Best Monkey With Poems
My mom’d just had a baby
And so to give her space,
My nana and my grandpa
Took me to a special place.
We passed a toy store on the way
And quickly we were stopping.
I found a doll I really loved;
I’d nailed this thing called shopping.
My nana loved to buy me things
But mom had made it clear
No matter what, there was to be
No toy or souvenir.
I left the store dejected
But we drove on to the zoo.
It cheered me and improved my mood,
As zoos are wont to do.
I noticed something rather strange –
A monkey with no cage.
At five years old the danger
I was not equipped to gauge.
As I bent down to pet it,
Its reaction was pure fright.
Before I knew what happened,
I’d received a monkey bite!
My nana was hysterical;
I guess I was as well.
The doctor stitched me up
And I kept up my crying spell.
To calm me down, my grandpa asked
How can we stop those tears?
A lightbulb flashed – the doll! I said,
Quite clever for my years.
And so I got a brand-new doll,
Accessories to match.
My grandpa’s guilt was dangling
Like a prize for me to catch.
The lesson that I learned was this:
No matter your intent,
A promise made is etched in sand
More often than cement.
Amy’s Toys
A is animals on top of my bed
which are all laid out in a nice big spread
B is for banana a soft yellow fruit
I pretended to be a monkey in a fancy suit
C is for cat with a black and white collar
I made the collar myself because I didn’t like the pink collar
D is dog six I have got
I made paper sailing hats and they all sailed in a yacht
E is for elephant which I have not
So I pretended to be one by swaying my trunk a lot
F is for fish, a fish called Nemo
We watched a film together which was called Finding Nemo
G is for giraffe one baby and one mother
I buy a daddy one and that will be another
H is for horse one pink and one brown
I put my on my riding cap and pretended I won the Derby crown
I is for I have way too many
So I gave a few to my best friend Benny
J is for jungle “A jungle of teddy bears.”
That’s what my mum said but I don’t care
K is for kola which I got as a present
Kolas climb trees and I did too but it wasn’t very pleasant
L is for leopard all covered with spots
And I have caught the chicken pox
M is for monkey with a blue rucksack
I put in for later a little flapjack
N is for “Now where is Nemo?”
“Oh there you are inside my toy limo!”
O is for orange a nice juicy drink
I mustn't forget the flapjack what would mum think
P is for peacock which I brought from a gift shop
Then I went home… hop, hop, hop
Q is for quiet a lot of toys on my bed
All laid neatly in a nice big spread
R is for Rabbit… Peter Rabbit
My collection of toys is now becoming a habit
S is for snake, pink with blue and black spots
Luckily it’s not real for I would have to get shots
T is for Teddy who keeps me safe at night
Teddy always chases the monsters away when I get a fright
U is for unicorn purple and pink
I am sure that the unicorn gave me a wink
V is for very lot of toys in my room
I might need another bedroom
W is for walrus swimming in the bath
At least it’s not a mudbath
X for x-ray specs I lost Nemo again
“Oh! there you are hiding in my den!”
Y is yes I want more toys
But I think my mum is quite annoyed
Z is for zebra which I still have to get
Well, maybe not just yet
Who’s that cow standing in the way
Moo-ove, Moo-ove
No, that’s a donkey,listen how he brays
Hee-haw, Hee-haw
I’m not the kinda person to be hurtling insults
"But that's a crazy monkey with a blabbering mouth"
Who’s that dog with the toothpaste grin
Bow-Wow, Bow-Wow
He gobbled up the chow and is starving to sin
Gro-owl, howl, howl
Some creatures greedy, they'll suck your bones 'till it's dry
Just living in the Jungle is a fight to survive
Who’s that bird dancing in the streets
tweet - tweet, tweet –tweet
Someone stole our dinner leaving nothing to eat
Gro-oan, Mo-oan
If you slip, you'll slide, go straight down the hole
Life is just creation in a different world
Who's that CLOWN distracting everyone
Hell-Low Hell-Low
He's sniffing cocaine by the beach in the sun
High High, Bye Bye
Some are born to shine that's what they say
Only money really matters at the end of the day, Can you pay...
Look at that monkey over there!
Can someone tell me what he is wearing?
Is that not an oversize Agbada he's wearing?
Yeaaaah! look at his shoes, are they really shoes?
His 'fila' falling here and there,
Is that how a normal human dresses?
