Violet's Vegan Comics

Category: poetry

  • Funny Vegan Children’s Book of Nursery Rhymes

    * HUMANS ARE NOT OMNIVORES! [vegan nursery rhymes are a bit different] – oh yes they are! Full of veganised traditional nursery rhymes as well as completely brand new ones, this is a cheeky, irreverent and, above all, happy little book for those who want their tots to love all animals. Get your copy now!…

  • Poem for Halloween: The Ravens Watch

    * The gamekeeper walks, shotgun in hand,A frown on his face, he litters the landWith barrels and bags of game bird feed,With cages and wire, and bodies that bleed.The bodies of animals killed by his gunAre hung on the tree, one by one.With hardness of heart, and misery of soul,The gamekeeper’s is a grotesque role.Day…

  • Wednesday Wacky Verse #2: Drink Water

    The choice is yours, it’s up to youTo be and feel your best.To be sharp of brain and agile of knee,Be regular of bowel and pale of wee,Just CHOOSE to drink enough waterEach day,And live your life with zest. * * And of course don’t eat any animal products – but that’s a given, right?…

  • Sometimes

    * SometimesThe mostAcademically eliteAre missing part of their brain.The most important part.The part that would stop themDoing this.

  • Wednesday Wacky Verse #1: Herring Gull

    * “I’m hungry!” said the herring gull”Be gone!” came a reply,”The council says my food’s not yoursSo don’t you even try!””I’m hungry,” said the herring gull,Again, once more, with feeling,”I’m forced to beg and snatch and grab,YOU stole MY food with trawling.” * * ************************* Violet’s Vegan Comics – creating funny, exciting and always entertaining…

  • HUMANS ARE NOT OMNIVORES! vegan nursery rhymes book trailer

    * All these wacky poems and nursery rhymes are free to read here and if you’d like the book, it’s in the bookshop! 😀 Violet’s Vegan Comics – creating vegan-friendly stories and nursery rhymes since 2012

  • Touch the Earth

    * Touch the Earth Feel the Earth, In contact with your skin. It just feels good Like soft earth would, And soothes you from within. ***** Earthing:  ” the practice of connecting the body with earth by touching skin to a conductive material such as grass (preferably wet), wet sand, a river, lake or sea.…

  • Today I saw the sunrise

    Today I saw the sunrise For the very first time. I forgot to take my camera So I’ll describe it in this rhyme. When we left home, the sky was dark, Dark blue, pin-pricked with stars. Everywhere was quiet and still, On the road no moving cars. We walked towards the pebbled beach, My four-legged…

  • “What do you do?”

    *** Lucy Lilac liked to learn Whatever school could teach her, And even when outside of school, Sought knowledge all around her. * “What do you do?” she asked a worm, “Tell me, what is the point of you?” “What a cheek!” came the worm’s barely audible squeak, “You mean – what do I do…

  • How many morons holiday here?

    If you like it, why d’you trash it? Do you have a brain at all? Has your grey matter turned to splatter? Tie your laces or you’ll fall. * So you buy it and you eat it, Crap and junk degrade your mind. Fat and flesh foods, blood and death foods, You’d be brighter if…

  • Scorched

    I’m parched, I’m scorched, I’m hotter than hell. Bad enough they put us here But did they have to take our shade as well? They ripped out hedges Tall and thick, To make room for machines, Their noise, their stink. Their clumsy approach, Their ugly return. They smash And crush And never learn. No trees,…

  • Vegan Jingle Bells

    Wishing you a very happy and healthy vegan Christmas 😀 See you next year! ❤

  • The Maddicts are coming!

    Maddicts – a scary story [or just a bit of self-indulgent wish fulfilment] – starts tomorrow! 😀 ******************************************************** vegan, vegan horror, vegan poem, vegan story, vegan satire, vegan graphic novel, vegan comic

  • Sing a Song of Sixpence

    Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty sweet plums baked in a pie. When the pie was opened the plums were soft within, Wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before my kin? **** My dad was in the bathroom finishing his shave, My mum was at the front…

  • There was a young man who swallowed a fly

    There was a young man who swallowed a fly. He didn’t mean to swallow a fly – I doubt he’ll die. **** There was a young man who swallowed a fish, A sad grey fish, dead on the dish. And he did mean to swallow the fish Unlike the fly – Perhaps he’ll die! ****…

  • Big Grasshopper

    Big Grasshopper On the baby apple tree, I wonder what you’re thinking While you calmly look at me. ********************************************** Photographs by Ralf Kunze and Cocoparisienne of Pixabay ****************************************************** animals, nature, insects, grasshopper, garden, vegan, photography, poem  

  • Bonny Brenda

    Bonny Brenda Met a vendor At the Summer Fayre. Said bonny Brenda To the vendor, “What have you got there?” *** “Oh lots of things,” The vendor said, “There’s pies and breads and pasties, Steak and kidney, Sausage rolls, And even bacon butties.” *** Brenda frowned, She was not pleased, She found his stuff distasteful.…

