Snap, Crackle and BANG!

 A very topical poem written by Teresa Harrison-Best about fireworks and animals …

Snap, Crackle and BANG!

Before you light your bonfire
look out for sleeping hogs!
Take sensible precautions
for all your cats and dogs.

With Catherine wheels now whirling,
and rockets whooshing by,
the sound of more explosions
across the night time sky.

Think where you launch your fireworks
as wildlife might be there.
Enjoy your pyrotechnics
without the need to scare.

Play calm and soothing music
or switch the TV on.
Ensure your pets are safe indoors
outside would be so wrong!

Microchip your cats and dogs
in case they flee the scene.
So if they’re found away from home
we’ll know where they have been.

Pheromone may pave the way
to comfort and unwind.
Just take a note of what I’ve said
and hopefully you’ll be fine!

 

Written by: Teresa Harrison-Best

About the author

Teresa H-B
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Teresa lives in Worthing with her husband Stuart and their three rescue cats. She has recently retired from a long career in the Health and Social care sector, and has taken up Mosaics, Pilates and walking cricket. Her love of writing has always been prevalent throughout her life, and she wrote Catawall, fluent in feline following major surgery as a form of therapy. Her love of rhyme and rhythm feature in Catawall and her subsequent children’s books featuring Mackerel a piratical cat who captures the heart of everyone, even the ships mice and rats! ‘Mackerel and The Jolly Daisy’, ‘Mackerel and the Treasure Map’ and ‘Mackerel Saves the Day’. Her latest project Doggee Longlegs enters young fiction aimed at older children. Doggee is about young dog who starts life in a rescue shelter, overlooked on the homing day. Teresa is a great advocate of all animals and feels passionately about animal welfare, both at home and abroad.

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