Gopher Poems - Poems about Gopher

why dont geckos sink in the sand

...Why don’t geckos sink into the sand
Disappearing into the promised land?
What saves their Arizona lives? What keeps them up?
The flaps in between their toes said my Uncle Hup.

I thought he was ...

Gopher named Ray

...a gopher sat on my toe today
sassy and saucy, his name was Ray
What fun do you have? The scamp asked me
I rocked my toe, so he could see

Do that again, he goaded me
I teeter-tottered him to my...

Go For It

...
  If a gopher sees its shadow
    Winter's here to stay

  More accurate than any weatherman
    Even gets it right for yesterday!...

Looking for Keys At Gotta-Go Time

...
gosh, look at the time!

he's gotta go
immediately!
wherever he's headed 
punctuality is a must,
he can't just go yet...
his mind 
in utter disarray,
repeatedly screaming...

"where'...

Ma, Pet Assassin

...Chubs is gravely flat.
We remove our hats.
Her wheel deflated him—
Chubs, my cuddly cat.

Flounder is lying flat,
ambling on his back.
Her croutons choked him—
Flounder, my friendly catfish.
...

NIGHT HIKE

...
We took a guided hike through a park last night…a beautiful natural preserve.
and in the dark it is amazing…all the things we could observe.

As the crickets serenaded us…at an alligator on the ...

Dirt Road

...We built this house
On a dirt road at the edge of the forest
And between two coyotes dens
So it’s hard to know if the howling at night
Is sibling rivalry or civil war
Serenade or sacrifice

Th...

Two Limericks For Saint Patrick's Day

...I.

I strolled through a field of clovers 
Looking each one of them over 
When I found that fourth leaf 
All my joy turned to grief 
When my prize was snatched by a gopher.


II.
 
Last ni...

The Romantic View

...


           Honeysuckle breathes in the shallow wind,
Life's lapel, with a side of ground scouting gopher.

Great rusted machines peak the interest 
of the flower children who blossom 
in t...

It Raced Red Seamed Leathered

...It Raced Red Seamed Weathered,
                                  Moist Dry Weathered,
                                        Down My Track!

A Best In My Steps From The Box, I Sent It, Past The ...

Close Shave

...Breaking points are reached
when you are gliding
just is as smooth as silk.

Acceptable risks go rogue,
easy-street gets bumpy;

beware then
for there are gopher holes,
shoals of piranha app...

Gopher Digs To China

...Gopher decided he would dig to China, and so he did.
He began to charge customers, who wanted to travel far away.
It’s a joke some said, a gimmick, a tease, a kid.
So, they did not get to venture ...

Noah

...Man begat man and giants walked,
 among mighty men a righteous dearth.
  And to each took them wives
 that they bear and multiply the earth

  Their wickedness vexed The Lord,
“I will destr...

Beijing Guest List

...Anida Mann & Baron Ready
April Showers & Wade Rivers
Bertha Saylor & Abel Crews
Bunny Bunns & Wilt Dailey
Burl E Pecker & Phyllis Upman
Candy Cane & Hedon Succor
Chastity B. Lowe & Noah Hoare
...

Fishercats

...Sun’s up
Neighborhood cats
Have resumed their posts
In my yard full of holes
Arms folded, ever alert
Occasionally arching, creeping 
And even springing
At giggling gopher ghosts
The felines r...

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