  • Bye Baby Bunting

    Bye Baby Bunting Bye baby bunting, Daddy’s making something. It’s safe and strong and soft within, To rock his baby bunting in. Bye baby bunting, Daddy’s painting something. It’s lilac, blue and pink within To rock his baby bunting in. Bye baby bunting, Daddy’s fetching something, A thing of beauty, made by him, To rock…

  • Little Miss Greylag

    Little Miss Greylag Sat on a beanbag Eating her mint Moo Free. Along came a rabbit Who tried hard to grab it So Miss Greylag went straight home for tea. ****************************************************** nursery rhymes, vegan nursery rhymes, vegan chocolate, vegan, organic, fair trade, Moo Free Chocolate

  • Angry Vegan

    I try not to be an angry vegan, I’m treading on eggshells you know, So as not to upset fragile meaties, And milkies and egg-lovers too. ******** The reason I ask them so gently, To please stop paying for death, Is because they say they won’t listen, If I offend them by telling the truth.…

  • Hickory Dickory Dock

    Hickory dickory dock, I’ve got a hole in my sock. The sock’s the one With piggies on, Hickory dickory dock. Ickledy spickledy speck, My scarf is around my neck. The scarf’s the one With ducklings on, Ickledy spickledy speck. Umbuldy tumbuldy tack, I wear my bag on my back. The bag’s the one With moo…

  • Old McSpreader

    Sing to the tune of Old MacDonald 🙂 Old McSpreader had a farm, Pee-u pee-u poo. And on that farm he dished out muck, Pee-u pee-u poo. With a cow-pat here and a pig poo there, Here a plop, there a plop, Everywhere a ton of plops, Old McSpreader had a farm, Pee-u pee-u poo.…

  • Unnecessary Suffering

    My flesh to you is unnecessary, And my milk’s unnecessary for you, So if none of these is necessary Then my suffering’s unnecessary too. ****************** Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare‘s governing document states: 1.1 The objects of the charity are (1) To prevent and relieve cruelty to animals and to protect them from UNNECESSARY SUFFERING…

  • Listening to the mouse in the wall

    I lay in bed listening To the mouse in the wall. He doesn’t know I’m here, I think I’ll call him Paul. **** He always comes at bedtime To find his winter stash. He must be very hungry, Scratch and scrape and bang and bash. It sounds just like marbles That he rolls above my…

  • Plastic’s Not Fantastic

    You know plastic’s not fantastic And it might seem rather drastic But the obvious solution Is a New Year’s resolution To give unfantastic plastic the heave-ho. So that’s what we’ve decided, We’re determined to be guided By the needs of Earth and Earthlings To be free of all plastic things, So to all new things…

  • A Handsome Fellow

    Here is the fellow I met yesterday, I don’t know his name, He didn’t say. But he was so handsome, So elegant was he, I quietly admired him, Or was he a she? **************** Can somebody tell me – is he a partridge?  And is he a he or a she? Such a beauty 😀…

  • Animal Sanctuary Poem Week: Day 5

    Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare The Broyle, Ringmer, East Sussex, BN8 5AJ, UK Tel:  (01825) 840252 e:  info@raystede.org Today I saw some horrible men Who were happy in their pursuit Of rabbits with their tiny dogs Who were sent down the holes by the brutes. These horrible men, these are the type Who work at…

  • Animal Sanctuary Poem Week: Day 4

    Hillside Animal Sanctuary Frettenham, Norfolk Wendy Valentine’s amazing Her firey compassion don’t stop blazing. Her sanct’ry is home to many a horse, It goes without saying, she’s vegan of course! There’s chickens and ducks and budgies and turkeys, And sheep and cows and llamas and donkeys. There’s rabbits and emus, alpacas and deer, There’s even…

  • Animal Sanctuary Poem Week: Day 1

    Tower Hill Stables Asheldham , Essex Fiona Oakes and Martin, They’re such a funny pair. Like vegan superheroes They’re running here and there. At Tower Hills, their sanct’ry, They never seem to stop. They have so many rescues, They work until they drop. So look them up and you’ll see The lovelies in their care,…

  • A Little Sprite – again

    Last night I saw a little sprite Who told me what to do: “Eat only plant food, It’s much better for you.” **** She fluttered and she floated And she smiled down on me, “Plant food is meant for you, Just try it and you’ll see.” **** I woke up and I sat up And…

  • Nutritious Still Life

    My friend drew a still life Which she wanted me to see. She told me I’d like it Because it’s good for me. There’s vitamin A, vitamin K, And of course vitamin C. Potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, Lycopene and manganese! 🙂  

  • I wrote a book

    I wrote a book about some birds, With pictures in and also words. Brother birds who love each other, And want to be free together. The birds are turkeys, big and fat, The farmer makes them fat like that. He makes them fat to kill and eat, For those who think they are just meat.…

