Long Wildebeests Poems

"Reigning Cats and Dogs"   Posted 6 Dec 2020

the difference between dogs and cats is      dogs have owners, cats have staff 

who's supposed to read the signs that say...

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"I truly feel that it is only when humanity can genuinely show love and
         respect, by nurturing and protecting the environment and all forms of 
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We are people of plan and of purpose, not cargo or merchandise for commerce and trade. We were not born in the wrong place at the wrong  time, nor were we made in China...

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But for your manifestation in dried pulp 
Minds neglect your invasion 
The crave for you unquenchable .

Lime light shining on your possessors 
Underdogs gazing loathsomly at your managers
Soo powerful you send jolts down the spine...

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On the one hand, there is a remarkable beauty                          ...

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There are recalls of blasting winds across my cheek.
It was during an 8 year tenure in the city by the bay.
Performance of my tasks required early morning risings,
and so many of those early mornings were...

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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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Tranquil spaces as we wander through the park,
the heat oppressive.
The zebras herding sheep like the watchful alpaca,
yet there are no predators
A motley selection of animals in one space - domestic and wild,
they congregate without care...

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From the gentle water flows  and the mighty windy blows, to the weeping willow trees further down stream, to the white water rapids, rushing like wildebeests. It's where the leaves are flying steadily as...

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Down the steep mountains and into the slopes, 
Darting divine etched twixt duration and existence,
There run the graceful gazelles and fiery antelopes,  
Until their breath retreat watching other presence.

Wildebeests rushes by ceasing the opportunity...

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It’s a beautiful landscape of Serengeti animal refuge,
Near a parched savannah with skeleton trees, lies a water hole,
You see a beautiful picture of animal kingdom paradise,
Elephants, zebras, Giraffes, birds, and blue wildebeests, all taking a...

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windswept windsurfing wallabies warbling whales wailing................................................................................

A pink fish travelling with a tea towel is neither in a rush or dirty. Gridlocked gorillas getting grapes gracefully glide. Seafront mystery in windswept hair carrying a carrot, a...

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(Tribute to the movie “Out of Africa”)

I gave my heart to Africa…
There, on a farm,
In those vast green plains,
With coffee perfume in 
The crispy air…
I had a farm in Africa…
Where the gazelle dance
In the sweaty...

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The Savannah
The wildebeests have been crossing the same stretch
of the river for years going back into a foggy history and lack 
of interest. At the river, some are eaten by crocodiles  
and on the...

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Excuse me if I come across as brusque,
but you exude a certain pungent musk,
as though you’ve grown up with the wildebeests,
or recently discovered ancient yeasts.
And so for your forgiveness, I do hope;
I really meant to...

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Thunder rumbled
And the heavens grew dark.
Noah herded the animals
Into the ark.
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Grasslands felt them a week early,
Knew they were coming, 
Heard them from many days off.
Not in a hearing way, more of a spiritual knowing.

Grasslands had keen eyes, and strong feelings,
And a magnificent vibration sensation, that...

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We heard their hooves twenty minutes before they appeared
stallions and mares rounding the corner of the world at break leg speed
blur of  red, black and gray wild mustangs, free to roam the plains
Wyoming’s finest...

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