Best Toucans Poems

The pungence of heartbreak swelters
in the tangled dreadlocks of love-lies-bleeding
Take me somewhere exotic
to breathe not the foul aroma
of disappointment and despair
Show me fields laced with frangipani and orchids
in colors sweet and light as daydreams
Find me seafoam fields poppied
with pomegranate and honey 
opium of jasmine lilting...

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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 2)!

Caribou & Camels; *Cavies & a *Coot; Cottontails, Chipmunks, Chinchillas looking cute.

Dingoes, Deer & *Dik-diks; Dolphins doing tricks!

Elephants, an *Emu;...

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Magic Beans of Many Colors

In a magical fairyland I reside, 
herons, toucans, rainbow lorikeets, peacock angels,
hummingbirds, ostrich, even a cockatrice
of magnificent colors that harmonize.
They take flight and soar in the glorious effulgent wide
blue sky; roost on the limbs of lush crisp green trees,
or wander the...

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Though I'm ashamed to say it now, I never took conservation seriously,
Just living life as if nothing else mattered, full of wonted complacency.

I would hear intense talk of the climate, recycling and global warming,
But I disliked such grim talk, when a coral sun yet rose...

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All aboard the zoo train, let's ride there
Be amazed when you see the mighty bear
Cougars, big cats, crouch inside their lair
Desert tortoises creep, they move so slow
Eagles perch and stare from branches, low
Foxes peer out from within their dens
Great giraffes gawk, their necks extend
Hyenas laugh...

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Time passes so quickly and he is growing up
At thirteen, no longer a boy, not yet a man
We surprised him by planning  a special trip
To have him to ourselves while we still can..

Adventure and excitement and something new
Costa Rica has all of these things...

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A back flipping coconut is very very amusing at a ball but ball pits are moving around so one must surely wear wellingtons or a pair of anglers' waders when jumping across such multicoloured curves. Harp no more sang to a lute at a castle....

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Fields on hills a patchwork of colour Green gold rice barley prairies
The sun filtering through the lace curtains danced  on  the  tabletop
The cats  unblinking yellow eyes exuded  an air of quiet confidence
Square cut emerald ring perfectly bobbed red hair Table...

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On the side of the road to the Small Mission
Of Nuestra Senora del Los Milagros
A white rose stands under the shadow to peace all divisions
Protected by a majestic Eucalyptus with branches we cannot dose

Adeline was a girl whose name reflected the rivers’ streams
White soul and...

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The rain forest mists
Drift in their time
Leaving moisture so pure
On nature sublime

In collective gather
On the canopies of green
As i walk through these mists
All around me scene

I stand there and listen
To natures sounds
Howlers and Toucans
In communication abound

My hands brush a leaf
And there's a scurry of legs
Like...

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Two handsome toucans strut around on a branch today.
They are preening their feathers in that familiar male way.
Female toucans are flying around, pretending they are hard to get.
A spider flies by on a string of her own safety net.

Who are they enticing? Asks a leopard...

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Flamingos in the mud with wet flat feet,
   search for curly shrimp to eat.
   They preen and rest in their Mangrove nest.
   
   Eagles, America's great bird of prey are so very brave and strong.
  ...

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At times I can forget and the memories begin to fade
At times I feel overwhelmed by the sadness of it all
His love was not as pure and powerful as mine
The hurt within myself overpowers my surroundings
At times I feel so empty like a shell strewn...

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toucans and hornbills
stifling humidity
welcome to jungle

orange orangutan
wisely avoids bees ballroom
where bees congregate

wild boar’s carcass
rotting from limb of a tree
warns us of leopard

a decorative fairy queen
clarifies jungle beauty
red jungle fowl laughs

vines shrubs and grasses
do not slow down the monkeys
i look up and smile...

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My Shangri-La will have tigers as guards a plenty.
It will have peacocks, toucans, and doves, maybe twenty.
A steampunk air ship will haul my friends to carnivals and fairs.
A bald eagle will become my companion, along with some bears.

My Shangri-La will include monarch butterflies, beautifully painted.
There...

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