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Hyena Poems - Poems about Hyena

Premium Member Sockdologizing Old Man Trap
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 the bones they gnaw upon each tooth a dagger that breaks...

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Categories: hyena, betrayal, corruption, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Epic
The Laughing Hyena
Kamala Harris, with laughter bright Echoes through the house of white Yet critics murmur, where's the deed In jest, they claim, she plants no seed A hysterical hyena's chuckle fills the air While dreams of action dwindle bare © daniel miltz...

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Categories: hyena, political,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member hyena pack enjoys their prey
She prowled the night horizon sniffing for prey oh, my here it came, happy hey, hey, hey, hey! She and her pack tore the animal quickly in half. So glad to be dining on a baby giraffe. They laughed their hideous song into the night. Some would say this does not feel right. Especially the mother who was looking for her...

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Categories: hyena, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Why Does a Hyena Laugh
Why does he have such a diabolical laugh the frightened Princess asked me. Unsure if hyena was ready to fight or be king, I was not close enough to see. Not when they are happy, I replied. They usually want to be king or to fight. The two times you will see them laugh, I said. And I...

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Categories: hyena, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member He Laughs Like a Hyena
Uncle Jake laughs like a laughing hyena! Crazy as you’ve ever seen. I did not know cousin Chet well, but thought this was mean. He truly does! Said my husband-to-be, who was adding to it now. Some people think my own witch-cackle is more than a wow. Which one is he? I asked, looking around the reunion hall. “Not here...

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Categories: hyena, animal,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Story Told By Hyena
Where do you meditate? The animals queried each other. I meditate in the pouch, the baby kangaroo said, inside my mother. I meditate in the henhouse, as I give thanks for dinner said the fox. I am not sure I do, but if I did, said the crow, it would be in that box. Where do humans meditate when...

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Categories: hyena, animal,
Form: Rhyme
The Earth Was Turning In Her Sleep
A hurricane tore North Carolina After ripping Haiti! It stalks like a hyena, Leaving a trail of calamity! I, The Earth, was turning in my sleep. Humans live for seventy years. Some build in areas that are deep Or somehow interfere with my affairs. May 8, 2022 the...

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Categories: hyena, earth, extended metaphor, grief,
Form: Rhyme
A Hyena At Home
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, he came; With everyone and every junction to acquaint: Who did what,...

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Categories: hyena, betrayal, confidence,
Form: ABC
Premium Member He Is a Mean Hyena
He is a mean hyena the child said in horror. His daddy and mommy thought he was joking. Not realizing there had been a lawsuit. Mama Hyena had enrolled her son in the human school. Don’t call him that! His parents protested. It is not nice. But he is a hyena! The child reiterated, right, but not believed. They met the...

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Categories: hyena, animal,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Zippitys Playground
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 laugh As inquisitive as any human child, He loved the wild South...

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Categories: hyena, animal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hyena Hygiene
I do not like the Hyena This animal couldn't look meaner It looks scary Ugly and hairy And dirty, I'd like him cleaner...

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Categories: hyena, 10th grade,
Form: Limerick
While Laughing Like Hyena
God in cantina while laughing like hyena served a subpoena You have to laugh at this one. Jim Horn...

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Categories: hyena, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
The Hyena
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 go crazy for my shaggy back. And what I lack in...

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Categories: hyena, animal,
Form: Personification
Ze Hiena
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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Categories: hyena, animal, death,
Form: Personification
The Hyena
I‘m not a dog or cat in the area, I am a carnivore in Africa; I really roam to look for food to eat, You cannot evade my sharp and tough teeth. I run through ungulate herds in order To select a victim to devour; I hunt for precious prey just to attack, I am highly wise and cleverly smart....

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Categories: hyena, animal,
Form: Personification

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