Best Armadillos Poems
upon summer's lawn
dibbits appeared overnight....
armadillos root
Categories:
armadillos, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Hey kids get out in the car !
Dad, are we going very far ?
You don't ask, I won't tell...
We're going crazy, oh well.
Got to get out on the road...
to forget that heavy load !
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
Route 66 is where you should play.
Our '63 Buick is the car we drive...
takes lots of gas to keep it alive.
Has luxury and that ain't all...
its got a 445 that just will not stall !
Dad said look out the window...
see the USA while we go.
Gotta see it before its gone,
look there's a spaceship on that lawn !
You see everything on the Mother Road...
A blue whale and a giant horn toad.
In motor courts and wigwams you sleep,
buy postcard so memories you keep.
Now it's a little out of the way...
but more fun than the toll way.
See how America used to be,
when it was fun to be free !
There's mountains and lots of funny rocks,
sand and a canyon like a box.
Old drive inns and out door movies...
drink a malt and feel so groove.
I'd lay up on the window deck...
wave to trucks till the're a speck.
Love to look at old car and trucks...
saw armadillos, buffalo and bucks.
Had a lot of fun on the way !
We're almost to the coast and L.A.
So get your kicks...
drive on Route 66 !
To the fond memory of car trips when I was a kid.
Categories:
armadillos, adventure, childhood, dedication, familycar,
Form:
Lyric
A post from the past.....just trying to put down all the ones I have written but deleted when I left the site for a while......this is almost too long, but I couldn't find which animal or insect to eliminate.....
Gardens attract a number of guests,
Some are welcomed, some are pests-
Let’s peek inside to get a view,
Of what these guests are really up to-
Honey bees pollinate, wasps sting,
Mosquitoes suck, song birds sing-
Crickets chirp, caterpillars putter,
Grasshoppers jump, butterflies flutter-
Aphids cluster, ladybugs twirl,
Katydids hop, pill bugs curl-
Owls hoot, peacocks prance,
Fruit ripens, damselflies dance-
Leaves sprout, dragonflies catch,
Shrubs grow, chipmunks fetch-
Trees shade, breezes blow,
Blossoms bloom, fireflies glow-
Moths destroy, hummingbirds drink,
Earthworms chew, stinkbugs stink-
Ants march, slugs cleave,
Turtles saunter, spiders weave-
Fish swim, lizards climb,
Toads croak, snails slime-
Fleas vault, frogs leap,
Roaches scatter, millipedes creep-
Hawks soar, rabbits munch,
Snakes slither, beetles crunch-
Mites bite, moles scurry,
Walking sticks cling, termites hurry-
Mice dart, ferrets burrow,
Hedgehogs mosey, voles furrow-
Gophers tunnel, thrips rasp,
Foxes chase, grubs clasp-
Possums play dead, fruit bats roost,
Water bugs float, pirate bugs juice-
Woodchucks eat, rats devour,
Squirrels store, seedlings flower-
Gnats annoy, spittlebugs attack,
Ambush bugs take, cicadas extract-
Scaly bugs secrete, squash bugs infect,
Silkworms spin. lightning bugs inject-
Armadillos dig, water scorpions fight,
Woodborers drill, fruit flies alight-
Root maggots scarf, locusts smother,
Harlequin bugs feast, flower flies hover-
Deer nibble, cats meow,
Mealy bugs attach, dogs howl-
Antlions trap, leaf-footed bugs pierce,
Robber flies rob and hornets are fierce-
Nematodes battle, leafhoppers invade,
Cutworms clip, leafminers raid-
Psyllids drain, cabbage loopers inch,
Weevils infest, earwigs pinch-
Vines extend, doodlebugs grab,
Woodpeckers peck, assassin bugs stab-
Raccoons forage, geese parade,
Praying Mantises capture, falls cascade-
Skunks spray, branches sway,
Upon your plants an insect may lay-
Harvestmen walk, lacewings feed,
Some of these guests your garden needs!
Categories:
armadillos, animal, earth, education, kids,
Form:
Rhyme
I: Sheep
(A poem about Covid)
next door to 19 chimneys
and 'the dark satanic mills'
a flock of sheep is grazing
oblivious in the hills.