The neck of his Agbada is on his shoulder and
He is putting on the cloth on its back,
The embroiding is visible to his skin.
The sokoto sags to his waist like a prisoner in th US;
Can you see his displayed pants?
Oh! No! Not again.
Can you watch the way he dances without his legs?
Is that how a natural human dance?
Does his teeth looks like that of a man or woman?
Maybe he belongs to the Animatician' Kingdom.
Yeaaaaaah! I have seen his buttock!
He is a monkey with a human buttock!
He is a monkey fashioned from the animal kingdom!
But, I have seen him once in the government house,
He was painted as the president of the country.
So many of them have joined the animal farm!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
All the money he acquired should have make him better or even finer!
Does he have no mirror in his room?
Hmmmmmmmmh!
I can not put on Agbada again if those
That wears it always look like monkeys.
Watch out for his shoes!
There is gum under it!
Make sure he is thoroughly searched before he leaves otherwise, you will lose all your money to his gummed shoes that he put on.
Those monkeys in your party are wiser than you think.
Once they get hold of your fortune, they embezzle it, so becareful here!
(C) John Chizoba Vincent
All Right Reserved 2016
Monkey, Monkey : Part One
Monkey, monkey, climbing up a tree,
Eating a banana, or laughing at your friends pee.
Monkey, monkey, with your friends and family;
Monkey, monkey, you’re so happy and free.
Monkey, monkey, chewing on a leaf;
Monkey, monkey, swinging through the trees.
Monkey, monkey, your so hairy;
Monkey, monkey, you live in bliss.
Monkey, monkey, you look so funny;
Monkey, monkey, you’ve got such a happy grin.
Monkey, monkey, you’re so cheeky;
But now little monkey, you’ve been caught by me.
Monkey, monkey, don’t fear me;
Monkey, monkey, stop screaming!
Monkey, monkey, worried about losing your family;
Monkey, monkey, you’re no longer free.
Monkey, monkey, welcome to the zoo, your sanctuary;
Monkey, monkey, imprisoned by me.
Monkey, monkey, you will make me wealthy;
Monkey, monkey, you will make me happy.
Monkey, monkey, you’re there for them to see;
Monkey, monkey, behind bars sat in your tire swing.
Monkey, monkey, why aren’t you happy?
Monkey, monkey, do something!
(C)2011 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Monkey with black tie
Coasting in the moon down low
Touching ocean, sky
who knew who knew?
The story ends
hands clean and messy
someone stupid like you?
indecently in the mirror i see
bullets blue dont you know
flies know what you are
authorities alive thought i might die
eyes take a good look
smiling gunshot wound hasn't in soo long
don't go telling everybody of the reflections of women to be
dolls try to believe in it all right
plastic cant change anything
killing you love is strange to me
brains twist it out but try to listen
do you or don't you want this?
what am i supposed to do?
worthy un shy terror rearranged and insane
get back to where you belong
flattered fascination
remember where you came from
hot blooded shepherd im amazed
get down and pray
greatly intriguing object to crave
that's what they all talk about
mistakes that don't belong to anyone
mistakes that ask
who do i belong to
not allowed exciting slide
reach out and rejoice
you pricked me up with your wishing wells
of so hells to sell
remember what you are heaven and blessings
sun is weak and its free
you look so good when done up properly
say something anything to me
uninvited exciting squirm
unfortunate un shy terror
love has brought me to higher place
get back to where you belong
slight doubts in thew pissing well
take your heart away
get down and pray
repent and do what they tell you
How am i supposed to live?
as someone new?
feed the fake
someone else?
shed the skin
streets to know victom
get away get away
windows forgotten better off empty
mental name killer
i got some company is houldnt have
give it away give it away
im there tragedy
where would i be?
go ahead go ahead
bitter angel of moons
whose the monkey with the misspelled name?>
always there to blame
go away go away
shadows mortal exist
cold and dull
cut the head off
Im a born again
where would i be?
feel old as the world around you
disco to take my heart away
everything reborn
mistakes in the past
everyday secret cant get away again
yesterday illusion i don't want the job
everything I believe
the light in my day
the hydra star scar
I cant get away again
someone else new and stupid like disco
ill be all right with reason and new direction
that pricks my finger of wings eclipsing suns
In front of a table there is a crow
Besides it sits a monkey with its tail coiled
In the same line is a penguin, a dolphin
A fox, a fish in a jar and at end there is an elephant
This is not a circus
Neither is it a jungle
It is a complete school under a well branched tree
And under its shade sits a man, a teacher on a chair
He teaches as he was taught
Like a parrot teaches another parrot
No wrong see in it who is not genius
But he is asked to take a test to gauge how genius they are
And he gladly asks every one either to climb a tree or swim an ocean
Here the heaven falls and all the terrible things are out of the hell
Now a genius looks like fool and a stupid look like brilliant
Such is the sorry state
Not only of our so called well developed education system
But also it is in our political and social spectrum.
