I was standing next to an African swamp the other day
When the wing span of a dynamo spread a shadow my way
It covered my body length, and I was lying down flat.
I said to my husband “What do you think of that?”
“It’s a shoebill stork,” he informed me with a hush.
Don’t excite him, because he will come out of the brush.
The shoebill was at least five foot tall, standing on his feet.
Which intimidated me, as I know shoe bills love to eat.
What do they consume? I asked my husband, worried.
He whispered “lungfish,” and his voice sounded hurried.
The blue gray shoebill began to stare me down right away.
I thought we were both goners on that horrible day!
Categories:
lungfish, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Quatrain
lungfish
a lungfish
mined timepiece
unwind years when wet
2022 January 08
Categories:
lungfish, endurance, fish, sleep, time,
Form: Haiku
A nation of interesting and laughing facts
housing ‘backward never’ animals
with three times more sheep to humans in its corners
and the inventor of the selfie, attracting over 200 global settlers.
A known city for cockroach racing
has its native attempting the sale
of another major one from a neigbouring nation.
The link between Tasmania and clean air hits the peak in the world
and the entire region is yet to negotiate with an active volcano
A nation and a continent
with nine out of every ten claimed by native vegetation.
A home to the longest fence in the world
and a direct opposite to South Africa in electricity tariff.
Most identified with sports,
selfish in the existence of the lungfish.
Intoxicated with the addiction of gambling
and having the world’s largest cattle station.
A smiling land so prosperous and made
is this mini-continent so rich and great.
Categories:
lungfish, earth, nature, society,
Form: Ode