Figured I’d end National Poetry month with a list of a few poets and their pets:
- Edgar Allan Poe–parrot, bobolink, and a cat he was especially fond of.
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson–had a snake while at Cambridge.
- Lord Byron–had a tame bear while at Cambridge, a Newfoundland named Boatswain.
- Robert Burns–collie named Thurlow.
- Christina Rossetti–a large collection of cats and birds.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti–wombat, chamelion, peacock, mice, armadillo, racoon, woodchuck, and a zebu.
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