Best Panther Poems
Hush hush busy muskrat;
all you bucktoothed beavers
gnaw on unheard, work you unseen.
The sleek panther is stalking
slipping silently through the feathergrass
an angel of hunger is in its eyes.
You timid rabbit and fawn, be gone!
That creeping killer can stalk the wind
it smells your breath,
the faint odor of death
is already upon it.
Quick you nibblers, you green grazers
Your time comes ever nearer -
flee now, be gone!
The black panther sensed its prey.
The hunt began as a graceful gazelle
Foolishly strayed in the moonless night.
With powerful strides soon, the powerful panther
Gained on its intended tasty prize.
It smelled the blood almost too soon,
The wound inflicted on its lacerated neck.
Soon, it would die…..
I woke.
Sweat covered my whole body and
I trembled with the chilly night air.
There was nothing to do but
Take a quick shower and change,
Wash my blood-stained teeth,
Throw my dirty night tracksuit
Into the washing machine and
Go back to sleep. A futile hope.
The bed sheet was wet with sweat.
I had to use the other side of the bed,
The part where my wife used to sleep.
A sudden cosy warmth girdled me entirely,
I smelled the musk of the odiferous larch,
I heard the swish swash of waves of a lake
And for the first time in many nights
I slept without being absorbed of ugly dreams.
Fiction
Silent, hidden lurking
In the quiet, empty spaces
Floating, ancient Insect;
Turning droplet hazy. . .
Moving, breathing knowing
Another feline faces---
Hunger, further paw marks
Corners there to brace me.
Climb up to a tree.
Jump, tear, and tether.
Hold-fast, breathing, eating.
Reaping other meanings. . .
Stepping; other traces.
Spiders, monkeys, murky. . .
Sniffing, darkness, pausing.
Toying other feelings
Elusive, resting purring.
Other paw marks near me.
Clothed in pristine fur,
Black like midnight in Thailand,
Golden eyes see all.
scathing panther
amidst the lime brush
onyx he stands
black shade betrays
soft stunning silence
yellow eyes stare
eyes yellow jewels
a secret hunter
hungry to feasts
alert purring deep
as he watches red tail hawk
before chaos
you follow my ghost
too late you came to save us
did your children learn?
As the only large cat with a voice I roar from within my solitude
Prowling with swagga and a side of attitude
My voice is wild game's command
Order in the kingdom is my superior demand
Backed clearly by my teeth and claws
They call me Wisdom and I'm here to lay down the law
I stalk the cantelope
Terrorize the antelope
"Why in the world..." you may ask
Feeding my cubs is my task
I roam from Argentina to the African Safari
My name is bigger than the historical Atari
To mankind I am a beast
In my pack I am a leader at the very least
Upon my hunters i seek revenge
Upon these lands I shall avenge
Less fortunate creatures line the shore of the creek
Stir not as this black panther speaks
For I am the most fierce of all
Disobedience shall be their death call
You are a beautiful and totally magnificent creature
You haunt my dreams and set my heart pounding
I want to reach out, Oh how I so long to stroke you
Your eyes they gaze and penetrate deep into me
But I know with you, I must always tread carefully
Moving gently towards you, one small step at a time
Untamed and wild you could so easily tear me apart
Yet your sensual hypnotic gaze it draws me forth
I want to walk so very proudly beside you in your world
I want to understand what sort of existence you lead
What draws you here so silently in the night to me
Yet all is silent and yet shattering as you a small prey indulge
Does it wet your appetite for much larger warmer flesh
Do you want to rip me apart to sate your hungry desires
As your eyes gaze down at me and haunt my very soul
Oh yes you come to me in the dark, the dark deepest night
Come pounce on my bed, be my companion be my friend
Together let us leap and run and roam through your jungle
This night let it be ours, my black sleek panther wild and free
The Pink Panther it's just timeless
Gallant and brave without any stress
His wardrobe is monotonous and girly
The intro music is jazzy and popularly
There was a fire in the sky,
The day Tecumseh fell.
No white man could deny,
They would know his cursed spell.
There was thunder in the spirit realm,
That bellowed out a threat.
No holy book or church house hymn,
Could make Crouching Tiger forget.
There was a stillness among the trees,
As time came to a halt.
While his spirit became free,
He vowed revenge for those at fault.
Panther Across The Sky,
Keeper of the sacred serpent.
Held secrets of the ancient cry,
Effigies, prophecies, and observance.
Shooting stars are no coincidence,
They were born to eventually fall.
