Africa, where wild animals roam freely but live under the threat of extinction from poachers and hunters.
I was lucky to go on safari in Kenya, one word, breathtaking.
walking gracefully with a pendulum movement ~ a herd of giraffes the mass migration crocodiles at the river~ food for the taking gazelles are running a hungry cheetah gives chase~ speed is the winner a lone male lion approaches a sleeping pride~ the battle begins an elephant herd arrive at the water hole~ use trunks to cool down a swarm of locusts devouring vegetation~ skeletal branches army on the move soldier ant battalion~ have left a scorched earth vultures in the trees animals weakened by thirst~ death is imminent a downed buffalo lions watch as herd returns~ bulls scatter the pride basking in cool mud the african river horse~ hippopotamus laughing hyenas find an unguarded carcass~ scavengers feasting at the water hole animals quenching their thirst~ alert for danger a crash of rhino hunted for their ivory~ extinction looming a small antelope found on the African plains~ cute looking dik dik the baobab tree silhouetted at sunset~ african icon Written 13th May 2018 For best haiku poetry contest Sponsored By Chantelle Ann Cooke.
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