Category Archives: Elephants

Pachyderms lament

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Rex Tyler

We are really up against it Walking as we do Where accidents with trains Are constant and a clue The virtue of our being In places where we must Cross railways in our passage Just victims in the dust The … Continue reading →

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Elephants up against villagers

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Territory Living space India like every other country we See conflict with the people with the wild life Thereabouts One man who holds a camera can see And show the world at large the sort of loathing The ill feeling … Continue reading →

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Baby elephants

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Zimbabwe you are better Than what we now do see Selling baby elephants to CHINA Yes you be Selfish and very ignorant babies need to be With their mothers as you know For years yes and at least three And … Continue reading →

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Elephant Polo

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Where is the mentality Or the reasoning power We need a stream of consciousness For without it, it feels sour A dose instead of mindlessness A much more vacuous view For elephants to play Polo It’s not what animals do … Continue reading →

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Pachyderms up against it

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Despite our glorious stature Our powerful constancy Some men believe they have the upper hand But memory We have, and hold forever That is what we do And being beaten and injured By all the so called crew The mahouts … Continue reading →

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A elephant in distress

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Wildness has its advantages But injuries can be Life threatening we know this And inevitably Some of us see the angels Men and women who Devote their lives to caring And one such case thats true Happened in Zimbabwe An … Continue reading →

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PINNAWALA OPEN ZOO

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Rex Tyler

It’s been opened only four years It is an open zoo Still under construction That much it seems is true It is known as an orphanage But really that’s misleading The elephants there are prisoners And therefore I am reading … Continue reading →

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“Yai bua and Dok Geaw

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Rex Tyler

The old gal was a century or more A life so long Packed with many a struggle Much of it so wrong She was in the trekking Giving rides to those Tourists who could walk Their lazy arses off But … Continue reading →

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Ran amok

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Rex Tyler

At some Buddhist Pageant In Sri Lanka so I hear An elephant has run amok It’s was very clear It had been painted different colours And dressed up like a clown in all it’s foul regalia walking through the town … Continue reading →

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Big game hunters

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Rex Tyler

An experienced big game hunter And his friend are on a hunt In Zimbabwe after trophies And apparently the brunt Of what is now the mystery That despite their knowledge They Were charged by two wild elephants And shot them … Continue reading →

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Baby breakups poor little elephants

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Such ignorance such selfishness Zimbabwe what to do You were gifted pachyderms To live their whole life through A so so social being Intellectual suicide Where is your lateral thinking Telepathy aside A baby needs it’s mother Deep thought and … Continue reading →

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Elephant day at the Zoo

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Zoo’s are not the answer They are prison for the crime Of wanting to have freedom And there really is no rhyme Or reason to imprison them To educate our young Trying to make a profit And remain unsung Wild … Continue reading →

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Zimbabwe’s cruelty knows no bounds

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Contrary to any reason Gifted souls we see Are unlawfully captured To be exported tragically Little baby elephants Stolen from their mums Sold to the highest bidder Really just for crumbs No respect whatsoever Unreasoned all the way Unsound and … Continue reading →

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ZIGGY the elephant ASIA/chicago

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Rex Tyler

BORN 1917 died 27/10/1975 Born in Asia named after Flo Ziegfeld The great American impresario Who bought him from John Ringling In 1920 and Wanted him as a birthday gift For his daughter understand A six year old And and … Continue reading →

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It’s over

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Without knowing the meaning Of joy we experience Life with our mothers Idyllic it was But So many changes And Humiliation Come to the family And it is because Humans continue To search in our homelands Our vulnerability Seemingly sets … Continue reading →

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Two broken legs

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Zoo’s are there primarily To make money Thats the way And working with young animals And others on display Are clearly far from wildness In captivity Away from family members Which is contradictory To how they should be treated With … Continue reading →

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“Bahati”

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Rex Tyler

I was so frightened And not very strong When I got lost It all just went wrong Trapped in the mud Didn’t know what to do I cried out But nobody heard me Then you Abraham Njenga With students came … Continue reading →

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“Big boy” and the birth of CLZ in his honour

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Rex Tyler

There was something about him Apart from his great stature He took it on himself to be the one The guru and the mentor For a number of the other males He possessed a status That was second to none … Continue reading →

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Martin Clunes

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Caught red handed Despite the plea What is surely Delinquency The burden of guilt Of course we see And true illegality A female elephant Standing there Waiting Breathing the same air As all of us And wondering why This man … Continue reading →

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Bullhooks and elephants

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Rex Tyler

the illogicality Of an elephant so strong With a certainty and reasoning Of where it does belong It has a share on instinct And memory of pain Its misreckoning though to use A bull hook Imagining you could gain Really … Continue reading →

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Who will be the survivors in the long run.?

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Rex Tyler

North of the Niger River An ancient city stands The capital of Mali Timbuktu whose lands Are on the Sahara fringes Where barren wilderness The land of the Tuoreg Where the heat can stress A land ofcourse where camels ply … Continue reading →

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Whose entertaining who?

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Can you feel my agony Can you see my pain We are one big family The whole world is insane What is entertainment Irreversibility Mulishness and dourness Unrelenting obstinacy Look into my eyes tonight Do I have a choice Taken … 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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“Bai Tong” little girl

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Every sort of reason Comes out of hunters gobs They are as arrogant as the day day is long Most are left brain slobs They havent got an inkling Or a smidgeon of empathy All they think about in life … Continue reading →

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Bush meat (Nungunungu) Porcupine in swahili

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Rex Tyler

In Kenya those who live Close by to the bush Apparently Are farming maize For selling But are finding tragically Wild animals like elephants And porcupines come by At night and dig the crops up In Kiambu they rely On … Continue reading →

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Elephants

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Elephant meat is sought after We understand In the Cameroons and Congo Where Its often smoked to preserve it Which helps to make it tastier Its a bit like SPAM i understand Gamey to those aware Women seem to prefer … Continue reading →

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Working elephants

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Rex Tyler

All the struggle and the hardship The misery we feel The true distress and misfortune Its very very real Man is never kind when working animals Today In the logging trade The monsters Really make us pay We are hapless … 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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Myanmar’s elephants

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Rex Tyler

No respite for the pachyderms The tragedy we hear Of elephants shot with poisonous darts And bullets its the fear Of the largest of land animals That was created to be wild Is being murdered everywhere Its spirit just defiled … 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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