgan’s ‘Cosy Poems’, Brian Moses’ ‘The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems’, Kathryn Beevors’ ‘Peak Poetry’, Jonathan Humble’s ‘Sky Surfing’ and in Gill Education’s ‘Over The Moon’ series.
He also has poems featured in two 2025 anthologies from Macmillan:
‘Space - Royal Observatory Greenwich Poetry Book’, and ‘You’re Never Too Much - poems for every emotion’. Many more of Mark’s poems can be found on his website: www.Dreambeastpoems.com.
