Best Hippopotamus Poems

When he sits
He crushes the evidence
Corrupting the human mind...

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Everyday I have lunch
With a pink hippopotamus
The menus always the same
Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches 
Oh, and Diet Cherry Coke 
Cause he likes the way it tickles his throat

His friends sometimes stop by
To join the both of us
Hippopotami 
If you're talking more than one...

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Hyperthermia can be caused by standing in slip streams in sluice dumps. It never really fails if ice water can run a lake from a rusted tap. And the mid morning broken by the drip drip drip from a nozzle. Squirt then. Nozzles are not...

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Hieronymus the Hippopotamus,
Implied at times that he was xylotomous;
Even claiming to be most gregarious.
Real time though, he loved to be autonomous;
Only decidedly not anonymous;
Not to mention being quite hilarious.
Yet no one found him to be synonymous,
Moreover, with the crudely cantankerous;
Unlikely even to be obstreperous.
Some friends...

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A young friendly hippopotamus
lived by the river, across from us
Then one day five hunters came 
Looking to shoot big easy game. 
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They put five bullets in his head
And now our friendly hippos dead
They should bow heads in shame
The lodge will never be the same....

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The small hippopotamus

Has taken his grandmother's glasses,

Has taken his father's hat and scarf,

And a portfolio his uncle's briefcase.

He put all of the clothing on himself,

          Picked up the briefcase, 

has looked in a mirror,

Has scratched his...

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hippopotamus
massive and herbivorous ...
ride the river horse


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Entry: "Wild Animal Haiku" Poetry Contest
Contest Judged:  4/18/2022 
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
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Oh!  I’m very glad that I
Am not a Hippopotami
And should I ever get the choice
It’ll not be Hippopotamoice



© John W Fenn 15-Feb 2009...

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I saw a Hippopotamus going to the fair,
wearing pink pyjamas with a bow up in his hair,
he was followed by a Zebra who was wearing bright
blue socks,
a Chimp and a Koala bear, wearing matching frocks,
they climbed into the teapots looking quite a sight,
and a little...

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in water hippos
are the most deadly to man
than alligators


2019 September 10...

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The chucky of the body makes it whole
Is it  there for a valid reason
The toughness of the skin makes it solid
Is it there to cover the softness
Loving my structure

I might be quite
But when my mouth is open
The world hears me
I might not be the...

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hooray! hooray! for the hippopotamus
who was awarded with a posthumous
award of utmost importantness
oh we never never never must
forget that brave hippopotamus




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Never stand behind a hippo!
Never stand behind a hippo!
Never stand behind a hippo!
Projectile diarrhea!...

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I wanna be a wallaby
And not just a wanna-be,
Not a kangaroo or 
Silly platypus

But, if I can’t be a wallaby
I think that I would wanna be
A plump and dumpy
Hippopotamus!
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