Long Cassowary Poems

HARRY WEST 

The Kadaitchi (Witch Doctor) Knight

Harry stood alone and sniffed the breeze
a pongy hay smell,  Japanese
Harry sheltered there beneath a tree
a gum tree dripping sap

The  Black Knight shed his lap lap
joined the...

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There are many beautiful parks in the world
Each is a wonder to behold
Selous game reserve is special for me
Because not only of a number of bird species one can see

Not only the wild dogs, hippos,...

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World War 3 
And now as the generation that remembers how bloody
a world war is, and how many millions suffered and died,
is forgotten a distant past and again the black winged 
Bird of war is...

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I saw a big bird today at a local zoo.
Its habitat is akin to that of a kangaroo.

It was glaring at all as if to say,
"Okay!  I saw all, now go away!"

Its digits can...

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I am at my very beginning old shelter,
Yet I feel very lonely,
Is it something which missed my heart?
Churn'd my smooth heart.
I am like a cassowary bird 
Chunk'd from flying.

I lay down on my cot with...

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My bill you can't forget
My feet always wet
Hodge-podge of many likes
Walker of many sikes

My stork or cassowary-like body
My wide wings flapping steady
Legs trekking from Sudan to Zambia
My feet spanning like a tortilla

I can play hide...

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We begin the zoom call
I only look at myself
Most of me is taken up
With the bedroom window

I imagine a large
Serpentine creature
Of folklore at the window
That only I can see

I imagine a cassowary
At the window next
Then...

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