Thursday, June 28, 2007

THE HORSE OF THE RIVER


The Hippopotamus

Could eat a lot of us

Especially if we

Were cabbage or lettuce.

The Hippopotamus

Although very big and round

Runs very fast on the ground

But can run much, much faster

When there's water around!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

THE THORNY PIG


The Porcupine

Is not Soft Like

A Purring Feline

Nor Smooth and Shiny

Like a Brand-new Dime.

A Porcupine's Quill

Will Puncture the Thrill

Of Someone Who Wants to Feel

Its Sharp and Thorny Body.

The Best Time to See a Porcupine

Is When its Body is Quite Supine.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

THE SKUNK IN TWO PARTS


I.

An Animal

With a Whole Lot

Of Funk

Is

The Skunk.

II.

On a Carousel

Or in the Darkness

A Skunk Will Still Smell.

Friday, June 22, 2007

THE HOLY SHOW OF AN ELEPHANT (IN TWO PARTS)


I.
The giant elephant
Is a gray hierophant
Who cools all his fears
With island-sized ears.
 
 
II.
At a
Banquet
Or a
Feast
The giant
Elephant's
A
Mighty
Beast.


African, as well as Asiatic males will engage in same-sex bonding and mounting. Such encounters are often associated with affectionate interactions such as kissing, trunk intertwining or placing trunks in each other's mouth. The encounters are analogous to heterosexual bouts, one male often extending his trunk along the other's back and pushing forward with his tusks to signify his intention to mount. Unlike heterosexual relations, which are always of a fleeting nature, often males will form a "companionship" consisting of an older individual and one or two younger attendant males. Same sex relations are common and frequent in both sexes, with Asiatic elephants in captivity devoting roughly 45% of sexual encounters to same-sex activity.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

THE MOSQUITO AND THE FLY

It is not the
Fly
that I decry
As much as I do the
Mosquito.
The Fly has
its mighty eye
&
The Mosquito has its
sharpened drill---
but both of them
I will kill---
for a mistress or a wife!

Monday, June 18, 2007

ODE ON THE REFRIGERATOR

O
Holy
Refrigerator!

Keeper & Preserver
of
meat
eggs
dairy
fruits
&
vegetables!

O
cold repository
for
our daily
victuals!

The abode
of
our
existence
dwells
inside
of
you!

O
Holy
Refrigerator!


















Sunday, June 17, 2007

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS


The tall giraffe

makes me laugh

with

his very

long legs

and

very long

neck

which must bend

so low to

get a drink.

The giraffe’s

neck

is so long

that food takes

an eon or so

to get down

to the ground.

(I wonder why the

heck!)

But I do know

why

the giraffe grows

high

as the

sky.

It's because

Of all those trees

That he must reach.


Tuesday, June 12, 2007

WRITTEN WHILE READING THE COLLECTED POEMS 1948-1984 BY DEREK WALCOTT

memory sweeps
time & place
from the floor of
the
mind

Sunday, June 10, 2007

FEVER

When I was a feverish young boy
on a bed
I dreamt I was writing inside
of my head.
The words swirled &
spread
like I was going to be
dead.
As my temperature
rose
So did the wondrous
prose.
It felt like I was writing
a good book
As my sick and hot body
shook & shook.
As soon as my fever went
away
I went outside and began
to play.

Thursday, June 07, 2007

ROCKY STREAM HAIKU


rocky dreams and streams
gurgle past clean white houses
merrily merry

Monday, June 04, 2007

WATERY ABODE HAIKU


Watery Abode
The Amen of Calm Waters
Song of Calm Waters

Friday, June 01, 2007

The Equiangular Spiral





The Chambered Nautilus
Is not a bit like us
He doesn't make war
Or sleep on the floor
He doesn't take walks
Or use any clocks
He doesn't use a phone
Or masticate a bone
He doesn't pay taxes
Or send any faxes.
The Chambered Nautilus
Is a mollusk
That's quite deluxe---
But the Chambered Nautilus
Is not a bit like us!