Please don’t think that I can’t see you
As I’ve got the most incredible eyes
Which move independently from each other
Although I’m known as a master of disguise!
I reside with my family in Madagascar
In rain forests where I live up a tree
I can change colour when I want to
So I’ll blend so you may not see me!
I adore eating lots of tasty insects
I catch them when I shoot out my tongue
It can project twice the length of my body
I’m very proud of my proboscis so long!
I am very adept at tree climbing
My prehensile tail acts as a fifth limb
I’m so lucky to live high up in the trees
My forest habitat is my very own gym!
Categories:
calmer, animal, fun,
Form: Personification
waiting with open arms
for my ship to come to shore
whatever the future brings
AP: Honorable Mention 2023
Categories:
calmer, destiny, future, longing, mystery,
Form: Free verse
I suffered a terrible drama
Got hit by a frozen iguana
It fell out of a tree
And landed on me
I’m hospitalised with the trauma!
Inspired by a sweet friend who had read a news article about iguanas falling out of trees in Florida as they were experiencing plummeting temperatures
02/02/22
Categories:
calmer, america, animal,
Form: Limerick
As i stood at the brink of things
I saw some old some new
Memories
Ushering across
Like a albatross flying along the horizon
Gazing at the tiny earth
Not to be held just
To be felt.
Some passed overhead at majestic heights
Which had weaved my patience at once
My soul once.
Some went past leaving a waling,
Grunting me
Standing on the sea shore ,
On a stormy noon.
The sun with it's ever watchful eyes,
Consoled me.
"Because it's imperative to stand each time you fall."
The forever endeavoured warmth was this.
The tsunami appeared but
Made it a point to stand tall
Each time i fall.
Marched ahead to meet someone special,
Whose smile revisited me every instant
Invoking and involving me
With heart over head
I took a prancing leap forward
Gazing at these memories
With glittering eyes
I took the Crux of me forward
Into the unknown,
Leaving to meet again
For changes
Some pursued
Some sudden,
tranquility unravels.
Categories:
calmer, remembrance day,
Form: Free verse
black coffee in the sea,
with a thermos for a light house
reading house blend.
granular earth in the bread,
or at least in the pastry window
next to the register.
vegetarians sitting at tables in
a coffee shop parallel to a bookshelf
and a row of abstract paintings.
i could go over there for a little bit.
maybe make some light conversation and
talk about the weather.
or sit quietly by myself and do a mental
handwriting analysis of the barista's chalk board.
maybe look at all the polaroids of the regulars
and think about what i would wear if i was a regular.
still one space left, still a chance for me
to reach my southeast portland coffee house
bulletin board nirvana.
there i would remain tacked up on the wall for awhile,
a plad wearing black coffee drinking herbivore.
calm as can be in criss crossed shades
of blue and green.
Categories:
calmer, allegoryhouse, light, house, light,
Form: I do not know?