II: Other Animals
(They do all exist!)
goblin sharks and pangolins
sea pigs, star-nosed moles
mata matas, sugar gliders
shoats and water voles.
aye-ayes, dik-diks, wobbegongs
chicken turtles, loons
shoebills, snipes and yeti crabs
and cozumel raccoons.
pink fairy armadillos
bilbys, 52-hertz whales
the red-lipped batfish, panda ants
and emperor helmet snails.
the pleasing fungus beetles, thrips
hellbenders, great potoos
lilac breasted rollers, bongos
glass frogs, kinkajous.
boobies, fried egg jellyfish
happy wrens and teals
sarcastic fringe heads, cock-tailed tyrants
shags, electric eels.
johnny cash tarantulas
slevin's emo skinks
hanging thieves, agra cadabras
turbo shrews and minks.
the mediterranean shame-faced crabs
dugongs, gangly lancers
jesus lizards, pistol shrimps
fossas, spanish dancers.
the rare long-wattled umbrellabirds
chubs and munchkin cats
satanic leaf-tailed geckos, shads
gars, nits and fancy rats.
Categories:
armadillos, allegory, animal, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Trees still shade the road
where Gramps and I once rode
in his old green car -- I drove --
on dusky early evenings
in my fifteenth year.
We stopped, as he insisted, at spots
where an armadillo scratched
among the tender greenery
in ditches.
I was dispatched,
with Gramps' strong wood cane,
to kill a pesky armored creature
by striking hard, once, upon its snout.
Gramps waited in the car,
called encouragement or condemnation:
"That's it! Hit him hard!" or
"Can't you do a damn thing right?"
He knew I didn't like to kill
but was determined to toughen up
my softness.
That hard old man was not accustomed
to being crossed or contradicted.
But part of him was tender,
and he had a sense of what was right
in the bayou country of his day.
How could I tell him that I hated
killing just to please him?
Often, I killed, then killed again,
although, at times, I'd miss the snout
or be slow to follow up,
and permit an armadillo to escape.
Sometimes, I'd temper force with moderation --
I'd stun the creature, grab the tail,
fling it far into dense bushes
to revive and live another day.
My grandfather eyed me darkly then,
but often kept his peace.
He gave me the treatment
I gave those stunned armadillos.
Could he have felt the same
toward me as I toward them?
Categories:
armadillos, angst, childhood, family, introspection,
Form:
Narrative
They have their helmets on, and bodies heavily covered
as they walk slowly towards the crowd like armadillos.
Each one of the men in helmets know that it is their duty
to stop their friends, strangers, and countrymen
from getting a way through the palace gates.
Sweat drips on their skins, as they come closer
to the men and women who defend their rights to good living;
they are part of the crowd, but also part of the Law.
A fight ensues within them, tearing their conscience apart
like continental drift and tremors. Attempting to ignore the fight
in their minds, they yell their lungs out, as they run towards
their own people.
Bones and spirits break, as well as a sense of belonging.
The security personnel are treated as outcasts by the crowd,
who boo them with so much hate in their eyes;
a sense of democracy inherited from their fathers,
is cut short by people who only want to feed their families...
Categories:
armadillos, conflict, humanity, imagery, life,
Form:
Narrative
An Unfortunate Ricochet
By Elton Camp
Armadillos can be quite the pest
In your yard, they’ll build a nest
The holes they make get big
As for delicious grubs they dig
Not all of them are disease free
A few can carry dreaded leprosy
A Georgia man gave one a whack
But the bullet went bouncing back
Through the house wall it went
In his mother-in-law, it was spent
To arrest him, there was no need
“It was an accident,” cops decreed
The next day, all you could hear
Were pistol shots, far and near
Every husband in the area around
Out shooting armadillos was found
(This is very loosely based on an actual event in Georgia)
Categories:
armadillos, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
As I look out upon the desert floor, its beauty I espy.
A lizard awaits the sun to land for its’ sunning to apply.
A mother quail runs from her hole with 7 chicks in tow.
A comedy of running feet, they are found rarely still at all.
A mother dove nests high above, in a saguaro nestled deep.
A cactus wren finds fruit up high, from a cactus she will eat.
A hawk soars high above it all, seeking a breakfast to enjoy.
As fruit trees abound in every yard, amid varied colored stones.
Geese find lakes and golf course ponds with only minor flights.
But don’t forget the smaller things that crawl within the night
The occasional snake will rear its head to look around or bite.
But in cities they are rare, preferring desert solitude and quiet.
You best be quick or miss it all, no other choice there is, I insert.
We’re not alone within these lands of desert sands and dirt.
In a place most think lost, with no more than destitute emptiness,
Is a place where people and migrating birds seek to live with cactus.
And don’t forget the forests high; with wildlife found that’s rather large.
Where bears and pumas dance each day in some one’s great backyard.
Far away a coyote runs a jackrabbit deep into the hidden earth.
As armadillos move along before found, in the daily heats rebirth.
Don’t be silly some will say… it’s only sand, and dirt, and heat.
But I know it comes with great abundance and multitudes complete.
There are those who know the truth, like you, and of course like me.
Who each day find life, and beautiful sunsets in its magical relief’s.
