Such harmony is seldom seen.
Nature at its finest: the mating ritual.
Procreation, there's no higher calling.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
honeysuckle breeze
pollinators paint the air
fast colorful wings
floating like prayer
illuminated by sun
mating dance romance
Dainty damsel flies to meet her prince
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
For a significant length of time,
they swim in synch.
Then rapidly fluttering their fins
like the wings of hummingbirds,
n
two sea horses s i
p
swirling and swirling together
as two become
one
Message scent, the moment met
~ a nod of her head, their future set
energy spent
the moment met
a nod of her head
their future set
Conejo Conejito Tango (Bunny Rabbit Tango)
The mesmerizing twilight dims
across a lake a warm breeze skims
Buck, the handsome rabbit drinks,
he has no doe; his love life stinks.
He stares at his reflection, sighs
when suddenly, his long ears rise
he hears a low, soft rustle near
he stands straight up, tries not to leer
but in the gloaming, gold and green
a gorgeous hare, a beauty queen!
With one ear up, the other folds
her peek-a-boo is flirty, bold.
She holds his gaze and lifts her chin,
he charges forward, she leaps to spin
and drops back down, in perfect pose
she lifts her paws to box his nose.
The tango music fills their veins,
the wind blows out their bunny manes
they pivot, leap and promenade
in moon-streaked shadow, cooling shade.
The forward cross, the ocho, turn
there is no step they need to learn
the side secada, quick advance
they both were born to dance this dance.
The dance complete, he falls asleep
she hops away, his snores are deep
She looks back in fondness, glad
she chose this buck to be a dad.
Narrative Energies Love Brown Grounds Mating
I lay atop of the earth interment pleasuries;
Beautiful the fruited mounds on her;
Golden tanned brown coverings, energies
Valley’s deep core holds the seeds bore;
Nourish the crevice that holds the trees;
Inserted seeds grow out of the terrain, now full grown trees;
I’ve laid on top of the barren grounds;
I’ve sown the seeds
While in the valley of the new birth;
Now the once barren grounds grown out of me;
For not valid reason but Love from God whom I trust;
From the browned grounds God’s tapestry;
Narrative Energies Love Brown Grounds Mating
Browns, hair colored greens, Browns;
Textured sweet smelling’s grounds;
Narrative Energies Love Brown Grounds Mating
5/08/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
surfacing in spring
a spotted salamander ~
subtle seducer
screams pierce the night
primeval mating
wise owls winking
consenting consort
a silvery fluorescence ~
liquid lightning flash
(November Full Moon – Algonquin)
animalistic
insemination instinct ~
posh procreation
(September Full Moon – Cree)
I
She's now almost four months old
He is at least four months older
She is half-sister, sharing a mother
So far, she, Kaalnek, somewhat bolder
Than her half-brother, somewhat Christian
Remains pure, virgin, or I'm no "farmer-observer"
II
Kaalnek is the bare-necked pet, my Chicken
She refuses the advances of Mr. Five
He courts so arduosly, like other species
Of bird and fowl, clucks with excited voice
And delicious tidbits, morsels for poultry
She may have enjoyed his attention
But remains on the run ... Incest unwelcome?
I
On the first day of the second week
Creator said, "Help me help the meek,"
Maybe She meant the gentle sex
To empower every lady called "my Ex,"
With hyenas, then, he turned tables: shreik!
II
With Hyenas, there's laughing both ways
Except if you're a male dog, top dog, always
To enjoy that needed ecstasy, delight
The lady you cannot overpower or fight
She has a psuedop-n-s, how Nature delays!
III
To have sexual encounters with hyenas, female -
The male must seek access, or he'll meet a tail
Its a psuedop-n-s, extended cl--oris
Say vets and others who are the experts
Bizzare: she retracts this organ if he's her male!
IV
Still, the tale is not complete
Until we repeat the psuedopen-s is exit
For babies in her womb: she gives birth thence
Painful? I cant say, It may be my pretence
To sound more expert on hyenas in heat
Males of all the species
Are seeking a conjugal partner
To continue the circle of life
In the springtime, a
Noble endeavor which
Gives life meaning and purpose.
Searching for love a human
Experience, almost exclusively,
Although
Some animals mate for life with
One exclusive partner --
Now less common with humans.
written February 23, 2022
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