Husband Animal Poems

Book One: Ancestors of the Ark

Dedication: To my husband, Harvey, and our daughter, Rosalie. Without your love and support, this would all still be a...

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At the foot of my bed is an alien but I try my best to pretend
It is a friendly stranger, a compassionate, almost new friend.
My...

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We found a baby hippo in the sink today
Can we keep him Daddy? Asked Jimmy and Fay
Absolutely! Mommy said, making him the bad guy.
Why do...

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Badgers were planning a picnic extraordinaire!
Red Jell-O mold towered high in the spring air.
Shall I put a cherry on top? Asked persnickety Claire.
Why not? Said...

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Whispers and sighs, softest of smiles
Reveal the music playing in the heart.
Beautiful rhymes, soothing the nights,
Stirring joy, faith and love – 

Breaths of prayers, some...

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When I saw our waiter I lost my appetite
Oh, come on said my husband don’t be so uptight!
He is a roach, I said, he could...

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It was the weirdest conversation two people ever made
Well, maybe not the weirdest, but weird by at least one shade
How does your giraffe sleep? The...

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Glowing bright ball of light
More like golf ball in the night
Full moon inspires teal tide
And good witch's broom ride

I like the good witch who 
Gives...

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Where is my steed the king asked his wife
She kind of knew but she valued her life
She lied a bit guiding him to an unsuspecting...

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Horton smelled a Who, what about Hortense
  Did she have that special female 'sixth sense'
     It seems she was lacking
...

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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!...

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sort of kind of um have to say no my husband said.
I gave him a look that said "to me you are dead."
Putting my foot...

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how do you like my thongs? the corpulent cow asked me.
I heard my children behind her chuckle with a loud tee-hee-hee.
They were looking at her...

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Edina, the erratic, eccentric giraffe woman had parties galore.
Decorating her living room with finds from Kenya and more.
Her travels had brought amazing things into her...

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The interlopers surrounded the old folk’s farmstead before dawn.
Farmer Jay wondered what planet they were now living on.
Their gravely gobbles were incessantly loud, it was...

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