an egret stands: still of body, but not of eye.
Statuesque [Haiku]
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Mongeese? [Free Verse]
Mongooses or Mongeese?
My Jamaican friend says,
"It's GEESE, mahn!"
But I can't tell whether that's
a Mon-guess [or a guess, mahn!]
I'd prefer a non-guess
on the mongoose's gees-i-ness,
lest I develop lexical queasiness.
It seems like it should be mongeese,
because "mongoose" is very
much like "goose."
[As my Jamaican friend would say,
"It's jus wit the 'Mon,' mahn!"]
On the other hand, a mongoose
don't look like no goose I've
ever seen.
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The Futility of War [Haiku]
two young gazelles lock horns and head-wrestle, then quit and move on.
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Bat Signal [Haiku]
dusk has come. bats head out to hunt. black against dark sky.
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Safety Geese [Senryū]
foraging geese, with heads down, honk to prevent collision.
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Skink Limerick
The reptile known as the Five-Lined Skink is silent, but not as covert as you'd think. From the front end it blends, but its bright blue back end catches the eye no matter how slowly it slinks.
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Fish Drift Relativity [Haiku]
"the fish's world is always in drift," thinks I, from the bank.
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Still Eye [Haiku]
along the seashore, everything is in motion, but the crow's eye.
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Elephantine March [Free Verse]
The herd is on the march.
They lumber with slow
determination.
The young achieve
playful swagger,
but aren't allowed
too wide of the line.
I wonder whether they're
going someplace good?
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Mongoose Crossing [Free Verse]
A mongoose crosses the road. My mind makes it Rikki Tikki Tavi. Is there a cobra in the tall grass? Is this a heroic mongoose? The mongoose disappears from sight, and I'm left with no answers.
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