Shoebill

My bill you can't forget
My feet always wet
Hodge-podge of many likes
Walker of many sikes

My stork or cassowary-like body
My wide wings flapping steady
Legs trekking from Sudan to Zambia
My feet spanning like a tortilla

I can play hide and seek
I'm soft-spoken and meek
Chasing my prey with my bill digger
Coughing like a jack hammer

Three decades I can survive
Sounds I can create to jive
Please be careful with my heart
Yours I don't want to break apart

I only look like a shoe
Bigger than a shrew...


A bird!
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M  Avatar
April 5, 2023 at 8:46 AM
Love your poem Clifford….well written! Do they really look like a shoe? Debx
Villalon Avatar
April 5, 2023 at 11:36 AM
Indeed, I saw one! :) Thanks Miss Deb for your surprise visit. Strength and good health to you! Stay lovely! Cliff
Rose  Avatar
April 4, 2023 at 12:04 PM
love the rhyming scheme here, :)
Villalon Avatar
April 4, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Thanks for the warm comment Miss Mystic. :)
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