the condor soars above the canyon rim; its back glows gold
Condor [Haiku]
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Category Archives: wildlife
Hyena [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Sloth Bear
What’s in a Name? [Kyōka]
i was brave when facing this spider, until I learned that within its name was the word, "Jumping"
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Swallowtail [Kyōka]
a swallowtail lands; crashed into by another, it doesn't flinch; ten feet away, I lean in and it flutters away
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Bucktoothed Monkey Mastermind [Common Meter]
I saw a bucktoothed monkey sit on the ground all alone. It looked the doofus - its dental- mental shortfall shone, but is the size of incisors a measure of one's smarts? Has anyone done the study, gathered data, made the charts? What if that dentally-outsized primate is a dreamer- a mastermind, a supervillain, or just a first-rate schemer? What if it just wants us to think that it's a huge dimwit? So, it doesn't show its erudition, or its razor-keen wit. Instead, it waits for us to be lulled to a false repose, so that it can show us we're all a bunch of biased schmoes.
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Golden Silk Spider [Haiku]
the spider’s mind
is one with the silken web,
tripped by vibration
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Sloth Bear [Senryu]
turning towards one,
the sloth bear becomes
more bear than sloth
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Two Birds [Haiku]
two birds feed; one eats, and one wonders about the other
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March of the Myna [Common Meter]
A Myna bird comes marching in; it'll soon rule the roost. It seldom fails to have its way anyplace it's introduced. The goggle shapes around its eyes make its stare more intense, but compare it to a raven; you'll see it's pure pretense. Like kudzu and cockroaches, they can't help but run amok. Should they come to your neighborhood - well, that's just your luck.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 