Categories:
armadillos, dedication, education, life, places,
Form:
Rhyme
The grass rustles
after nightfall—
armadillos hunting.
_________________________
For Brian's Adaptation Contest
Inspired by the work of Buson.
Categories:
armadillos, animals, nature
Form:
Haiku
Late in fall, before the first freeze,
Flowers speckled the woodland paths.
Zebra long-wing butterflies wafted.
Red summer racemes bloomed on upright stems.
Bees and butterflies endured strong breezes.
Impassioned, life embraced every creature.
Squirrels and feline played tree top hide and seek.
Opossums and armadillos foraged.
Jaguarondis and owls slept until night.
Mother Nature held warmth beyond hopes.
When the temperatures dropped, icicles sparkled.
And farmers mended fences ‘till spring.
1/18/ 2017
Categories:
armadillos, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Everything's Big In Texas
I'd like to saddle up my horse...
Lope on down to Texas.
Pack my Peacemaker, (Colt of course)...
Oh! My solar plexus!
I'm told that everything down there
Is ALL, so much bigger...
Buildings, barns, boots, buckles, the Air...
And their whiskey jigger!
I flew to Fort Worth/Dallas once
Walked on 'the grassy knoll'...
Saw oil rigs making quite a bunce...
And armadillos roll!
Grasshoppers grow big down there,too.
Yup! I'm here to tell ya.
They're as big as a kangaroo...
Just like in Australia.
My trusty stud is all tacked up.
My mare's packed with extras.
With sunshine and a little luck
I'll see what's big in Texas!
3.8.2017©deborah burch
Dedicated to all my friends, and family,
in Texas
Categories:
armadillos, adventure, allusion,
Form:
Quatrain
Why Didn’t the Armadillo Cross the Road?
By Elton Camp
We see them on the highway dead as a doornail
Despite a suit or armor over all but head & tail
Is it because they’re stupid or are they just slow
That so many deaths by cars armadillos undergo?
It is because they have such a strange survival skill
It works well in the woods, but on roads will kill
When its natural predator happens to come around,
All its legs go down and shoot it high off the ground
So that whatever enemy of the armadillo stands there
Will quickly run away because it got a frightful scare
But in the event a speeding car, the armadillo is atop
It hits the bottom of the car when it tries its usual hop
Take note if you are the operator of a road-kill café
From armadillo and its meat you better stay well away
A small percentage of them, the germ of leprosy carry
So as to carving them up for food, you should be wary
Categories:
armadillos, animals
Form:
Rhyme
The mountains with white tops
Are the emblematic
Symbol of the reserves
Visited by the tourists
Acclaimed by followers
Viewed as academic
Global patrimonies
Birds flock in azure sky
Lake is very placid
Clouds are like white cotton
In the sunny midday
With the alluvion
Of the brown gravel sand
In the blue river bay
The green forest fern trees
Serve as a barrier
Protecting the nature
And captive animals
From the mankind capture
In the wild aflutter
That end in quiet nights
Jumbo armadillos
Stroll in the jade pasture
While the big three turtles
Walk in the rock trails paths
Closing the attractions
That amaze audience
In the month holidays
2-12-2016
Categories:
armadillos, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Africa; my home of growth.
Your jungles plants for flesh.
Your cooling shade between the leaves.
Your air to make it fresh.
Small jitter flies around your plants.
Aroma fresh as blood.
Just winged things alive with lust
all cherishing the mud.
Horned Rhinos cutting through the brush.
spry tigers waltzing close.
Young armadillos pacing fast
with fear in greater dose.
Your Zulu's chasing antelope.
Their horns a sacred piece.
Their whips extended for the hunt.
Respect to never cease.
Tribes harvesting their fields for wheat
to grind within their bowl.
Then mix into a paste to eat
to feed their hungry soul.
The shadow of the sun going by
to mark the passing time.
Your people chase your beasts to eat
life's circle for their crime.
Young Africa your land is firm.
I see your light within.
You go on with your many lives
it takes you to begin.
Categories:
armadillos, africa, blessing, character, conflict,
Form:
Quatrain
In the spring, the crows sit in the tall pines
Capitalizing on the field of newly planted corn.
Farmer dreams of corn on the cob which he will dine
Caw, caw the lookout calls to his mates to forewarn
As crows go down rows, gleaning the kernels
Dreaming their only competition is from the farmer
But up high is a nest of pesky, frisky squirrels
On the ground also those armadillos with armour
As the farmer sees his profits go into the crows,
His temper flairs to beyond recovery.
Farmer sits in garden reading aloud prose
Bored to tears, the crows a great book discovery
"Selected Poems" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
With it drove farmer away in chorus sang, "Yea"..
Sonnet:Sort of
Categories:
armadillos, funny,
Form:
Sonnet