Monthly Archives: June 2016

Wolverines

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Behold there is a phantom That survives on its wildness It loves the deep snow Its a sociable brute Humans are good at Referring to Devils And demons and such like Blackening characters But at its root Is a marvellously … Continue reading →

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Expectation

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Rex Tyler

It happens to you Or someone you know They become homeless Not in the flow They had had expectations But then suddenly The world fell in on them The uncertainty Of Life took a turn For the worse and we … Continue reading →

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Temples and tigers and buddhists and money

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Temples and Tigers and buddhists and money The homogenisation is a cocktail of pain It can stem from the needs to enhance the ego But breaking the Third Precept clearly no gain To derive a pleasure from sentient beings Is … Continue reading →

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Crozet Islands and beyond

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The Southern India Ocean The Crozet Islands where The Orca’s come and stay a while And the Elephant Seals They share A period of dominance where harems come and go And King Penguins wander here and there And gradually they … Continue reading →

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All of us

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

All of us are indigenous of somewhere But the indigenous are looked upon today As second class or even third class citizens They thirst for independence in a way Others who just live where they have always lived And have … Continue reading →

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A miracle of life

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A little chick A fluffy ball of feathers A miracle of life As we all are A heart a soul a liver And two wings to fly 2 eyes to see And a reason to ask why? YES I know … Continue reading →

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Menominee Park Zoo

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Menominee park Zoo Oshkosh wisconsin A worker at the zoo Left a gate to an off limit area left it open And visitors some of them Couldnt wait To go an observe wolves A little closer The negligence Compounded by … Continue reading →

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The silent scream

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

In India the majestic souls Are tortured beyond belief Lousy owners angry mahouts They just get no relief From anger and frustration Metered out each day Temples are no place for the wild Elephants some say And those that say … Continue reading →

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Whale watching

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The medium blue from the light And the sky The depths where the great whales Come up and fly Barnacled beasts with their so Massive size Who explode at the surface To then realise Their worth for this earth Their … Continue reading →

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Mud nets

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Mud nets A fishing net Where do they go Up into the air With the dolphins On show Catching them a science And intelligence we Completely ignore In the town called TAIJI Bottle nosed dolphins Sensitive souls Who will stay … Continue reading →

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GURUVAYER temple and its elephants

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Its appears situations have come to a head Elephants seemingly ended up dead Tortured and left in a most parlous state Living in conditions worsening of late Some with broken limbs then chained Badly and Left in their own mess … Continue reading →

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Vulgarity and carried out in the street

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Using brute force On a female today A cow one leg tied A lout for the day In front of an audience Watching it, they Children just standing there As the cows lay These were hardworking Animals who Have been … Continue reading →

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Happy pigs. So says who?

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Rex Tyler

With our predisposition for forests For rooting around in the dark A snout in a broth of fresh truffles Our involvement to be on the mark Thats the freedom of feeling the rain on ones back The emotion our happiest … Continue reading →

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“Jyoti”. On the streets of Patiala in the Punjab, INDIA

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We speak of the voiceless Those of us who can see and hear We know The voiceless have a way With them Of communication so And there she was Beside the bikes Beside the busy street Crying sighing dying Wondering … Continue reading →

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Dorothy

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

William Cooper met his maker In a hail of fire What became of his pale horse It bolted in that dire Reason for his haunting His daughter Dorothy Was told that William Loved her And he did so avidly.

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The times they are a changing (in the arctic

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We are seeing changing fortunes As sea ice melts much more The supremely adapted to the frozen world Are coming unstuck for sure The Polar Bear for instance Begins to catch his cold The Killer Whales now thats another story … Continue reading →

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Dian Fossey and her work with the Gorillas of Central Africa

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Her virtue was her moral strength Her integrity and grace Dr Leakey realised how she was on his case A believer in her ethic He hired her and she found A lifetime for her in Rwanda Right there on the … Continue reading →

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Wild Orca’s should never have been put in tanks

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

When sea world captured its Orca’s Their arrogance was high Worse than any cancer And the tide was really high There is nothing that would allow Wild orca’s to be captive and The fact that Sea World went for this … Continue reading →

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Satou

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Satou was a loner And an isolated soul Without a name for most of his life Though clearly in control Of what he did and where he went He was very much alone He had his own identity And the … Continue reading →

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