Best Panther Poems

       beautied panther, black as night
   through the jungle, prancing
 my machete longs to bite
dark and sleek
 grand mystique
   moonbeams bright, entrancing

beautied panther, steely gaze
    long, I've watched you stalking
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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...

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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...

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Clothed in pristine fur,
Black like midnight in Thailand,
Golden eyes see all....

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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...

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you follow my ghost
too late you came to save us
  did your children learn?...

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The Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is not our world. It has no stars.
No light. Ten thousand bars. Nothing beyond.
Lithe, swinging with a rhythmic easy stride,
he circles,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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the jungle is dark
     the panther colored in black
          anxious to attack
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