Animal Elephant Poems

ODE TO ELEPHANT


Elephant Elephant 
enveloping essence of Earth !
             I hear an elevated...

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The Indian elephant


I knew of an Indian elephant who worked at a circus 
on an act where unhappy animals sit up and beg 
and sad...

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I wonder now, 
If the life of an elephant is worth less than the life of a man,
Men are so vulgar, wicked and vicious,
Men are...

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Elephant was a dandy, and he did not hide it one bit.
His ribbon hat bands and silk flowers for him truly did fit.
You can never...

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Me The Wild Elephant 

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My heart aches at thought of elephants' plight
Those splendid ivory tusks ignite
Killing spree that's totally senseless
Brutality against absolute defenceless.

Elephants roamed with freedom graced
Then intruders arrived...

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Nonchalant Monkey rides the masked elephant in swampy bend.
We wonder where he found the likes of this mysterious friend.
Who put the mask on this beast?...

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Grandpa elephant needs his nap really bad
The party was excellent! Isn’t that right, Dad?
He realizes they are speaking to him and he smiles.
His attention is...

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Lions were talking about the ABE (amazing beautiful elephant).
Which one is it? Someone asked.
They stared at the newcomer.
You mean you cannot tell?

She had not seen...

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No matter what, no other elephant will do
This was relayed to me by my friend Cute Sue
She was dancing ahead of a flock of them...

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Lucky lovely elephant with a tuft of green
Created by a master artisan, that is easily seen.
With trunk upraised, in the luckiest of elephant ways.
We congregate...

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All the time smelling of musk,
On a road willing to busk,
Now an Elephant with tusk,
Ready to hang on till dusk,
But the songs sung Empty Husk...

Third...

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an elephant summer night

the thunder roars
the lightening sneaks
quick peeks
through the darkness…

staccato cosmic tears
gently fall
in a beautiful rhythmic
splashing…

the piercing pain pinging
the spirit
takes its leave…slowly
fading away…

swollen aged...

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The limerick below is illustrated and included in this coloring book now available on Amazon at https://tinyurl.com/8tkmdj9d.

Written on 8/19/2022
Updated on 10/7/2022
by Gail R DeBole

An elephant...

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I try to walk very gently through a field filled with wildflowers
Not crushing them under my feet takes a short walk many hours
On hot days...

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