O’Brien, Dennis N.

Australia, (b. 1952)

Police Report – dumb pig murdered

  1. The pig built his house out of straw.
  2. The walls and the roof and the door.
  3. Well, a wolf (that’s our guess)
  4. Then broke in – it’s a mess –
  5. Just a curly tail, trotters, and gore.

 Dennis N. O’Brien. https://dnobrienpoetry.wordpress.com/. Blog post for 30, Monday, Oct 2017.

Pigging out

  1. Happy Ramadan – chew on some pork.
  2. Get some tasty smoked ham on your fork.
  3. Try Pringles, they’re makin’
  4. Crisps flavoured with bacon.
  5. A bottle of wine I’ll uncork.

 Dennis N. O’Brien. https://dnobrienpoetry.wordpress.com/. Blog post for 24, Wednesday, Jun 2015.

Unmanly Behaviour

  1. Trump’s white, he is straight, he is male;
  2. A condition that’s beyond the pale.
  3. He’s no gay mincing prig,
  4. This misogynist pig,
  5. And what’s worse…. it appears he likes tail.

 Dennis N. O’Brien. https://dnobrienpoetry.wordpress.com/. Blog post for 11, Tuesday, Oct 2016.

The Hog-loving Frog

  1. Miss Piggy’s a feminist now,
  2. So Kermit has found a new sow.
  3. She isn’t as stout
  4. For she doesn’t pig-out.
  5. (Miss Piggy’s as big as a cow)
  6.  
  7. His new girl, Denise, is quite thin,
  8. From her cute curly tail to her chin.
  9. But why does he date hogs
  10. And not pretty girl frogs? –
  11. “I prefer pork” he says, with a grin.

 Dennis N. O’Brien. https://dnobrienpoetry.wordpress.com/. Blog post for 03, Thursday, Sep 2015.

Vegetarian Animal Lover

  1. No! I won’t eat meat for I think it is cruel.
  2. I dine all the time just on bean sprouts and gruel.
  3. Well that is a lie for I sometimes eat fish,
  4. And on rare occasions I’ve crabs on my dish,
  5. For it is allowed to eat things from the sea;
  6. I’ve found vegetarians mostly agree.
  7. And ducks are okay for they paddle about.
  8. They’re sort of a web footed feathery trout,
  9. And consuming chickens is perfectly fine;
  10. They’re ducks with sharp noses and nice with white wine.
  11. Which brings me quite neatly to bacon and pork.
  12. I find them quite often on my knife and fork,
  13. For pigs are like chickens to my careful eye;
  14. Just give pigs some wings and I’m sure they could fly.
  15. And cattle and pigs, if you follow my brief,
  16. Are practically cousins, so yes I love beef,
  17. But don’t think that I am a big hypocrite,
  18. If I were served whale – no I wouldn’t eat it
  19. Unless it was garnished with koala sauce
  20. And served with roast platypus as the main course.

 Dennis N. O’Brien. https://dnobrienpoetry.wordpress.com/. Blog post for 10, Tuesday, Apr 2012.

About the Poet:

Dennis N. O’Brien, Australia, (b. 1952), is a formalist poet. He lives in Queensland, Australia and began writing poetry in 2010. He has been published in Australia, the United States and Spain.

O’Brien has had poetry published in the New York based poetry journal TRINACRIA and in the anthology Alquimia de la Tierra through the University of Huelva, Spain. He has received two Pushcart Prize nominations. [DES-02/18]