Ode To An Ocelot
Not a lot of ocelots
are seen in the day
they prefer the evening
or the night
if an ocelot you're hot to spot
altho' it's quite a long shot
an ocelot you want to sight
you may even hit the jackpot
if you do it right
all you've really got to do
is switch off the light
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ocelot, animal, fun, humor, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Royal Ocelot Island
Raft branch buoyed in canopy crossroad
Ocelot pillow paws rail rainforest rotunda
Yataghan claws trail trunk, track cathode
Assailant arouse pounces, stiff tail rudder
Lithe, while night looms, lightspeed silent
Ogling exotic shores -
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ocelot, animal, beautiful, character, dark,
Form: Acrostic
An Ocelot Came By
An ocelot came by Mama said.
This surprised me and my brother Ned.
In the Midwest?
An ocelot nest?
The idea filled us both full of dread.
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ocelot, animal,
Form: Limerick
Easter Ocelot
I postulate ocelots
as proselytes for chocolate:
they’d get word out on the dot;
they’re easy to spot.
And I’d tell a parable
or something comparable,
with a nugget of caramel
to be retold a lot.
Earth brown exterior:
clearly superior;
heavenly interior,
delicious and gold.
Here comes Sir Lancelot,
riding his ocelot.
Yeah, sure, it costs a lot,
but aren’t you sold?
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ocelot, children, chocolate, nonsense,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Ocelot At Twelve
There is an ocelot at twelve o’clock
I did not bother to get out my Glock.
Was eaten fast
All but my cast
Thanks to the lying wolf-crier on the block
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ocelot, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Limerick
Ocelot
Ocelot ocelot
Doesn’t like to swim a lot
If you poke its face
It would probably blast you into space
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ocelot, adventure, africa, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse