Long Toucans Poems

Though I'm ashamed to say it now, I never took conservation seriously,
Just living life as if nothing else mattered, full of wonted complacency.

I would hear intense talk of the climate, recycling and global warming,
But I...

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Alligators, Aardvarks; Arctic fox and hare. Also Armadillos and Asses will be there!

Bobcats, Beavers, Boars; One Blue whale will do! Bovines and a Booby (maybe 2)!

Caribou & Camels; *Cavies & a *Coot; Cottontails, Chipmunks, Chinchillas...

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I walked into a pet shop on a rainy afternoon and spotted - on a sign - the following words:
“Dogs and cats of every breed on sale through Monday night. We also carry turtles, fish,...

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A back flipping coconut is very very amusing at a ball but ball pits are moving around so one must surely wear wellingtons or a pair of anglers' waders when jumping across such multicoloured curves....

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Magic Beans of Many Colors

In a magical fairyland I reside, 
herons, toucans, rainbow lorikeets, peacock angels,
hummingbirds, ostrich, even a cockatrice
of magnificent colors that harmonize.
They take flight and soar in the glorious effulgent wide
blue sky; roost...

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At times I can forget and the memories begin to fade
At times I feel overwhelmed by the sadness of it all
His love was not as pure and powerful as mine
The hurt within myself overpowers my...

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On the side of the road to the Small Mission
Of Nuestra Senora del Los Milagros
A white rose stands under the shadow to peace all divisions
Protected by a majestic Eucalyptus with branches we cannot dose

Adeline was...

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Flamingos in the mud with wet flat feet,
   search for curly shrimp to eat.
   They preen and rest in their Mangrove nest.
   
   Eagles, America's great bird...

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5/17/22

Kept it 2 trill
It all amounted 2 nil
No longer a secret, guts started 2 spill
Big shoes 2 fill
Hard 2 chill
So I pop 2 pills
Eventually it all no longer started 2 thrill
An easy mark or hard...

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All aboard the zoo train, let's ride there
Be amazed when you see the mighty bear
Cougars, big cats, crouch inside their lair
Desert tortoises creep, they move so slow
Eagles perch and stare from branches, low
Foxes peer out...

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The pungence of heartbreak swelters
in the tangled dreadlocks of love-lies-bleeding
Take me somewhere exotic
to breathe not the foul aroma
of disappointment and despair
Show me fields laced with frangipani and orchids
in colors sweet and light as daydreams
Find me...

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Fields on hills a patchwork of colour Green gold rice barley prairies
The sun filtering through the lace curtains danced  on  the  tabletop
The cats  unblinking yellow eyes exuded  an air of...

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Time passes so quickly and he is growing up
At thirteen, no longer a boy, not yet a man
We surprised him by planning  a special trip
To have him to ourselves while we still can..

Adventure and...

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The rain forest mists
Drift in their time
Leaving moisture so pure
On nature sublime

In collective gather
On the canopies of green
As i walk through these mists
All around me scene

I stand there and listen
To natures sounds
Howlers and Toucans
In communication...

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My Shangri-La will have tigers as guards a plenty.
It will have peacocks, toucans, and doves, maybe twenty.
A steampunk air ship will haul my friends to carnivals and fairs.
A bald eagle will become my companion, along...

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