Category Archives: Africa

The poacher class

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Unhinged just true transgression An intrusion one might say To pass the point of no return On any given day Quester seeker tracker Filching thievery Purloin maraud and plunder To a larcenous degree Contrary to reason Irrational and wrong Incongruous … Continue reading →

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Donkeys

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Descended from the wild ass Some 40 million now In the world and mostly Pack animals and how They work hard in hot climates Draught animals they be They eat a lot of grass They eat voraciously. Recently Pakistan Has … Continue reading →

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Wrong doing and corruption

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Some Animals hardly have any rights Other than to work and surely die In Africa more especially In Zimbabwe It is high Time that the poor old donkeys Got a thought or two They are beaten up and badgered Working … Continue reading →

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Elephants in the snow

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Its ingenuous And arrogant To have elephants in the snow To abuse them in a circus Somewhere where they shouldnt go They are the biggest land animals With weight issues and they Should not be walking on tarmac roads Or … Continue reading →

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Gorillas we have missed

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Rex Tyler

They are a peaceful family Powerful certainly Strictly vegetarians Which accounts for their Honesty Respectful of their environment And their family as a whole They have a code of honour And as great apes do have soul DIane Fossey knew … Continue reading →

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Bushmeat

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Rex Tyler

In Africa The people are the culprits The taste of the domesticaled souls Do not become as sought after As the wild souls of the forest Huge quantities are being killed Whose roles Fed into biodiversity and environments And what … Continue reading →

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Hunting holidays for all the family

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Rex Tyler

We see a happy family Mum and dad and all On their hunting holiday Children as a rule Can spend some useful Hunting hours Out there on the farm Can join up with the hosts family Where all the world … Continue reading →

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Conservation

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Conservation and community Is never going to be A defence against The hunters Who only want to see Murdering the wildlife That appears their only goal Which is totally unsustainable And proves they have no soul Here it happened in … Continue reading →

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Zambia’s quest for more trophy hunters

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The time this all flared up Was about two years ago The country wants a reason To increase the hunter flow And Hippo’s have tusk ivory Great teeth and trophy fair And are a draw I understand Though some are … Continue reading →

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Eyes wide open but failing to see the truth

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Using the eyes We were given to see And feel pain And sharing it all constantly Being mindful about life Of Knowing the strain Bearing down on those of us Who truthfully gain We do make a difference And devastatingly … Continue reading →

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The King

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Inspired by my lovely friend Maria The king can bring us anything And can wing it for a few With his glorious mane Has so much to gain When like this he looks at you In his myriad of colours … Continue reading →

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Hump back 2

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The waves the palm fronds Paradise for some I do expect A great whale a great humpback A baleen I detect Its karma to be present Among the human soul At Ponta do Ouro Mozambique Under their control It happened … Continue reading →

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Sasha’s new life

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Rex Tyler

A wild heart full of spirit Found being behind bars Under lock and key all day Life’s enduring scars A Guatamalan Circus Slavery to boot Deprivation ordered Bondage an offshoot A decade of existence Coercion to exclude Every breath of … Continue reading →

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The great APE

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Be uncertain whether one might run For you came upon him without a gun In every probability It was plausible and presumptive he Might lash out at you But possibly If you kept quiet And delicately Avoided eye contact That … Continue reading →

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Japan and African Ivory

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Yahoo Japan is very very lenient With trade on ivory sales spparently Despite Rakuten closing down its platform YAhoo could not care less it seems to me The elephant should be much more respected The criminals we know are everywhere … Continue reading →

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RETETI

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Rex Tyler

An assuredness And an irrefutable Moral certainty RETETI ELephant Sanctuary Does unerringly Go about its business To rescue and to care For elephant calves in trouble Why? Because they want to And they are so aware Responders using heartfelt Energy … Continue reading →

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The elephant and the other great beasts and a special thought for iceland 76

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Rex Tyler

From wildness and abundance In the wilderness of cause Ancestral shadows flourish And to some a diapause A wistful inclination Of the enemy abroad Whose arrogance and ignorance We battle to afford As size goes we are Truly a dominating … Continue reading →

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Planet Earth from the perspective of the indigenous peoples

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Actists defenders protectors Of the land More of them are being killed Is it hard to understand They are the heartfelt warriors Their morality they share Often abused and maltreated And martyred everywhere Anguished and ansgt ridden Victimized they be … Continue reading →

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ZIMBABWE not the best place to be born

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Rex Tyler

There has always been a lack of understanding A kind of godlessness And lack of care Elephants in Zimbabwe find themselves Sold off abroad Actually it could be anywhere One really lovely soul Known as Anna Louise Went off to … Continue reading →

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Wild animal poaching

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The dishonesty is out there At high level Unconscientiousnesss rampant As we know Its about the opportunism And the shabby venality The aiding and abetting That does grow Everybodys at it When there money to be had All sorts of … Continue reading →

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The mindset of a killer

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Rex Tyler

There was a time when farmers In South Africa grew fruit And then they heard about LION BONES And money is at the root Of all the scandalous pastimes And the TCM route felt Doable and many of them Like … Continue reading →

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A perfect LION

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The enactment the execution A solution maybe so A transaction a redaction Was it a way to go Africa a lion sleeps Content possibly so Fulfilment was the goal today To undertake and grow He pulls his trigger three times … Continue reading →

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South Africa adversity Around every corner

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Living on a knife edge Weary as to how History has potentised And appeared to disallow White South Africans a place Beyond the cut and thrust Beyond the racial murders And utter disgust The brutality and murder It now is … Continue reading →

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Trophy hunting scumbags

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Rex Tyler

none of them on the the breadline But as hunters go they be Underfinanced and niggardly And just so miserly They want to go to Africa Game hunters thats their thing And looking through the safari books The prices kind … Continue reading →

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Maria Diekmann and Honey Bun

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Rex Tyler

This prototype Creature A pine cone on legs Walks like the dinosaur Almost it begs As it wanders through wild bush At quite a few knots The scaly mammal And we see lots Of them being slaughtered Apparently they Have … Continue reading →

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Akashinga (the brave ones)

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Rex Tyler

They look the part They act the part They are all heart and they Are the women they are the brave ones The Akashinga pay Attention to the animals That some would hunt and kill Uprightness and honesty And integrity … Continue reading →

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Cough syrup

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The pharmaceutical corporations They have so much power If they stoop to enter The street market and vow To infiltrate the pharmacies Directly then they might Cause a revolution That will be far from slight In Nigeria we are seeing … Continue reading →

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Barbara Fruth and her work with Bonobo’s

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Rex Tyler

BOnobo’s congo basis healers Can we learn and hope to share From the rainforest the pharmacy Possibly with care Pulchritude and perfection The rainforest an endless dream Such magic born of nature Whose radiance does seem To harbour many many … Continue reading →

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The mule women

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Its a very hard life For these women At Melilla a border town where SPAIN and Morocco are trading But deep in the heat and despair At five am every morning The women queue up and await A pittance for … Continue reading →

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Wheelchair hunter

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Its all about one’s thinking The wantonness of pain A beautiful wild Leopard Will never breathe again And why is this A brazen fool as offensive as can be Sits there on his wheelchair Unashamed and heartless he Imagines as … Continue reading →

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