Fiddlesticks
There was a young man bought a pangolin
but thought it was a mandolin
to be played like a violin
he tipped its scales 'til they creaked
tweaked its tail so it squeaked
and named the bow Anne Bowleyn
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, animal, fun, humorous, music,
Form: Rhyme
The Pangolin
For Ilene Bauer
You’ll never hear a pangolin
play the violin or mandolin
for no pangolin is musical.
though the pangolin relies
on arpeggios of scales
unheard but hard as nails
to ward off hungry enemies –
a major key in its survival.
(P.S. One of its distinctions
is its meat tastes like chicken.
It's other, its scales used as medicine.
And if continued to
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, animal,
Form: Light Verse
P is for Pangolin
In an alphabet book that my grandson once liked,
One page unfamiliar to me
Which, in turn, got my curiosity spiked,
Was the animal listed for P.
For a pangolin isn’t your average beast,
But an anteater covered in scales,
Looking quite prehistoric from head to, not least
Of its features, those long spiky nails.
It waddles in search of its main source
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, animal,
Form: Rhyme
The Pangolin And Penguin
at a patio table
sat a pangolin and penguin
pondering
and there they pursued
under a parasol
perusing
diving with questions
delving for answers
they had a universe
in front of them
unpicked
undone
suited and solved
by the pangolin and penguin
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, fun, humorous, mystery, nature,
Form: Light Verse
Song of The Pangolin No 7: AABB
Famine ... charities ... complementary.
Killers; Lions, Hyenas, Snakes, the very
highest on the list, Human traffickers,
with their ad lib, and full-on characters.
Pangolin's are anteaters resembling
armadillos but different. Trembling
leads to curling up into a ball when
they sense danger. They burrow in a den
like hole as a prelude to finding food.
Poor eye sight, lest prey's washes up mood,
Pangolins
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, allusion, analogy, animal, appreciation,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Paula the Pangolin
Paula the pangolin polished her scaly skin
Went to the market and traded her mandolin
Told the shopkeeper, “I’ll swap for a mandarin,
Oranges are a bit big for a pangolin.”
The shopkeeper gave her the requisite fruit
And said, “Would you sell me your anteater suit?”
Paula said, “It’s not a suit and I’m ravenous,
Ive got a space in my
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Sir You Have Besmirched the Good Name of My Pangolin
Sir! You Have Besmirched the Good Name Of My Pangolin
Nothing can be the same now -
before the recent pandemic
my companion Pangolin
Boris and I,
were carefree,
and happily plying our trade
as chimney sweeps in Siberia,
but since the ‘great lie’
we dare not show our faces
in any town or city,
for they have labeled Boris; a good, kind,
not too gentle creature
as
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Aardvark and the Pangolin
The Aardvark and the Pangolin,
Romantically, had been entwined.
But infidelity, was in the air,
Aardvark, had a new suiter in mind.
Pangolin, did challenge his rival,
The Anteater with beautiful snout.
Don’t fear for me, on your betrayal,
Sweet Armadillo, is taking me out.
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
pangolin, animal, betrayal, character, funny
Form: Rhyme