Best Mating Poems

  energy spent
    the moment met

  a nod of her head
    their future set

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blue crane undeterred
wings flap and emotions spurred
raspy sounds are heard


Contest: What's the Buzz
3rd Place...

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She meandered through 
new spring grass, startling bugs
shortening their lives, taking her fill
seemingly unimpressed
with grandeur displayed
solely for her benefit.

His swagger almost took him
airborne, his tail feathers spread
into a fan of splendor
his princely prance seemingly
not even a blip on her view

Our appearance on the scene
assured his...

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Dumpfer Trommelschlag
Der Balzruf des Auerhahns
Vom dichten Wald her



The muffled drumbeat
Mating call of the capercailzie
Across the thick woods




Golpe del tambor sordo
El celo del urogallo
Través del bosque denso...

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Guitar, Bass Guitar,
Sharing one vertical stand.
I think they're mating....

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I once walked into my backyard
and found two slugs mating in a bucket
I had just learned how slugs go about mating, 
or trust-I would have been rightly confused

Here hangs a long line of slime, almost a foot long
and then halfway down the thread of slime,...

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Mating Season


flashing bright plumage, peacock attracts mate
dowdy, brown peahen quivers...
monsoon rains on the way

06-07-2014


Contest:      Any Poem Under 15 lines #2
Sponsor:     Poet Destroyer A
Placement:  8th...

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In fertile bowers,
from swollen vents perfume flows
mating passion grooms...

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The warm evening breeze 
Caresses my skin as I sit 
Beneath the old garden elm. 

The chatter of birds echoes
 Through the trees as they perform 
Their spring mating ritual. 

Redbirds, mocking-jays, and hummers 
Scurry from limb to limb, jealously 
Chasing foe from new-found lovers.

Enjoying...

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Hear all that croaking?
It comes from the lily pads.
Frog mating season.

Robert Pettit for Sidney Lee Ann’s Lilly Pads and Frogs Contest.
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Uncommon me 
with rhetoric and fancy shoes.

Uncommon me
for what else do I have to lose?

Uncommon zeal
and half an ounce of courage too-

Uncommon me
and certainly, uncommon you.


(for Johnette)...

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Oh okay, you’re colorful 
And I like that thing you’re doing with your wings 
Mmmm yeah, fluff those feathers 
Do that hopping thing again 
I liked that 
Hold up, wait, what’s this? 
This fella over here brought me a bottle cap? 
You are OUT, hoppy...

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screams pierce the night
primeval mating
wise owls winking...

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Well,
You know me, 
I'ma busy bee,
And you're an eager beaver.
Let's get this den shakin'
For we know it,
Spring is gunna be here.
Who gives a damn?
We can make our own,
And pollinate.
Make our own brood, who Caccoon'd in your own womb.
Sing our own tune, Lay together and watch...

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their eyes 
they flutter
or is it propel
either way
a subtle prelude
to a kiss out of sync

their conversation
an amalgamation
of giggles and smiles 
more telepathy 
between hearts
than anything else

their legs 
entwined like shoestrings 
on a pair of old sneakers
seem to imply 
the mating ritual 
of hoverflies...

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