THE COUNTENANCE OF A CROCODILE

 

 

The Smile of a Crocodile

Is full of

Deception and Guile.

In the Water or in the Mud

A Crocodile is a Thug.

Watch out for its Snapping Jaw

Or you'll end up in its Maw.

THE TURTLE'S PACE

 

Slowly and

Ploddingly

A turtle will race

In its carapace

To the finish line.

THE EGG GIVER

The humble hen

Gives us eggs who

Knows how or when?

THE PIGEON'S RELIGION

The religion

Of a pigeon

Is to peck and peck

And to eat and eat.

Animal Victuals

The Blue whale

Likes lobster tail

And

The rattlesnake

Likes ice-cream cake.

The porcupine

Likes Florentine

and

The deer

Likes beer.

The parrot

Likes carrot

And

The antelope

Likes cantaloupe.

WHO BIG EYES?

tHe oWl

WhO sAyS

WhO wHo

WiTh hIs

BiG eYeS

dAy oR NiGhT

iN oR oUt

Of A zOo

CaN easily SeE

mE aNd YoU.

THE WORM THE BUFFALO AND THE MORAY EEL

The Buffalo

Likes Marshmallow

But

The Moray eel

Likes well-done veal.

***

A worm

Will squirm

When you

Step on

Its Head

Or Stern.

LONG AND SAD WAR HAIKU

Burr it's cold up here

Where mountains are that behold

This long and sad war

SEA EQUINE QUESTIONS

Does a Sea horse

Gallop or Trot?

Does a Sea horse

Eat Hay or Neigh?

Does a Sea horse

Have Intercourse?

HAIRSTYLING

The Moose

Doesn't

Use Mousse

But

Neither

Does the

Goose.

AUTUMN HAIKU

EARTH'S VITAL WATER

BENEATH THE BRIGHT SCARLET LEAVES

AUTUMN'S RENAISSANCE

THE PANDA BEAR THE FLEA AND THE LOBSTER

The furry Panda

Bear

Doesn't live in a

Lair

And if it did

It wouldn't want

Us

There.

What does the flea see

When it jumps from

Tree to tree

Or

Sea to sea?

Does the flea see

Like you or me?

A

Lobster

Looks like

A

Mobster.

With its stalking eyes

And its curled claws

The Lobster

Would make a

Good Robster.

BEAR ATTACKING DOG HAIKU

Wait! I'm not Salmon

My name is Sam the Canine

Fish not Dog's your meat!

ARACHNOPHOBIA

The Hour Glass

Spider

Is Quite a

Frighter.

But the fear of

This arachnid

Exists more in the head

Than in its spot so red.

PEARL MAKERS

Oysters
Do not live
In
Cloisters
Nor are they
Choristers
Or
Roisters
But they are
Excellent
Pearl
Hoisters.

MEAT FOR CHEETAH HAIKU

Never too early
For stalking our next dinner
Got meat for cheetah?

Tale of the Crocodile

The mouth of a
Crocodile
Is as long as a
Country mile.
The crocodile's tail
Can murder with a flail.
On his tail
The
Alligator
Isn't a doubtful
Cogitator.

SPIDER'S WEB HAIKU

Pearly Bridge of Dreams
An Elegant Spider's Web
Ready to Trap Food

LIVE EARTH WITH A SHARK IN THE PARK

The shark
In light
Or dark
Is always
Moving and
Smelling for
Bloody prey
Night or Day.
If a
Shark could
Walk in
A park
It would
Eat a
Dog's bark.

On Immortality

What is the color of

Immortality?

Is it Red, green or

Blue?

What is its Everlasting

Hue?

If anyone ever knew

They haven't come back

to tell me or

You.

NOT ROBERT DINERO ON THE SAND HAIKU

You talking to me?
There's no one else on the sand.
You talking to me?  

LA CUCARACHA

Don't Reproach

The Cockroach.

He was here before

The old Dinosaur

(Or at least next door).

La cucaracha, la cucaracha

Ya no puede caminar

Porque le falta, porque no tiene

Marihuana que fumar.

SMALL GREEN SAILBOATS HAIKU

Small Green Sailboats
Sailing with some Pink Lilies
Searching For a Port

RODENT INDIGNATION

 

 

To most of us

A mouse in the house

Is a dirty louse

That must be expunged

Immediately!

Poor mouse!

Poor mice!

Rodents aren't nice

But neither are

Some humans who

Want their demise.