Animals Tanka Poems

Desert thorns that sting.
Careful desert animals. 
Both have great instinct,
Finding safety together.
Not permanent for either....

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Scurrying people
windy city wind whistling
Wet animals flee
Blue thunder, silver slick streets
Hued blooms close their perfumed rooms....

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A flock of large birds
or a fleet of small small planes
is speeding towards me.
NO! It's worse--mosquitoes!
I failed to use repellent!

I grab my swatter.
They slap it...

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ELEPHANT GRASS 
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Animals just know
The praying mantis looks above
The clam closes down
The turtle’s head hides inside
The spider seizes the fly...

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Like in a movie
Where no animals were harmed
So are these poems
Not killing my heart's wildlife
Knowing how much you love life...

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Closed for visitors,
Traveling in a balloon
A fantasy zoo
Invisible to the world
Some animals can be heard...

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last breath
thanking the plants and animals
that have sustained me
my ancestors I honor
and the spirit enfolding me...

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ZERO

it’s so cold
where do outdoor animals go
to stay alive
two black crows caw cawing
from a tree top

sun’s out
you’d never know
it’s zero outside
cat wants out
but just one...

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Randy Hoards Brandy
Locks his stash secretly
Basement waterloggs
His animals go fuzz fuzz
Singing Glory to the keeper...

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Stalking,.....waits awhile

She inhales the woodland airs.....

Animals beware......

Nose to tail the vixen stares.......

Fixated,....... her prey beguiles........

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SPRING THAW

what a sorry sight
the poor drowned grass muddied o’er
dirty snow with tracks
but the skies are thankful for
a chance to the earth restore

and the animals
seem...

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SPRING THAW

what a sorry sight
the poor drowned grass muddied o’er
dirty snow with tracks
but the skies are thankful for
a chance to the earth restore

and the animals
seem...

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ANIMALS

how they sniff the wind,
far away look in their eyes,
what are they thinking?
or is thought necessary,
vital to consciousness?

i say they sense god’s
heaven of simplicity,
his love...

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the differences 
between men and animals 
give birth a  human 

without knowing self,  knowledge 
of  uniserse is useless  


tanka ( 5/7/5/7/7...

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