Long Otter Poems
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Lawd, it rained and rained all through the night!
Then he woke with a terrible fright.
That unusual feeling?
He was pressed to the ceiling,
With his head sticking in the skylight.
He was thankful his mattress could float,
But his chances of rescue? Remote.
So he smashed through the dome,
Of his now submerged home,
Checked if Uber was now running boats.
Then the pizza delivery guy
Unexpectedly came floating by.
His canoe, in the water,
was propelled by six otter;
He was looking to sell his last pie.
Well, you gotta admit that was nice!
But this pizza sure came at a price.
Offered five bucks a slice,
But that wouldn’t suffice,
Until he tipped the otter guys twice!
Butti the tortoise from the zoo has flown the coop
Your brother Tutti misses you, you little poop
On you there is a large bounty
If found in El Paso County
Hope you don't end up as a bowl of turtle soup
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved
This is based on a true story. Butti came up missing at the Colorado Springs
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, 27 Mar 2011. He and his brother, Tutti, are Indian
Star tortoises. Suspicions are that some miscreant pocketed him and strolled
away since he was about the size of a grapefruit and weighed about a
pound. Coincidentally, a river otter named Kitchi, escaped from the same zoo
a few months ago and has never been found. If interested you can read the
saga of Kitchi in my poem of the same name. Will keep you posted!!
I sit with my feet touching the water
fascinated by a playful otter
near the river's edge, amid evergreens,
rolling along the sapphire surface sheens.
Swimming up and down propelling itself
enlightening up on a bare rock shelf.
Scattered green dwarf saplings I sit and spy
capricious. Once again and it's good-bye.
A breath, filled with, bluebells, lavender bell
blooms bright and lovely, I linger a spell.
Pink and white dance across, and hint of breeze
Plethora of weeds, brown moss grasps the trees.
I dream of pixies, and fairies behind
wild spray of tall dandelions, I'd find.
9/17/2023
Turtle so slow
Has emerged from below
How does he breathe down there
Without any air
Don’t ask me how
At least not just now
I’m feeling a bit peckish
And could stand a nice fish dish
Earlier, I saw some bass
Hiding here in the grass
Ah, I see you there
Swum by with no care
I will have you my pretty
Though you are itty bitty
With a frawnk and a swoop
I will fly around my loop
What’s that in the deep water
By that pesky old otter
Shinny shad make nice meals
If I can just close the deal
It will never sense my presence
And I will leave only my oily essence
A last lunge and a lurch
And I’m off to my perch
I’m the most graceful of birds by the way
And really should be in a Monet
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Untamed as a hew in mid air is the heart,
so spontaneous !
Allow the golden coin of heaven
to beam down at you
its a living sun
and it lives above the sea
Drink the wild air of life,
and be its poetry;
Unnamed is the ocean wild and carefree
it belongs to you but it also belongs to me
This is not a Baptism
slice into it with unbarred laughter
Don't live in the shallow
nor sit like a clam
Swim like the otter
drink its wild forces
You can't tame the wind,
but you can claim the air.
bow riding
Dall's porpoises play
sea otters, orcas
and bald eagles
every day
herding salmon
otter find another boat
and some porpoise
otter love you more
like I did in Alaska
otter mend this net
love slips through
reel it in carefully
and stack it meticulously
(setting it should
never ensue disaster)
a listless drifter
I have been
tempting storms
and rocky shores
otter live this life on porpoise
like I did then
choose a destination
sail to better shores (oh, give me a home
where the sea otters roam
and the bow riding
Dall's porpoises play)
otter love you more
like I did in Alaska
Wolf.
Puma.
Long-necked (or was it
long-bodied?)
Dragon.
Forest...Fire.
A Bunny, cute -
and on its back.
A Bounding Fox
with Seaspray Fluff
of Following Tail.
A long-nosed Fellow
bearing bulbous eyes;
grown wider with surprise
at the Cloudball gone:
teetering off from said
Nose.
A Wingsuit Aerialist
falling bellylong into
greens below. Laughing.
An Otter, now -
popped up from (,some-
how,) a Prairie Dog’s hole.
Over the Water Gap.
A profile, of
a Presence’s Silouhette
but with lip backlit...
and Chin. About to
Smile in the foreground
of...a
...Waterfall of Light.
Curiously, a Bighorn Seahorse Sheep.
I drive.
Press on.
I drive.
Look up.
I drive.
Clouds drift. I drive.
Otter
By Caroline
I am an otter.
I swim in the water
Cactus
By Caroline
the humble cactus
stands tall over the desert
casts a long shadow
Spring Rhymes
By Caroline
the mighty breezes
moves the mighty treeses
Evil Poem
By Caroline
"Tested On Algebra"
This "poem" is really bad
In fact, it is kind of sad
If this poem was a physical object, I would impale it with a spike
This poem's author can't even ride a bike
Soup
By Lucas
A culmination of flavors, combined into one,
Chowder, French onion, chicken noodle galore, just some examples of soup, but wait...
There’s more!
Minestrone, Cream of Mushroom, Split pea, and bisque,
Soup is simply an amazing dish.
See Maddi Zapinski's PoetrySoup Page for her poems, as well.
Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to be a bird…
to sing a morning song
to spread my wings and fly
high above the treetops…
to soar across the sky.
Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to be a river otter
to swim and dive and spin all day playing in and out the water.
Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to be an elephant
to use my trunk just like a hand
To…at the same time be the strongest…
and gentlest creature on the land
Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to be a dolphin
think of all the places I would roam…
if I could swim as fast as they can
if the ocean was why home…
So many different animals
I wonder what they’d be like to be….
and I wonder…
if they ever wonder…
what it would be like..
to be me.
Quandary
I bought a zoo - a magic place
With extinct animals - maybe lost in space
Now in a quandary - what to do
I have an ailing Jurassic Zoo!
My Stegosaur snores with loud zings
My Pterodactyl sprained one wing
My Tyrannosaur is burping bubbles
My Brontosaur wheezes stubble
My Allosaur has the sniffles
My Triceratops has heartburn dismal
My Philoceratops has the flu
My Centrosaur snorts in blue
Can't just go to the local drugstore
For dinosaur remedies lost in lore
In a quandary - what to do
My vet won't set foot in my Jurassic Zoo
Now
My Wooly Mammoth has lost his hair
My Sabre-toothed Tiger has toothache scares
My Short Faced Bear has halitosis
My Irish Elk has spinal stenosis
My Giant Sloth hangs upside down
My Wooly Rhino fumes and frowns
My Mega Otter cannot swim
My Bear Dog grows cat teeth in him.
Think I have solved my quandary....
Buying lush woodlands with running streams
In that paradise - let them all run free
Every time I visit with warm scones and fine tea
They will come a running with greetings just for me.
10-1-21
Contest "Q"
Sponsor: Constance La France
Thank you Marikate for your inspiration!
10-8-22
Contest: Marathon Mile 16
Sponsor: Mark Toney