Goodbye, *****Erectus!
Talking monkey with the rainforest tan
Bent knuckles scarred ...
low brow crouching,
and arched eyes wondering —
Looking at the bright yellow rock
dusk paper moon burning
Green banana hope
is swelter swagger of nuclear dawn man
Bad buy, *****Sapien!
Curious chimpanzee, ever tool tinkering
Tick-tock pages
of the Jungle Book clock
is mandrill turning
Loves the evol jokes
that a-peel knock knock
Dollar sign rope
has the greedy ape treehouse a-swinging
Every Donkey Kong thing
has a deposed king Bonzo canopy end
Bray for peace,
using cold metal of an uranium blend
Baboon voices a-bellowing
Hot off the guerilla press:
WW3 hurls came from a prompt send
Brimstone reign
is Apocalypse Now falling
Bald face lies: Hairless claim
of superior tech skin coconut thin
Grey matter descend
has a groping, monkey-shine grin
In the New Age of Stone vows,
idol hearts did bend
Specie extinction blame game
was of unknown orangutan origin
And the cave dwellers
won’t ever know the genome source code
To amino acid awaken
from the ash entropy Eternal Sleep mode
This poem was inspired by the talented Phil Capitano
powerful poem titled, "Nuclear Dawn"
from the brilliant poetry book, "Roses on the Moon"
Absorb what you observe as quite absurd,
have fun with wacky wit that's seldom heard.
For instance, watch a shrieking monkey
monkey with a monkey wrench,
or a horse as it hoarsely horses
around with a horseshoe on a bench;
you'll find that, neighing hoarsely,
the monkey will horse around the bench
as noisily as a shrieking shod horse
monkeying with a wrench;
or hear a dog doggedly bark
at dog-eared books about cats,
or see some turtles crane their necks
like cool giraffes wearing straw hats;
in time, the dog will learn to meow,
to stretch its neck, to wear some hats,
as turtles try to bark and read books
about giraffish dogs and cats.
Observe you've just absorbed something absurd,
some wacky words are better read than heard.
The monkey, that’s me,
The monkey that pretends to be free.
So happy to have his day,
To hear the cheers, the laughs,
And you looking my way.
Laughing at the faces I make,
My clever tricks, the cakes I bake,
Clapping resounds in my ears,
And blows away my silent tears.
It’s the monkey’s day,
No matter how many tricks I play,
A monkey I will stay.
I will always be locked up in my little cage,
I may shake the bars in sorrow or rage,
But I need the peanuts they throw in my face,
I need their laughing to avoid disgrace.
A little monkey, with monkey hopes and monkey dreams,
Monkey desires and monkey schemes,
Monkey wishes his fears away,
Monkey longs for a better day.
Sometimes I take myself so seriously,
As if I’m very important really,
I dress up as if I’m real and proud,
And strut around my head in a cloud.
I pretend that I’m important for you and the world,
I drink up the laughter the applause of the girls,
Just before I realise my dilemma,
My cloths are too small my act is a failure.
Sometimes they pick my cage up and move it around,
Sit it the wall or put it on the ground,
Sometimes they take me out in the sun,
Or swing it around to have some fun.
But most of the time they forget that I’m here,
Here in the dark of a thousand years.
Alone waiting for you to come home,
Searching the horizon for your grave stone.
In fact there’s nothing left at all,
In my monkey brain they nailed to the wall.
Does a monkey have a soul?
Am I for real or really just a hole.
Will I wake up and disappear?
Will I wake up and become thin air?
That will really be the day,
The day the monkey got away.
My last trick, they didn’t see nor even care,
The day the monkey dissolved in thin air.
No more shaking my cage in despair,
No more pretending that I am here,
No more strutting about, making a noise,
No more playing with my plastic toys.
