Iguana Poems

Random Animal Haikus

a small green gecko
smiling in the palapa
watching everything

arachnids calmly 
weave intricate spiderwebs
waiting in shadows

a striped iguana 
sunbathing on the smooth rocks
watching the ocean

hermit crabs scuttle
on wet sand, going nowhere,
only moving on

Bragging Iguana Was On My Last Nerve

The bragging iguana was on my last nerve.
He ran into a cloud after he took a fast swerve.
He’s such a show off! For an inventor I said.
He had invented a tea kettle hot air balloon bed.

His invention traveled all over the meadow today.
Some easily influenced children were shouting hooray.
I was annoyed by his attitude; he is all puffed up and proud.
I was angry with all of them, as they cheered really loud.

Frozen Iguana

a life suspended
reptile in dead of winter ~
frozen iguana



Date written: 01/27/2022

Cheering For An Iguana

Never thought I'd be cheering for an iguana but I did
Snakes on Madagascar don't play fair, they're hypocrites
Look cute, by crikey
But really, gorblimey
Ain't the nicest of serpents, eat iguanas and their kids

Galapagos Island Ignoramus Oops Iguana

Galapagos Island Ignoramus, (oops) Iguana  
or
Seventh Grade Craziness
Written: By Tom Wright
12/12/2003

I didn’t mind being called an ignoramus,
The class was divided; about half thought it was a compliment,
But I knew she was calling me some sort of big lizard.
I was happy that it wasn’t dimwit or blockhead.

Cheering For An Iguana

Never thought I'd be cheering for an iguana but I did
Snakes on Madagascar don't play fair, they're hypocrites
Look cute, by crikey
But really, gorblimey
Ain't the nicest of serpents, eat iguanas and their kids

The Iguana -- But Not In a Blizzard

The iguana is certainly a popular lizard
To figure out why doesn't take a wizard

With that spiky mane curving down its back
It looks like a stegosaurus who went off track

I myself prefer pterodactyls to lizards
To guide me home when lost in a blizzard

The Current Iguana

How good was it with Barack Obama
Great prez, so sad to say adieu, oh momma
What a charmer
Much love he garnered
Comparisons are glaring with the current iguana

My Iguana

My iguana bit my nose off in Muskogee
I'm ashamed I let myself run out of beer
If I'm caught driving sober to the grocery
They might deport my ass right out of here.

Iguana

Iguana wants to be a player
Geico commercials didn't hire this slayer
Apparently he's too green
To counteract the green screen 
So Iguana puts on shades 
Then moonwalks and prays
The Gecko breaks a leg on Thursday 
And hopefully doesn't regenerate the next day

Haiku 9 - Iguana On the Treetops, Mister Spider, 6 Am and Falling Rain

perched on the treetops
iguana closes its eyes
soaking in the sunshine

the new doorkeeper 
of this deserted house
- one mister spider

6 am and falling rain
bed! how cosy you feel
this morning

Iguana Tree

I walked beneath the Iguana tree
Along a cobbled road
Taking in the surroundings
In this land of Mexico

Here life has a rhythm 
No one seems in a rush
Yet they get where they're going
While I continue on my walk

I try to match their pace
Yet I feel I'm out of step
I worry about tomorrow 
All the worries in my head

They seem to move so slowly
Yet they are quick with a smile
This is the land of mañana 
Still they work each day to get by

I think they have so little
There is a flaw in how I see
For them family is the answer
Or praying on bended knee

Simple pleasures and laughter
Living day by day
Instead of rushing through our lives
We should learn from the Mexican way

I learn a small yet large lesson
By stopping long enough to see
A different way of living
In sleepy Bucarrias by the Sea

Iguana

One day with her pet lizard, on a
warm beach lay the sex goddess Shawna.
One who ogled her bust
tried to claim he was just
enthralled by her lovely iguana!

For john freeman's Giggle 2 Contest

My Green Iguana

My Green Iggy

My wild green iguana
nods his regal head at me.

It’s the power of a tangerine
hibiscus flower he knows.

Bobbing his head like Billy Idol,
liking what he sees.

Offering my shoulder,
he grabs on tightly with his toes.

Now my dinosaur friend
is taking a thrilling joy ride.

Settling in his outdoor
cage to work on his suntan.

Guarding his cage,
for I would cry if he died.

An orange tabby lies beside him,
Iggy loves his cat.

Iggy takes a wild ride
inside and eats fresh fruit.

Romance, he makes my purple
house shoe his junk yard dog.

Playing a jungle song,
entertaining him with my shiny flute.

Keep the room hot for him,
but we’re not rich.

He loves to be messaged
and lightly misted with water.

Loving him like he was
my son or my daughter.

La Iguana

The seed for a poem can come from  strange places
For me it does anyway
You just never know what it will take to make the seed grow
I have a place that I go to, see all kind of strange faces
On just about any given day
They always have something new to show

It is a little Mexican bar, in the middle of down town
Right across for the city bus center, that is how I get there
I go in and have a few
Most are happy faces, some carry a frown
It is a small place, dark with very little glare
I just watch and see what people will do

Kind of like bird watching, some strange birds do come in
I get some napkins from the Mexican barmaid
Juke box is playing "El Ranch Grande"
I hear someone say, "Watch out that old man is writing again"
Time well spent and moments I will not trade
Pen, napkins, cold beer in hand and me

After a couple of hours, I am set to go
Relaxed and a few lines for the next week
I am ready to go to the casa
What I write, no one really knows
They just know that I will be in there next week
So when I need a new poem, I will be at the La Iguana

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