Long Safaris Poems

I am so lucky that my parents are adventurers
At three we went to Los Palmas and stayed there
until I was five living in a wonderful house with 
a flat roof that hosted our garden and...

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A is for Australia, full of weird beasts,
Where even the cute ones can bite you at least.

B is for Brazil, where football is life,
And people dance samba with joy (and no strife).

C is for Canada,...

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A quote from "90 North" by Randall Jarrell:
"I see at last that all the knowledge
I wrung from darkness -- that the darkness flung me --
is worthless as ignorance:  nothing comes from nothing,
The darkness from...

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Today I got to watch one of the most pathetic displays

Of human dignity, morals and character, that my eyes they  have 'ever' beheld

It was like being in the midst of a safaris jungle, within...

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“Thank God I despise you,”I declared,
“or I’d want to hear more of that!”
She roared,”I’d tell you of his safaris,
if you weren’t so annoying and bad!”

Said I,“Thank heavens I don’t have to hear
about such an adventurous...

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I would love to visit Africa 


I would love to visit the heart of Africa
there's no doubt it would have my heartbeat
my ancestry, my love, my wide open eyes
dad told me long ago
as i scooted...

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Longing to go to Africa

Babe I know this is spontaneous
and we're just coming off a good food fight
but listen, not to the paradox,
let's go to Africa.
Wouldn't that be a poke in the night,
a dip in...

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Unravelling Ireland


                       Postcard collection as a teen
      ...

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I hate packing suitcases
It reminds me of when mama left
She hastily packed her suitcase
Just before she quit the door, she looked at me
As though she was going to grasp me with her
My watery eyes, trembling...

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Reading diaries of different discussion blots is considered to be akin to perusing the top shelf of a historical library section. Each label once worn drops like stones sinking into the carpet and creases of...

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Worn down by migration's perils;
Worn down by Neolithic spears -
They survived.

Though sabre-tooth gnashings stayed them;
Though Dire-wolves pack-savaged them -
They survived, they survived.

Though pursued by pharaohs for sport;
Though hannibalised by the armies of Zama -
They survived.

Through...

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Leo a zodiac sign
Lion King of jungle  
Forget empire, many Leos homeless
Truly, its just a sign !

Leader, snobbish, extrovert
centre of circle, clever, dedicated
But many Leos biting dust in practical world
Truly, its just a sign...

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This date, he left, many years ago, my friend.
Sqidgy, his name, my dog, a mutt, personified.
As a pup sat in my shirt top pocket,
oft slept to the beat of my heart,
days when I walked miles...

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I'll bring the avocados
And feed you as you come for safaris
Like my mother did, further beyond the Kalahari
And we can share the dips, the spreads and the shakes with all kind of stories
In the sunny...

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Dreams Fade

Curtains lift to changing scenes– 
mountains conquered, fairytales.
Leisurely visits to heavenly beaches,
dissolves of scenic Bali, 
montage of bohemian safaris,
unicorns, ocean of repertoire, 
kaleidoscopic and bewitching,
invisible to all else–
form a halo.
Camouflage from the ambient 
to...

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Lion you are awesome king 
The king of the jungle
You are a mighty one
You are the feared by many
Your roar is loud and scary
It echoes all around
through the prairies and safaris
The animals are frightened when...

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Friends go on safaris
To observe life in the wild.
Here in New York City,
All the wildlife’s fairly mild.

But yesterday I had a thrill
To vanquish any scowl
For, hidden in a leafy tree,
There sat a saw-whet owl.

Birders with...

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Her husband told her
that her get up and go
must have gotten up and left,
because his wife spent most of her time
watching tv or being on the internet,
saying she never got any exercise,
she replied "yes I...

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