Komodo Dragon Poems | Examples

My Personal Zoo

I will have a caged hoatzin for sure
Hilarious that he’ll smell like manure
A tube of hummingbird acrobats
Barn swallows and wrens to amuse my cats

Komodo dragon with his friend mr gecko
Their cave so large, there might be an echo
Saltwater crocodiles and black cobras too
I am building my own personal zoo

A grizzly bear just awakened from his dream
A couple of deer captured as they drank from a stream
I will make their environments friendly and warm
When the honey bees hear, to us they will swarm.

What if Six Spaceships

There is nothing to write about she Prue whined
My reaction to this is not keenly kind
What if that sewing box fell on your head?
What if you died of fright, stone-cold and dead?

She looked at me like I was a weirdo or goon
What if six spaceships dropped away from the moon?
Now I’m on a roll and cannot quit
Loving the reaction of this shocked little nitwit

What if a komodo dragon bit your arm?
Her face has turned purple pink with alarm
The what if’s help me write, I say
She has not written one word by the end of the day

though she claims a writer is who she wants to be
Her imagination is stonewalled by herself, her worst enemy
I am a writer she tells everyone who is brand new
I roll my eyes at my delusional cousin, Prue.

Keeping up with the Joneses, who are weird

Because I'd been good for a very long while,
my parents decided to buy me a crocodile.
Then all the kids on the block
thought I really did rock.
Till two weeks later,
another kid’s parents decided to buy him an alligator!
Shoot! And now some kid’s braggin’
his parents are gonna buy him a Komodo dragon.
Oh, my God! This is way over the top!
Will this neighborhood competition never stop?

Gila Monster

I'm solitary, roaming 
The American southwest desert;
Heaving my bulky body -
Covered with bead-like scales 
Of black and yellow - 
Across hot sands and rocks
In search of prey.
I'm a nocturnal,
Cold-blooded lizard.
I flick out my forked poisonous tongue 
To taste the air like snakes do.
Do not confuse me
With a Komodo Dragon, 
I'm a much smaller reptile,
And I wear a different skin.
My tail is rather short.
My razor sharp claws are used 
To dig burrows and unearth 
Buried eggs of tortoises, snakes,
And other lizards.
My diet include small crawlies 
Such as rodents, frogs, meerkats, etc.
I don't mind birds and their young!
I'm a Gila Monster

Afraid of This Big Lizard

heaviest lizard intimidates me
just how heavy can a giant beast be?
a curly buffalo eater
has gulped down brother Peter
Komodo dragon I now run from thee

Braised Himalayan Rabbit

There's an eatery here in my hometown I'd heard about,
That features exotic wild animal fare so I thought I'd check it out!
I perused the menu and here are a few examples of its bizarre cuisine:
Slow-broiled and marinated Indian elephant spleen;
Delectable bar-be-qued Texas style rib of rattlesnake;
Tender sixteen-ounce portions of grilled hippopotamus steak;
Choice butterflied pork tender-loin from corn-fed por(k)cupine;
Wild Arkansas boars' feet boiled and pickled in spicy brine;
Fresh flown-in daily from Alaska, deep-fried buzzards' gizzards;
Finely sliced sauteed tongue of Komodo Dragon lizards!
I decided to order an enticing delicacy that really caught my eye;
'Twas a dish called Braised Himalayan Rabbit that I thought I'd try!
I asked the server about its origin and its preparation mode.
"First" said she, "we find him-a-layin' on the road!"

(At that I stifled a roiling barf and from there I quickly strode!)

A Pretty Impressive Sweet Guy

He came sneaking through the grass on a summer’s day.
We jumped as we saw him heading our way.
A Komodo dragon, lizard, iguana or dinosaur?
We did not know, but some did not want to see more.

The chips went flying, and the dip fell on the deck.
I stayed to watch, because I thought what the heck?
He came closer to me; his legs running quite fast.
Got a really good look; he was actually a blast!

He stopped quite suddenly about six feet away.
I knew he could take me, but actually felt okay.
So how are you? I asked him. He nodded his head.
I threw him some potato chips which he bit ‘til they bled.

His choppers were impressive; his chewing quite loud.
Neighbors came out and took photos; it was quite a crowd.
As easily as he had slunk up to give me a quick hi.
He turned and was gone, a pretty impressive sweet guy.

We Could Tell Grandma

Doggy?
The five-year-old shook her head, “no, thanks, Daddy.”
Kitty?  Maybe sometime, not now.
Fish? Daddy asked hopefully.
Little Princess shook her head, brown eyes, big, hope-filled.
 
We would have to sneak him past Mommy.
Big smile.  Okay.
We could not tell Grandma.
Burst of laughter. Yes, we could!
We could not tell Grandpa.
Head nod.
Daddy laughed, she was smart, this one.
 
