Best Hyena Poems

Lurking in the darkest shadows,
she looks for one of us to hound,
trying to catch a little glimpse
as she staggers along and limps

Spittle and drool keeps dripping
from yellow teeth and snarling lips.
She whines and hunches her back
picking out one of us to attack.

Alone because she's made...

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I have picked up a scent, something's been killed
  And I can hear my feline foes growling still
  I trot off to the scene with bloodthirsty zeal
 Hoping to purloin a fresh meal

 At the scene, four lionesses are having a feast
 On...

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For ages, I used to rear my goats serenely;
Before I invited Mr. Hyena at home.
Green prairie my goats adored around the home.

Peace, the rustics relished too;
But an intolerable mistake I made inviting him.
Peace and life of villagers he happily bothered.

As an approachable and judicious man,...

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Hyena
tired and hungry
cried loudly near kraal
saw little hope for a meal
prayed...

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If you see a spotted cheetah
don't touch it or you'll get
quite dotted;
if you see a mottled hyena;
don't make it laugh
or you'll get spotted...

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Guess my reputation could be sweeter, but hey-
At least I'm not a skunk!
Backbiting scrounger you say?
I like to call it being environmentally friendly;
No waste when I'm around, I can assure you!
I'm not the coolest looking dude in the bush;
hunchbacked, slitty-eyed and spotty
But those alpha females...

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Not happy was Nina Hyena
Lost had her smile - her grin
I search all the day 
To find it  - she’d say
A very bad way she was in

To lions went Nina Hyena 
To tigers she went too
She wanted to know
Where a smile can go
Neither lion...

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Hey step right up,come on down!
Welcome to Africa!
I'm not like other dogs.
Though I am pleased to eat you!
On second thought,for now,I might just go away.
Because if the lions catch you,I won't be welcomed to stay.
The last thing you'll be hearing is my laughter.
Don't get mad...

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A little teaser rain
Just reminded me of my childhood 
Twice it happened 
When the sun was shinning brightly and it was all warm
But then it started raining, the rain fell softly
And disappeared as quickly as it appeared 
   Lasting less than two minutes...

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Feral Exchange

I am well spotted and nasty and do not mind that description

Will gather my fortune whatever is your inappropriate depiction

Dig my teeth into your body and soul straight down to the bone

Leave my scent on your remains with a well-executed stepping stone


Once we hunted...

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You sockdologizing old man-trap long decayed
where claws curl tight in dust and brittle bone
your lies are hyenas dancing in the flame
their jaws a rattle tearing flesh to stone
their laughter cracks the silence and the name
of truth that bleeds until the world has grown
as hollow as...

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Hienas don't taik cair of higeen;
we’r fond of karrion; we drink warm jin
wizaut tonik and we neva uze
ze mornin afta peels. 
                       ...

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The playground I chose to write about,
Is open twenty four seven, night or day,
It is beyond any expectable doubt, dangerous
Paradise to young animals, some human
Children perhaps even envious!
Zippity was a young, playful giraffe,
His mother always warned him of the riffraff
He was popular, always made others...

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laughing like a hyena comes naturally
to those deprived of sanity
for more than five hours at a
time is long and sometimes silent
though not often still
water runs expressing her course
having no authority to deepen herself at will
lounging on one side and then the other
banks holding sway with...

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A HUNCHED BACKED MOBSTER

It’s sunset in late afternoon, where towards a water pan,
A pride of lionesses, approach with a much rehearsed plan,
Followed by a clan of mobsters,
Hyenas cackling luridly like monsters,
All wanted the impala buck, upon seeing them he ran!

The impala was unfortunately no match...

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