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Return To the Highland Mist
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Gregory R Barden
| Free verse |
gorilla, animal, language, love, memorial,
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Let The Animal Band Commence
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Caren Krutsinger
| Abecedarian |
gorilla, animal, fun, humorous,
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The Number 1 Slam Poem
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Nick Trim
| Rhyme |
gorilla, slam,
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A funny thing happened on the way to the zoo
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Timothy McGuire
| Rhyme |
gorilla, animal,
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Verbal Diarrhea
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Jack Ellison
| Limerick |
gorilla, angst,
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Gorilla
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Timothy McGuire
| Personification |
gorilla, animal,
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I am On Fire For Poetry Soup Right Now
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
gorilla, friendship love, how i
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Village Champion
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Isaac Asante
| Epic |
gorilla, adventure, africa,
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Lunar Ticking
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Free verse |
gorilla, allusion, dark, symbolism, word
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It s not a he, neither a she but it
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Faraz Ajmal
| Epic |
gorilla, dark,
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Peeps eed To Come Together Part Two
by Mario Vitale
there is a fountain hidden with peace in our society to set mens hearts free
folks its time we came together no matter what the weather...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
gorilla, art, autumn, baseball, beauty,
Monkey Puzzle
by Kevin Shaw
Monkey Puzzle
Orangutan Apes and Chimpanzees
Fool around in Monkey Puzzle Trees
The Gorilla doesn’t care
A Baboon wouldn’t dare
Puzzle with Monkey's and Chimpanzees
...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
gorilla, animal, fun, nonsense, silly,
Born and Bred
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Goshen ghettofied,
born and bred
Yeah, I’m the teen darkie
with the big nose
and the nappy head
Rolling with my homies
on an asphalt bounce,
with the music on blast
Yeah, we’re...
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Dramatic monologue |
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Categories:
gorilla, identity, perspective, racism, truth,
Going Ape
by george seal
There once was a man from Manila,
Who said, i'm the best lady killer.
His...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
gorilla, animal, fun,
Phat Pocket Lean
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Let me tell you ‘bout this cosmic cat,
somebody you really oughta know
Got the coolest walk,
the hippest talk
When he enters the danger zone,
his heartbeat slows ...
Giving...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
gorilla, character, cool, fun, image,
A Gorilla and a Butterfly
by Danielle Lagace
I am the great powerful gorilla,
and all of the creatures fear me below!
I am known as the great Attila.
NO ONE has dared call me slow!!
I...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
gorilla, animal,
Preponderance of Guilt
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
50-50
was the divorce court decree
She and I both bear the blame,
yet, why does an 800-pound gorilla
preponderance of guilt
weigh heavy on the back of me?
I know...
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Dramatic monologue |
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Categories:
gorilla, divorce, marriage, perspective, sad
Godzilla's Cousin: COLLABORATION
by Dale Gregory Cozart
Susie's pet name was Wanda-zilla
and hailed from jungles near Manila.
Her poetry was swill
so to pay all her bills
she did strip shows for native gorillas.
She went...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
gorilla, humorous,
Patricia
by Jack Ellison
Have a new friend, her name is Patricia
From the start, she's befriended this old gorilla
Her writings impress me too
They're fresh and new
How fortunate am I,...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
gorilla, friendship,
at the city zoo
by DC Bursey
a bell would ring
when it was time for food
it was a depressing chime for
for a gorilla named old grey who
lost his teeth...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
gorilla, fun,
Free Smiling World
by Funom Makama
1. A constant smile is the alabaster
for struggle’s ornaments be made faster
average looks with a smile can be labial
its absence points to problems so filial,
may...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
gorilla, angst, anxiety, fairy, fantasy,
Odyssey from Africa 6e 7a
by Phil Salmon
CHAPTER 6 (e, continued)
Though without communication
Spoken in symbolic language
Their gorilla hosts perceived it
And made ready for the parting
In a solemn mood of sadness
All the hominids...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
gorilla, adventure, africa, history, identity,
Odyssey from Africa 6c
by Phil Salmon
CHAPTER 6 (continued, c)
Several of the primate children
Sat together in the branches
Of a tree; they did not notice
Danger silently approaching
Through the leaves a brown and...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
gorilla, adventure, africa, imagination, mythology,
Caged Gorilla
by Mark Giles
Why am I here
this isn't my home
I do miss my mountain
and the trees where I'd roam
and what of my family
where have...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
gorilla, animal, words,
Odyssey from Africa 6b
by Phil Salmon
CHAPTER 6 b (continued...)
Glowing insects and night-crawlers
Shuffling on the ground below them
Moments later they were sleeping
Near their hominid companions
In our present day,...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
gorilla, adventure, africa, animal, community,
Odyssey from Africa 5b 6a
by Phil Salmon
They could hear the mighty felines
Running in a line behind them
Han and Kwona and the children
Knew that they were being herded
These great sabre-tooth cat hunters
Were...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
gorilla, adventure, africa, history, identity,
Active Emotions
by Geraldine Taylor
https://m.soundcloud.com/user-921599710/active-emotions
The aardvark who was ashamed looked at the floor
The ant that was angry banged on the door
The bee who was bold ventured on a quest
The...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
gorilla, children, education,
Mountain Gorilla
by Colin Jeffery
...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
gorilla, animal, nature, tribute,
Orangutan and the Chimpanzee
by Kevin Shaw
An Orangutan said to the Chimpanzee,
“I’m bored and tired, hanging in this tree.”
Going to pack my bag and move to the States,
Live with Gus Gorilla,...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
gorilla, adventure, funny, nonsense,
The systematic sugar stirs soup
by Taoi Chanan
A parasympathetic parody in a par is neither equivalent to a vineyard crushed into a jar or a hammock in a cartwheeling car in a...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
gorilla, angel, april, aubade,