They did not get away with it very long.
Have you ever seen a full-sized komodo dragon?
Within a year he went to live with grandma
Who sneaked him in.

Slithering Meat

Reptile meat got a foul swallow
The creeping things they eat
emit putrid vapors ...
vocal odors lemmings do follow

Falling off the cliff
into the mouth ...
Bask in the saliva nasty

Get paralyzed stiff — 
a human mouse ... 
Cheesy flavor of a patsy

Snakes eat rats
Big boa sin swallow up
little mice men

Slithering meat 
is an abominable eat

Humans eat the snake
that ate the rat
Viper lip spitting fake
was a lying cat

Ouroboros wail,
head eating the tail 
Gator toes tipping the scale;
safe open   ...   lock failed

The creeping things you eat
will give you weasel daydreams
Gorge on the slithering meat,
digest Bubonic Plague schemes

Snakes eat rats
King cobra sin swallow up
pawn mice men

Humans eat the snake
that has flicker love for the Mickey
Fork lips spitting fake,
Komodo dragon claws blood lickey

Ouroboros wails,
serpent head eating the rodent tails 
Tapering toes charm the faint frails;
jaws open   ...   heart failed

A wicked, pulmonary feed 
is slithering in the high, tall weeds
A taste of paralyzing greed
will molt covetously into evil deeds

Lizard - Pleiades L

Lazing on sun-baked rock
Leisurely flicks out tongue
Lithe critter scurries past
Lightning reflex triggered
Lethal toxins subdue
Loathsome maw rends soft flesh
Luckless prey digested

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I've always been fascinated by the Komodo Dragon, which is the world's largest lizard.  They may appear slow and cumbersome, but their massive size belies their speed when presented with a potential meal!

15th April 2017

For the "Pleiades L" contest sponsored by Kim Merryman.
(Third Place)

Web of Life

Komodo dragon has serrated teeth
And anything crocodile grabs in his jaws is dead meat
The flowers make nectar that is sweet
But everything that lives must eat

Nature can balance it all
But we believe in existence of soul
Is there more
Something beyond evolution’s control

That which truly might be bliss
It is evolution that needs no reference point through abyss
As intelligence from this point will grow
The great tree of life rises like spring flower from beneath the snow

No Pacts Between Lion and Man

The jungle covers Shiva temple the forest is dark and deep
On the outskirts there is wreck of old ship
Once upon a time many people would come to worship
But now few are brave enough to make this trip

But sometimes fire in the temple burns at night
As tiger shows its fearsome form in moonlight
As fire burns in temple’s insight
Tiger’s eye reflects fire’s fury and light

The fire that burns is supposed to make statement on worshiper’s soul
But the light in tiger’s eye will only bring dread into the man’s soul
But this is tiger’s role
And if one looks closely into tigers’ eye it is sadness not mayhem that is in his soul

For so few tigers are left in the wild
Are there going to be any at adulthood of a child
For creatures some killed for fur some because they are reviled 
Are despairing from last places to which they were exiled

On a distant island Komodo dragon looks up at the moon
It is time to hunt this late afternoon
This majestic creature is the real dragon as he passes the sandy dune 
But he also might be gone quite soon

Marigold

Tall nettles above man’s head will reach
Tiny lake like stream reflects staring into it visage
Above the lake huge dragonflies dance
The waters of the lake show true reflection of one’s soul

Beyond the nettles Komodo dragon poison spews
One can see abyss in his eyes
On the side of the great oak before the forest
There is a spellbinding marsh

On the marsh there is marigold
It bright yellow petals are like rays of the sun
They grow on marsh but their roots are in my soul
The memories of their divine smell spirit awaken

Marigold reflects beauty of the light
But it can see pain here on earth
On earth they are symbols
Of true clairvoyance and promise of peace

Breath of Life

Huge Komodo dragon walks like a cowboy trough forest of dreams
In the very essence of soul he swims 
Like endless maze of divinely beautiful flowers the forest seems
However it is also full of thorns, bizarre clusters, stone winds and impenetrable extremes

Each flower can give life and each can kill
This is the eerie exciting feel
From underneath bad fortune is reversed by balance of judgment’s will
The reflection of porcelain sky thunder is increased by its version of beyond esoteric wheel

The sorcerer gathers the thorns and creates a brew
He knows justice by himself he must do
To his own self he will remain true
Bouncing of what cannot be named nirvana gives flight that is smooth 

But it is the stone wind increased by essence of soul
That is surrounded like island by theory of all
The stone wind will complete the final goal
To truly free the suffering soul

Komodo Dragon

K illing its prey with bacteria stained saliva
O n queue, it is patient as the blood poisoning commences
M aking deadly moves out of the savannah grass
O verpowering even the largest of beast
D evastating team of dragons eviscerate a corpse in a few hours
O n Indonesia’s Island it reins

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