Long Anteater Poems

Original poem below...after the definition, found on www.google.com: 

"Full Definition of stubborn. 1a (1) : unreasonably or perversely unyielding : mulish (2) : justifiably unyielding : resoluteb : suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn...

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A.L.I.E.NS
(Advanced people Living In an Enigmatic world under a Nation with a Stentorian voice.)


Hear me, as I roar.
Hear me, as I walk on two than foe.
Hear me, as I pour this O.E all over the...

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God asked Noah to build an ark
he was happy to oblige
but he wasn't so keen
when he found out 
what had to go inside

Two of every animal
then you must set sail
the animals were fearful
the whale began...

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It lays helpless at the foot of the hill gasping for breath, while the shadows drifts slowly over the hardened earth and thickened skies. The scent of the gully birds kept meandering around strange daffodils...

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The sun sets softly towards the west
The clouds form a shape like dragon with a crest
The birds get ready to go each to his or her nest
In the blueness of the sky the soaking effect...

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The Almost Autobiography of the Bread and Butter King
The bread and butter king was pompous and proud
He had no power, but he was insanely ugly and loud.
An actor wanted to play him on stage in...

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Paula the pangolin polished her scaly skin
Went to the market and traded her mandolin
Told the shopkeeper, “I’ll swap for a mandarin,
Oranges are a bit big for a pangolin.”

The shopkeeper gave her the requisite fruit
And said,...

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I'm so sad and mad, said Clementine the porcupine
Everyone is afraid of me, one glance and they pee
Do they think I shoot my quills, just for thrills
I can't help the way I am

Me, too, said...

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Hildy Honey Badger was mad as unleavened beer hops
Alice her American Cousin said that she was tops 
How dare you she said, and you are a carnivore too!
The bells I am said Alice. I’m an...

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An Amazon Adventure
A Narrative Poem by C Russell

Let’s go, let’s go to the Amazon far,
We’ll catch a boat, won’t need a car!

Let’s see, let’s see the wildlife here,
Jaguar, anteater and white tailed deer.

Let’s travel, let’s...

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GUYS WHO WORK IN THE ZOO

Laryngitis specialist for the giraffe 
A dozen  lozenges for her calf
 
Dental assistant doing fillings 
Or bridgework for baby crocodillings

Pest control officer for monkeys
But I don’t  gotta eat...

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The anteater’s on a high
sniffing formic vapors, that’s why.
With long drafts up his nose,
they float clear down to his toes.

But sniffing’s not enough,
he eats as many as he can stuff.
Satisfied he drifts away to sleep,
a...

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Sir! You Have Besmirched the Good Name Of My Pangolin


Nothing can be the same now -
before the recent pandemic
my companion Pangolin
Boris and I,
were carefree,
and happily plying our trade
as chimney sweeps in Siberia,
but since the ‘great...

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THE BULL
His regular emissions
Worthy of politicians

THE ANT
To the anteater
Nothing is sweeter

THE SLOTH
Feel his chagrin
Labelled deadly sin

THE TURKEY
With justified reason
Deplores festive season

THE EEL
Mobile on belly
Recumbent in jelly

THE CAMEL
Far from pretty
Designed by committee

THE HIPPO
A chubby figure
Mouth even...

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