I will disappear and no one will see,
Nor even remember a faint memory of me,
They’ll put the empty cage on the wall,
And my ghost will eat the peanuts they let fall,
As they continue to wonder, laugh and clap,
At the empty cage, dead monkey on your lap.
Full version at :
http://labyrinthoflies.com
Spoken also at: http://youtu.be/ig26KyXpbyE
A nose is called many names
Some of them quite funny
Sometimes they are spotty
And often very runny
If you are unlucky you could have a bulbous nose
I would rather have a slender one, that's choosy I suppose
Roman noses are much larger and inclined to bend
Retrousser ones are saucy and turn up at the ends
Prominent noses stand out and can be very long
Hooters are another name that sounds more like a gong
A pig has a strange nose it is called a snout
It's not like other noses it's flat and don't stick out
An elephants nose is called a trunk it looks more like a hose
It is very useful as well the elephant knows
Then there's the proboscis monkey with his extraordinary sense of smell
They can use their schnozzle to find a boy or girl
There are lots of other names like sniffer, bugle, pug
I bet you've read enough of this so i'll pull out the plug
There are things along with many other folks I can recall
like an evil queen from “Snow White” saying, “Mirror mirror on the wall.”
Now I hear that instead of “Mirror Mirror” that queen said,
“Magic Mirror,” What’s this crazy thing I’m being fed?
“Sex in the City” I sure loved, but now I have found out
its title was “Sex AND the City.” There can be no doubt.
Another thing I thought that mostly everyone knew well
was that the fictional Curious George was a monkey with a tail.
Yet that monkey has no tail. That’s what I’m shown and told.
What’s happened to my memory? Has it gotten way too old?
“It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood” sure sounds right to me
except Mr. Rogers said, “THIS neighborhood.” How could that ever be?
We are champions (of the world) was the Queen’s song’s ending line.
But “of the world” is now left off. Isn’t that just fine!
“ET phone home” I found so cute, but now I am feeling deranged.
It’s actually “ET home phone,” but wow, does that ever sound strange!
These are just a few examples. There are many many more
of things I’ve misremembered, and my jaw drops to the floor!
Jif peanut butter! Years ago, it was known as Jiffy.
Proof of that online today is obsolete to iffy.
Changes in geography and in the Bible too.
The more I study these effects, I know less what to do.
Thousands of us all are wrong; that’s what scientists say.
“False memories” they call it, explaining it away.
According to conspiracies, it all means something bad.
I’m better off to think folks like myself are just half mad!
July 7, 2018
For Caren Krutsinger's 'Quirky Things That Confound and Confuse Me' Contest
I am a monkey dark and clean
I am a monkey and I love soybean
I am a monkey and I love to eat greens
I am a monkey and I am on a global spree
I am a monkey and I am swinging from tree to tree
I am a monkey and I love to be free
I am a monkey and I am full of glee
They say that I am very agile
But the truth is sometimes my race is very fragile
One talk of monkey with me will rise up a dust storm
One monkey talk will send them scrambling in the dark
I am a monkey and I am big and strong
I am monkey and I am the queen of the land
I originate from the jungle I have traveled
miles upon miles with numerous bundles
My sisters and brothers are baboons and chimpanzees
And we all originate from the primates family
The lion is my first cousin and the tiger is my second cousin
I love discussion and concession but I hate confession
I am a monkey and I am beautiful and sweet,
I can survive for long hours in the sweltering heat
I am a monkey and I love to eat, I often walk on two feet
But when I am angry I walk on four feet
I am very sensitive but I am not easily offended
I love to enjoy a good joke about my long tail and my beautiful mouth
They joke about my beautiful eyes but that doesn't make me cry
They even mock me on the football field
That will not shatter my dreams
I am a monkey and I am bursting with energy
I am a monkey and I like to watch a good show
I love to sing and dance
But I don’t like when you step on my big toe
I originate from the monkey kingdom and I have much wisdom
In the future I will rule the world
So you better get used to my monkey face
Get down on your knees and thank God for amazing grace
The monkey will be with every day and we will meet in the hallway
I am a monkey and I can jump from the street to the top of the mountain
I am a monkey so meet me at the fountain I love to mingle with everybody
But I am going around in a monkey body
I am a monkey and I like to do things the monkey way.
Pimples? Banana is the key,
You see no monkey with hickey.