Baby Elephant Poems

The True Gothic Tale Unending of Manifold Monsters Doomed

"The biological rarity captivates each freak of nature."
-- the Coney Island Sideshow by the Seashore
 
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It was Christmas Eve and I was at the airport,
Not a soul in sight, almost deserted, it was 10.00 pm,
Only two hours before Christmas day,
Perhaps...

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I am in love with him
He doesn’t know what love is
I want to stay up all night with him 
When his mind is playing tricks...

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If only you knew…if only you knew…
How a mother’s tears flooded her eyes;
How blood oozed from her aching nipples;
And how she quarrelled with a stubborn...

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Nothing Like an Elephant

nothing has come or soon has went
to ever top an elephant
she is a dedicated half
to her precious little calf

nothing’s as mad or...

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Baby love
So ready to play
Trumpets happy attitude
Mother not far off
Ready to rescue
If he gets into any trouble
There are dangers
A lion maybe
She lets him think he's...

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Living in the wilds of Africa,
with my Mom and aunties by my side,
following the herd to the watering hole,
as we looked out for the lion...

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Enormous gentle beast
Equals man's compassion.
Each has powerful strength,
Ears that have massive size.
Elongated nose helps
Enrich all its senses.
Earth's largest animal.

9-18-16
Pleiades E Poetry Contest
Sponsor Kim Merryman

Note:
Compassion and...

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There was a short wait at the doctor’s office today,
typically odd considering he’s usually on time-
He’s my least favorite doctor, I really must say,
but he...

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I heard the bang bang sound
and i knew mama you were no more
just like many of our kind
hunted and slaughtered like worthless creatures
and when your...

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Emma Elephant was desperate to become a mum
And have a baby elephant growing in her tum

Unfortunately poor Emma didn’t have a mate
In fact she had...

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Death of a Baby Elephant. 

A three month old elephant baby died in a German zoo,
it was heart rendering to see how the adult animals...

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That’s not my elephant, Miss Ella,
I said when she was two.
Mine has panache, wears couture, eats ganache;
That one is missing a shoe.

That's not my elephant,...

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The flute plays low
Dum, dum, de, de
Organ joints the tune
Dum, dum, de, de

Clarinet delights the ear
Dum, dum, de, de
Baby elephant wobbles
Not graceful now

High piccolo shrill...

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Afternoon of elephants,
scent of hibiscus
within this fantasy
spawned from television.

They stand in their majesty
meeting head to head,
trunk caressing trunk.
Sisters in a loving pose
while the newest member...

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