Tag Archives: animals

Cheetah [Lyric Poem]

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The Leopard cannot change its spots;
 Maybe an obese Cheetah can
 Blot out all of those old, black dots
 With an orange cheese powder tan.

Home Invasion [Haiku]

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the heron stares at
 the unwitting egret’s back:
  unfond of flatmate?

Leaf Thief [Haiku]

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a bird absconds
 with a tree's last few leaves
  for its Winter nest.

Vista Tree [Haiku]

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a tree looms
 over the valley; 
  beloved of hawks.

Rainy Rice Field [Haiku]

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rain patters
 in the rice paddy;
  a frog croaks.

Fish Time [Common Meter]

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Fish mill about the koi pond --
   No hooks or fishnets;
 Just falling leaves to break up
    Hours into minutes.

Squirrel Alarm [Haiku]

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bushy black tail
 waves frantically:
  squirrel alarm.

Downpour [Haiku]

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drying cormorant
 folds up its wings, resigned
  to grounding by rain.

Starling [Haiku]

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a starling stomps,
 like a masked bandit, 
  across dusty earth.

One Fish [Haiku]

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solitary fish
 darts about at lake's edge:
  taunting fates & fishers.