Best Iguanas Poems

I once met some natives from Bahamas 
Both men had the same size BIG iguanas 
I was embarrassed - to say  
I felt very...

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Reptilian creatures defy grace
Suzanne has eighty visiting her place
     She could not leave her home
     There was...

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Funny thing happened on my way to the sauna
Met a strange-looking man carrying an iguana
Perhaps a family pet
Not many friends I'll bet
Iguanas have the ability...

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A Murder of Crows
A Shadow of Jaguars
A Flamboyance of Flamingos
A Mess of Iguanas
A Congregation of Alligators
A Crash of Rhinos
A Band of Gorillas
A Thunder of Hippos
A...

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Alligators, Aardvarks; Arctic fox and hare. Also Armadillos and Asses will be there!

Bobcats, Beavers, Boars; One Blue whale will do! Bovines and a Booby (maybe...

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Every planet in our solar system
Rotates in an anticlockwise direction
Except Venus which insists on being different
Always one has to be the exception

About 75 acres of...

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I reckon you'll find this tale of romance less fact than fiction,
But please bear with me as I try to give it plausible depiction.
I was...

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Iguanas are falling from trees in Florida due to the cold weather. They are not dead, just very cold and they become immobile. I got...

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The ABCs of Things Green

Algae, alligator, artichoke, asparagus, aphids, Andradite,
Brussels sprouts, broccoli, Buffalo Treehopper, and beans,
Cuckoo Wasp, Cabbage, cucumber, Common Green Darner, and celery 
Dog...

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All aboard the zoo train, let's ride there
Be amazed as you see the mighty bear
Cougars, big cats, crouch inside their lair
Desert tortoises creep, they move...

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 HOME. By Ted Bundy

There is a place not far from here where purple maggots are the size of deer, pink frogs are there wearing...

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Abundant apples
Bountiful berries
Cool Cucumbers
Dainty dandelions
Energetic egrets
Fragrant flowers
Gratifying greens
Harvested hay
Infinite iguanas
Jumping juniper
Kicking kernels
Lovely lavender
Marvelous maples
Never-ending Nectarines
Opulent opals
Patient penguins
Quaint quail
Rambunctious Ravens
Sanctimonious Swallows
Tenacious Turtles
Unique Unicorns
Voracious Vermin
Wacky Walruses
Xenobiotic Xylem
Yammering...

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I WISH I WEREN’T A PENGUIN
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


I wish I were a penguin in a warm protected land
The sunny Galapagos islands, where I could lie...

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TULUM

a fortress on the cliffs,
smiles down
at the paradisaical
Riviera Maya.

iguanas, reside in ruins,
overlooking
the Caribbean sea,
sitting pretty
for photographs.

long gone from old world -
sacrifice and fear,
Mayan riches and...

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The Healers in Ecuador
Ecuador lush greens, and iguanas galore
The smell of the Hibiscus so sweet they implore
The hunches of folk maidens found in books
Adventures in...

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DOUBLE HAIKU

iguanas, shells, stars
sipping dust multiplied thrice
earth shapes zig-zagged clay

chameleon grains 
silver buckets dot dash dot
sandcastles baptize!

(( for S*K*A*T's  sand castles contest))...

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Florida gardens boast menageries most marvelous—
Vermilion hibiscus nodding in the breathlike breezes
Infused with night-blooming jasmine and selenicereus scents.
Mockingbirds trilling like nightingales in the palm trees,
Twilight...

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calm days oceans fit
dress coastlines in white lace
treacherous... the storm

on the wind it glides
oceans of the south surveyed
albatrosses feed

penguins flighty birds
cross ice bellies down... feet...

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"My mind was once the true survey,

Of all these meadows fresh and gay,

And in the greenness of the grass,

Did see its hopes as in a...

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     Lizards of Galapagos

Lizards on Galapagos are large
With appendages going this way and that
Not human in most regards
Iguanas crawl and that’s...

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Antisocial anacondas don't associate in numbers;
Bears and beagles don't become the best of friends.
Civet cats catch rats, so is it any wonder
On doleful dingoes dire...

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A nice young man in a nice crisp blouse is rifling through papers as we speak. Somewhat undisturbed it is imperative that he reaches the...

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Lone rock stands in center of the ocean in Galapagos island chain
But this rock is anything but plain
Getting there by early explorers was a pain
But...

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Never thought I'd be cheering for an iguana but I did
Snakes on Madagascar don't play fair, they're hypocrites
Look cute, by crikey
But really, gorblimey
Ain't the nicest...

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Nothing this woman does surprises me.
The tip of my tongue still alive 
with her taste; with salt 
from the reservoir gathered
in passion and pondered by...

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