Ringtail lemurs in Madagascar
Do not travel alone or very far
They hunt in groups, close to the ground.
Seen by few, but quite easily found
Ringtail lemurs weighing less than five pound
Running around foraging, their tummies are round.
Diurnal of course, which means they sleep at night
But are awake and conversing during happy daylight
Categories:
lemurs, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
lovely lithe lively lemurs
languishing lovingly lengthwise
laboriously lightening our loads
laughing in lemur-like linguistics
lovely lacksidasical loving lemurs
letting loose leeches live
living lemur-like lightness
lollygagging in lemur-like ways
Categories:
lemurs, animal, word play,
Form: Alliteration
The lemurs perched on branches,
Fluffy tails all hanging down;
Their faces looked like rubber
And their fur was russet brown.
There might have been a dozen
In this part of the display,
When something happened that
I don’t think happens every day.
A piercing, noisy, clamorous
Cacophony of sound
Erupted from these animals;
Their terror was profound.
Such agitation, so intense,
(This was the real megillah)
Was triggered by a man who made
The noise of a gorilla.
I guess it was convincing
For the lemurs were quite crazed;
And those of us who witnessed this
Were equally amazed.
When they calmed down, a child piped up,
“Dad – make that noise again.”
The father acquiesced, to prove
The intellect of men.
The lemurs, though, did not react
For instinct did suffice
To let them recognize the fool
Who’d try to trick them twice.
Categories:
lemurs, animals,
Form: Rhyme
A short while back when Shayla was three, Written just for Barbara's Contest.
I took my granchild's child to the Zoo with me.
She sat in he stroller as we pushed her around,
And she knew almost every creature we found,
Lion goes "RRRR" and Tiger goes "Roar,"
Hippos go "plplplpl" which I'd not heard before.
She knew elephants, horses, gorillas and monkeys,
She knew snakes and Gnus and eurasian donkeys.
Since the day was warm and the child needed a nap,
We sat in the shade on a blanket with her head on my lap.
We ate our lunch as I watched our dreamer,
Who woke and ate hers then pointed up at a lemur.
"Julian" cried the child, "Thats right" cried her mother,
And I looked from one grandkid to another.
When we got home, the child ran to prove it.
In Madagascar, thats a Julian who likes to move-it moveit.
Categories:
lemurs, childhoodchild, child,
Form: Couplet
The Lemurs of Madagascar are such a delight,
furry and friendly, with eyes that stare bright!
Like us they have fingers and opposable thumb’s,
and two legs to walk on, as they show off their bum’s.
Like us they have nail’s instead of ten claw’s,
Like those dog’s and cat’s who walk on their paw’s.
Like us they are clever and even wage war,
when rival’s of their species, push them too far.
Like us they have courage, cheek and invent,
new way’s so cunning , outwitting with scent.
Like them we are cautious , we run and we snoop,
we are wary and suspicious if you’re not in our group.
It’s no wonder I’ve heard it, time and again,
we humans evolved from imp’s such as them!
Categories:
lemurs, animals
Form: Rhyme