antelope
bat-eared fox
caracal
dik dik
elephant
fish eagle
gazelle
hyena
impala
jackal
kudu
lion
mongoose
Nile crocodile
oryx
panther
quagga
rhino
serval
topi
uromastyx
vervet monkey
wildebeest
xerus
yellow baboon
zebra
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NaPoWriMo Day 18 to write an abecedarian. I am on safari now and have seen many of these.
Hippo looks so very slow
just make it mad
and watch it go
Cheetah lying in the grass
sways its tail while leaning back
waiting for an antelope
Elephant eats and eats
tearing branches from a tree
makes a big dung pile
Zebra photographs the best
standing lovely with its stripes
is it black or is it white
Maasai giraffe has different patterns
not so common as the others
its neck touches tree tops
Lion eats a killed buffalo
sleeps in the day to get some rest
back to the hunt at night
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dVerse prompt on animals
I went to Mombasa
I did not see rain
there is drought in Amboseli
elephants are dying
wildebeests zebras Maasai giraffe
🦒🐘🦒🐘🦒🐘🦒🐘🦒🐘🦒🐘
I went to Maasai land
I did not see a bow
only spears and panga
arrows used to kill
when the loins attack
🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆
I went to Maasai Mara
to see the wildlife
thunderstorms on the horizon
got wet in the landrover
viewed a perfect rainbow
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
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dVerse prompt to use a threesome. My choice is rain, bow and rainbow.
When just a boy
his Aunt Eva sat at table
playing cards with her friends
they called themselves The Magpies
and he crawled beneath
among their sequoia legs
while over head the squawking
of the birds
At the internment of this aunt
one lone magpie
flew into the small cemetery
as if to say
I am here
I am here
remember me
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dVerse prompt to write a corvid poem
My dog wakes
paws over me
I am being sniffed
remnants
of sleep and dreams
I am being sniffed
from what lingers
of last night’s dinner
I am being sniffed
of garden smells
still in my hair
I am being sniffed
to say
wake up
time to go outside
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NaPoWriMo Day 22 prompt to write a repetition poem
How do I love thee!? Let me count the ways. from Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? I love thee unequivocally. Let no man deny true friendship with a dog. How do I love thee? With undeniable comradery. I seek no other desire but to walk with you everyday as you pull on the leash and sniff so boldly. How do I love thee? With double blessings to have you in my life against all odds of never having another pet. Your nickname Never Again. How do I love thee? With every passion welled up inside of me as you sit so earnestly for a treat. How do I love thee? Robustly and vigorously while scratching you behind the ears as you greet me at the door. How do I love thee? Undeniably.
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A love poem for NaPoWriMo Day 10.
Frogs are waking up and singing
before lily pads emerge
frogs are singing and
deep in the throat of one
comes a recognizable song—
come into the night
make the world bright
stop the greed of man
help me if you can
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NaPoWriMo prompt to create a mythical animal or person that does something unusual.
Owl at the pond
big as my small dog
puffs out feathers
wets face
always looking around
It sees me in kitchen
watching as it goes
deeper into the water
shaking feathers
tipping
flipping
water on its back
breast deep now
looking around
repeats face wash again
and again
wings spread
then gone
all dogs are good
cats are beautiful
dogs are color blind
cats are grey in the dark
all dogs are therapy dogs
cats are german
dogs are worthy
cats are better with dogs
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dVerse prompt to google— I googled all dogs are……. and all cats are My dog is not color blind.
SHOCKING to see the cardinal eat a gecko
thick beak designed to crack seeds & nuts
one would expect it from a blue jay
not this red bird with its sweet song
now a gecko hangs from songbird beak
lifeless & being shaken
its head consumed then tail
legs gnawed away
it looks like a small fish
yet too big for the throat
of such a now ravenous bird
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I looked out the window today and saw this cardinal with a gecko. Unexpected metaphor to the current events.
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