Monthly Archives: October 2017

Coming home

Coming back from war Take off your uniform You sure Are not now in theatre You are on the streets of peace You were injured and in hospital But now you are on release Alone Of course You think for … Continue reading

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Detroit red wings and the Octopus

The Stanley Cup finals In Detroit I hear Back in 52 It became kind of clear With 8 arms Their seemed some significance And so They Adopted the octopus And then did throw Live and dead creatures When the play … Continue reading

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Money buys Science

There are too many psychopths In Science today Too many universities Who seem to get their way Messing with the food supply And with animals alas Its actually undeniable That much of this is crass Animals are experimented on All … Continue reading

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Absence of thought

The largest land animal living Perceptive cognizant and brave A pachyderm with a great stream Of consciousness In Kerala whose left to save With an absence of thought For their welfare Its a cultural thing maybe so But because they … Continue reading

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Amarula and the elephants

Oblivion feels possible For the elephants of old Destruction of their habitat And their babies being sold The amarula fruit tree mob Decided they must try And raise elephant awareness For so many now do die Ivory poachers critically Are … Continue reading

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Exporting elephants to far off countries

Really we’re all guilty Even those who say On facebook they are helping Most look the other way Post our comments freely And go to bed at night As more and more young elephants Lose their right to light Stolen … Continue reading

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An unfortunate black bear

A child at 6 unfortunately Was taught to go and kill Squirrels rabbits and other feral souls A bitter pill For me to take, I have to say And what we read today Is this litte girl Now can’t stop … Continue reading

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Big eyes no heart

A South Korean Restaurant In Pusan prides itself on offering its customers Living foods. How loathsome and our hateful To imagine it can be right To consume living creation Enjoying every bite Torn out of the ocean As painful as … Continue reading

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He was a Natural Tom Petty

In the mystic woods Reality winds An eternal path To somewhere that minds Alone remember Each Soulful song Where a dozen black deer Seemed to belong Quietly together Their confidence growing Musical memories Forever flowing So captivating An exceptional feat … Continue reading

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a glimpse of the mangroves

Imagine awhile The great mass of rivers All carrying vast waste Down into the sea Passing the mangroves And leaving debris As Terribly smelly As it could ever be All this stagnation The stench is colossal Aerial rootlets mud driven … Continue reading

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Amazonia

Slate grey silhouettes From the forest on high In the clouds where the mists Hang and we must ask why Liana’s,epiphytes draw from the air And the raindrops that fall for all now to share The forest floor with The … Continue reading

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Who you calling a Witch?

She will dress with great style And the seasons will mean Much more to her She of the green Her pattern of realness Her quiddity The sum and substance Is essentially Honest to goodness A trait of the good She … Continue reading

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We are very different

Really we are very different Rabbits have short ears And I Have long ears with black tips I am very different And if you look into my eye Their eyes are dark mine is amber When they run their tails … Continue reading

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Long meg and her daughters

Long meg and her daughters Have rested a while On the edge of the Cumbrian Pennines in style Again like the rollrights The numbers one sees Differs apparently Its a kind of tease But its very sacred One knows this … Continue reading

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Cloud Forests

In the Andean cloud forests A warm hanging shroud Drifts from the clouds And feels kind of proud Sitting quietly on gnarled boughs And gleaming leaves That spreads at light level And quietly achieves All kinds of parrots Sing cluck … Continue reading

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Baobab

They climb into the sky Inside out upside down With its roots on its head As some sort of a crown Imagine an African child who perceives What a tree looks like And firmly believes The tan and the shine … Continue reading

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Rainforest Canada

Canada’s Bears and the rainforests stark Straight as a die Such a glistening bark Ask yourself A bear pretty close to the ground Looks up at the sky Shows us what he’s found How such great poles climb into the … Continue reading

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NPD (it may relate to me)

The monster within me Became me The angry old man took control The poet so called Was heartless and soulless But thought in his way he had fooled Anyone really around him All the sick traits well endowed The mirror … Continue reading

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Feral rats and their penchant for apples

A bounty of verdure Flushed with sweet Autumn These fastidious finicy Discerning souls They came with their family To raid the sweet apples And here was a plethora And a surfeit of roles Was had by the elders Their long … Continue reading

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