But the paths they leave are instruments,
To conduce a stormy squall.
Along the New Madrid fault line,
In the year of 1812.
He stomped his foot to undermine,
And sent many a man to their hell.
Backwards ran the mighty Mississippi River,
As the Winged Serpent ripped the earth.
And in New England they felt the quiver,
Of an angry god's girth.
Strength from the Chickamauga,
Wisdom of the Cherokee,
Fire of the Onondaga,
And the magic of the Shawnee.
Like a bundle of twigs bound together,
Roots from the same gnarled oak.
Controls the tides, sky, and weather,
Upon the ground in which he spoke.
INTRODUCTION: Hold all applause to the end
Erasing all challengers by moon of night.
Mark of the PANTHER with claws lock jaws
Branding its territory with swift swipes.
He stalks the jungle
Polite stealth steps, rip raw
He crept
He lives for the chase.
His love of the game, a
Powerful animal with a
Charismatic glow.
The mysterious beast angles
It self toward its prey
With a glare and blood fever
In its eyes.
It seemed to wrangle from all directions
At once. No compromise. Quickly it
Engages its prey never saw it coming.
The claw mark on a single tree
Blood on the leaves.
Silent testimonials
The GLORIOUS panther will not
Be deprived of its stature in the jungle
Among other felines
As it roams it hunts.
Keeping his silent cat paws.
By nature the beast is inclined to
Persue with PREDATORY. POISE,
Panther claws swift and deadly.
Black Jaguar by night. It stalks.
Concealed, concise, CONSTRUCTING SHEER
FRIGHT.
and by day he locks the jungle down.
At times relishing relief as he lounges on
Branches of trees, among natures favored felines.
Angling agilely with beauty of GRACE.
Inviting competition from other cats.
He glides through his home.
The black JAGUAR OF FEAR.
Confusing its prey with pantherness
Claws and pantherest LAWS.
the QUINTESSENTIAL CONQUEROR
THE BLACK PANTHER
classically the mark of the panther CLAUSE
LISTEN FOR THE QUIET of the panther
Creeping panther with gradual precision
Conclusion STEALTH LEAN SERENE MACHINE
The audience with Glazed eyes EXPLODES with
Thunderous DEAFENING applause.
Mosiac Black Panther
There is a mosiac black panther caged in my warm breast
Does what's his name even have a clue there's a yearning in my brain I know?
For a long endless time of mine, know what it is that drives him as though
Forward or backward in a long relentless of yearning of quest.
His silent rage had ballooned into an unrealistic unknown unsuppressed
The unperturbed fibers of those stealthy feet that surely walk and go
Over and over my body feels like it's in a prison coming to and fro,
Within these walls it's forever trying to continue to reap with much rest.
All through the day I at times feel him living in my hardened of heart
But as the night sets forth, its becoming to bring his dreams and stars,
And in a hesitant inexorable moment of frenzy it alas awakes:
His violent wrath trembled and hurled upon the steel bars.
His long eternal passion stretches me beyond and sweeps me apart
Then after I lie in subliminal bliss as my whole body skillfully shakes.
Have you heard the Panther’s roar?
A sickly sweet odor.
He traps his prey in his paws,
devours them with beastly jaws.
Have you heard the Panther’s roar?
Three torpid days, he’ll snore.
Appetite he can’t sate.
Constant hunger is his fate.
Have you heard the Panther’s roar?
He requires so much more.
Dragon eludes him despite his feat.
He’ll never taste the other white meat.
Wakandan African Chieftain King
Married to X-Man Storm
A scientists, prince King hero Avenger
Civil rights activists here and in Africa
Some in New York's Hells Kitchen calls him The Black Daredevil
His greatest foe name is Klaw a hand held sonic killer
In his land, in the caves and mines
Is found the metal mineral called vibranium
This true African American hero
Also a friend of the Fantastic 4
Birth name T'Challa
In USA he's known as Luke Charles
But before sings our national anthem
All hail, give thanks to this African hero
The Black Panther
10/29/17
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
Temptress myrrh, lips cherry liqueur,
slinky stir, pulsing panther purr,
femme fatale’s flirt dangerous tease,
wild-cat style pounce you to your knees!
Sinuous, sensual gyrate,
animal allure consummate,
delicious grin, deadly as sin,
inside-out she will spin your skin.
Prowling, growling and soft meow,
feline finesse, enchantress know-how...
tie you in knots, lie you a mess,
panther purr in little black dress.
Susan Ashley
August 3, 2017