  • Fairy Tales Fairy Tales

    It’s way past time for a new Fairy Tale and, since we’re approaching Halloween it’s the perfect time.  So, on Monday, we’ll begin a scary new tale by Maud Earnshaw, illustrated by Beatrice Wilberforce: The Wicked Witch’s Plan To Get Rid Of Everyone Ooh, I’ve got shivers 😮 And, just to get you in the…

  • Ode to Spike Milligan

    Silly Verse FOR KIDS by Spike Milligan was one of my favourites as a child (I saved up for it with my pocket money and bought it from the village shop) and I still love it.  So I decided to make something similar, full of funny, quirky poems: HUMANS ARE NOT OMNIVORES [poems your teacher…

  • New Year’s Resolution

    I’ve a New Year’s resolution Which may just be the solution To the puzzle I’ve been puzzling in my head. It’s a daring proposition Which will suit my disposition When I’m tired I’ll simply go early to bed.

  • Be Happy And Well

    You’ve a right to be angry But it won’t do no good To shout at the man Who eats animal food. *** He may just laugh at you Or shout at you back But it won’t stop him eating Of the wee piglet’s back. Try to be friendly, Smile and be warm. Let him see…

  • A Little Sprite

    Last night I saw a little sprite Who told me what to do: “Eat only plant food, It’s much better for you.” **** She fluttered and she floated And she smiled down on me, “Plant food is meant for you, Just try it and you’ll see.” **** I woke up and I sat up And…

  • The Clock Ticks

    Every day the clock ticks on, Around us the moon, while we round the sun. First Winter then Spring then Summer then Fall, Through all time ticks on, disregarding us all. **** Machines and gadgets that progress has brought Fill homes and lives and contaminate thought. It’s not progress for the Earth, our Mother, Miraculous…

  • Christmas Full Moon

    The full moon shone down, It was bright and round, Through branches blacker than sky. On the earth, soft and brown, There was hardly a sound, As Christmas night drifted by.

  • Be Kind To Every Animal

    Be kind to every animal And every bird as well. Be nice to them, they’re beautiful And don’t eat them or I’ll tell!

  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious How the meat gets to the plate is something quite atrocious, Gentle souls are cruelly killed by humans so ferocious, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. *** Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddle ay *** Those gentle souls…

  • Emmeline Rose said ….

    To see the story/rhyme bigger go to the Emmeline Rose page and read it in silence 😉 For more vids go to the vids page 😀

  • U is for unethical, unprincipled, unkind ….

    Killing animals is unethical, It’s unprincipled and unkind. Eating meat is unhealthy, It’s unsavoury and unsound. *** So why do humans do it, This unsightly unwholesome crime? It’s unwarrantable, it’s unwarranted And entirely unjustified. The U page is right here, and the whole dictionary is just there 😀

  • Three Simple Rules

    “Thou shalt not steal!” Said Sam to Neil, “You should not lie,” Said Jane to Si. “It’s wrong to kill,” Said all to Jill As she ate her big pork pie. *** “I’d never steal!” Replied cross Neil, “I do not lie!” Outraged was Si, “I would not kill!” Snapped back young Jill As she…

  • “Hee Hee” said the cow

        “Hee hee” said the cow, “Woo hoo” said the hen “Hurrah!” said the sow And the sheep cheered again. “He did it!” they cried                  As they skipped and they ran,                  “Farmer’s eyes opened wide,      …

  • Life-Giving Force

    Pop and crackle, Fizz and bubble, The witch stirs her cauldron On the fire in her hovel. *** She shrieks at the night It will happen alright, The life-giving force Of her potion’s in sight. *** It’s got onions and greens, Carrots and beans, There’s garlic and lentils, She’s hungry and keen To gobble it…

  • The Doctor Said

    “He’ll soon be dead,” The doctor said As she stood at the end Of her patient’s bed. *** “He ignored my advice, Never gave up his vice, ‘Those flesh foods will kill you’ I said more than twice.” *** The nurse shook his head As he straightened the bed, “Avoidable suffering, What a waste,” he…

  • Touch the Earth

    Touch the Earth Feel the Earth, In contact with your skin. It just feels good Like soft earth would, And soothes you from within. ***** Earthing:  ” the practice of connecting the body with earth by touching skin to a conductive material such as grass (preferably wet), wet sand, a river, lake or sea. …… When…

  • Nature Returns

    When mankind retreats And leaves abandoned, Concrete slabs And platforms hardened, Nature returns With soft root and stem And swiftly reclaims What was trampled by them. She stretches and reaches, She grows and she smothers The cold ugly grey, And with colour recovers.

  • Think To Question

    It’s right to listen to teachers When they tell a new fact to you, But still you can keep an open mind To consider if it’s true. They say it is because they think it is, But sometimes they’re mistaken. Someone told them a long time ago And they didn’t think to question.