Best Gorilla Poems

Harambe, living in captivity-
mock forest of the Cincinnati Zoo,
within our human world, well as can be,
beneath those peering eyes, that visit you.

And what bad fate for you when suddenly,
no fault of yours, a child falls in your space.
At first, you seemed to act quite caringly;
you...

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I don't know why she's done it,
She normally is quite sane,
Mum said she bought a new gorilla,
It really is a pain.

She said she put it in the kitchen,
Not far from the sink,
What if I want to go to the tap 
And get myself a drink.

I...

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Countenance quite disturbing, in need of a file
happiness on the flee, one thousand and a mile
nothing to disguise
wrinkles grow in size
wild facial expression slapping a ban on smile....

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Rock standing like a
Gorilla guarding harem
Washed by water...

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Gorilla, Gorilla – he isn’t a killer,
Although he’s incredibly strong … 

But some people hunt him, just for the thrill … Ah!
Now I think that’s terribly wrong …...

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a gorilla
eats a yellow flower - -
humming birds flee

lol, had to use that gorilla
jack horne for sidney’s contest...

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'I shall will' says the Proclaimed Self
when you know
it most certainly
won't

  'Forever' swear the lovers
before they weary of each other
and pass with
sideways
eye

maybe there will be some
other times
looping mirrors reflecting
themselves
speeding light spread
ever along
the fire's fulgurate throat

stroking a woman's lovely
shudder.  a room in Rome.
like Krishna
riding...

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MOUNTAIN GORILLA


            Gentle giant of the great apes
            Close to us in temperament  
        ...

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There was once a ZOO in Atlanta,
that had an old gorilla named Anna.
She had a special trick,
that would make you quite sick,
when she’d throw you up-chucked banana. 

Copyright © 2010  By Caryl S. Muzzey

First Place Winner ~ "Zany Zoo” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Linda-Marie Bariana’s...

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My brother played a dirty trick on me that was nasty to do.
Before I put on a Gorilla mask, he filled it with Super Glue.
I've tried and tried to pull this mask off but it's stuck.
I've been wearing it for three years, I'm out of...

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Pancake Gorilla Onion 

It is obvious, the connection
Pancake, gorilla, onion
Walking down the street of all conclusions
Closed in on all sides by saffron meadows 
On all fours if you like
Reached before the end
Hidden below the surface
All words emerge sooner or later
What's next on the agenda
Do you...

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I am Gorilla, and this my domain
You humans return to ensnare me again
Mankind with his bullets has not caught me yet
Hey Fella, that there is one hell of a net!

Now in the zoo with not much to do
The people pass by in an orderly queue
They...

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Why am I here 
this isn't my home 
I do miss my mountain
and the trees where I'd roam 
and what of my family 
where have they gone 
God knows if they're safe 
but still life goes on 
I hope they're not waiting 
not waiting for...

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I don’t know how a boy slipped down
And landed in a cage
Which housed a huge gorilla,
Prompting anger, grief and rage.

For when the ape then dragged the boy
The keepers at the zoo
Decided that a killing shot
Was what they had to do.

I’d hate to be the person
With...

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I’m Kong the Gorilla, formerly of Africa,
but I now live in New York, in North America.
Carl Denham and his boys had to go and capture me.
They sailed on a boat to my land to make a movie.
A nearby native tribe was as nice as they...

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