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Animal Embassy
A porcupine, an owl and a beautiful iguana
Were among the creatures that I got to see;
And no, I wasn’t dreaming it or smoking marijuana – 
Every animal was real as it could be.

For my grandkids were invited to a show with all these creatures;
There were...

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Categories: embassy, animal, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Cat's Embassy - Fragments of the Too Long Thing
I’ve died many times
And not been reborn.
Nine lives were mine; 
Now two.  Or three.  
Or one; 
This one, the last.
I am the cat,
But that’s not the answer.

I am for you to tell.

My kind did not evolve
Over long course, as yours, 

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Categories: embassy, cat, journey, mythology, time,
Form: Free verse
Moving the Embassy
Moving an Embassy 

So it happened then Israel won the White House
and the Embassy will be in Jerusalem, while this is seen
as a great success for I Israel and 
her people can dance in the street.
When they have gobbled up the rest of Palestine they
will...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: embassy, car, cat, chanukah, child,
Form: Blank verse

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