There was a safari guide in Botswana
who disliked being quizzed about fauna.
"I don't mean to be rude,
but there's Huge, Fast, and Food --
so, just three types of beast in Botswana."
BOTSWANA LIMERICK
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Category Archives: wildlife
MALAYSIA LIMERICK
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Great Mormon [Haiku]
![Great Mormon Butterfly [Papilio Memnon]](https://berniegourley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_0372.jpg)
Great Mormon
flaps its wings spastically,
yet hovers in place.
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Claustrophobic [Haiku]
carpenter bee
crawls into clock vine bloom;
freefalls into flight.
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Too Close for Comfort? [Haiku]
baboon onshore
grooms infant as hippo
glides past in water.
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DAILY PHOTO: Chobe River (w/ Eagle)
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Balance [Haiku]
one-legged crow squats
to explode into flight;
false alarm!
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Transitory [Haiku]
butterfly lands
on flower, pumps wings twice,
and sputters off.
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Gen Z Stare? [Senryū]
perched magpie
stares into the distance.
gen z? perhaps.
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Fish Wu Wei [Haiku]
in flowing water,
fish trio effortlessly
remains in place.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 