Pumas Poems

sheila lives in more than one world

...Sheila lives in more than one world, traveling with delight
Yesterday she was in the Orient, flying a gorgeous Japanese kite
Today she traveled down the Amazon, petting black pumas on her way
An a...

I do my Traveling on Line

...I do all of my traveling on line
eating my favorite foods while I dine
close to my kitchen and comfy chair
spending no money on any plane fare

traveling to Florida or Georgia today
without pay...

yard will soon be camouflage for big cats

...our yard is creeping with dandelions
clover and wild thistle growing too
soon it will be camouflage for full grown lions
black pumas, spotted leopards and king of the lions too...

why do they call her CCRM

...They call her CCRM I do not know why
She does not have time to neighbor said my friend Vi
Why don’t you invite her to tea? And find out more about her.
She never comes alone; some of her giant fri...

Riding Rails

...Old, rusty spikes 
    splinter ties on the ground
Steps echo the sound
Your feet, lost and found

Are you fleeing or flying, 
    my sweet, archer friend?
I saw arrows bend
Watched you break...

Empty shoes

...We all have those moments.  Moments in life when you know things will never be the same for you.  For me that moment was seeing Fred's black Pumas on the stairs after he had passed away.  The empty s...

Beasts of Bodmin Moor

...in 1978 just trying to survive
newly-released pumas numbering five
attacked livestock in Cornwell
terrorizing remote farms where cattle dwell

labeled murderous beasts of Bodmin Moor
devouring ...

The Protraction of the Epiphany

...The Protraction of the Epiphany

Complacency in a stilted light of regret
Vagrancy in a jilted sight of neglect 
Emergency in a wilted light of insects
The urgency of a curative substance to inj...

Aunt Marilda and Her Cat House

...Aunt Marilda’s house and closet were full of felines of all types.
long-haired, short-haired, tabbies, pumas, and mice-hunting snipes.
we knew what we were inheriting when she passed on a rainy day...

Christmas Is No Picnic

...Christmas in the desert is different you see.
If there is a sandstorm, the camel rolls into a C.
The presents get buried and may never be found.
A desert Christmas is probably not the best around....

On My Trails

..."Has solitude ever led your steps down a forest path . . . "

The mountains are calling me, and I must go and venture outside
I get a tingling in my stomach followed by a memory imprint
Hikin...

Fun At the Zoo

...Antisocial anacondas don't associate in numbers;
Bears and beavers don't become the best of friends.
Civet cats catch rats, so is it any wonder
On doleful dingoes dire dilemmas do descend?
Effete...

The Sheila Wowed Me

...Most beautiful creature I had ever seen
More gorgeous than ebony pumas or wild wolves
I was fascinated, and intimidated;  she was the Sheila.

There was danger in knowing her.
She was the ultima...

Redwood Dreams

...Redwoods over 240 million years old 
our coastal redwood over 2,200 million years that we know
cleaning carbon from the woods as they grow
giving life to Marbled Murrelet leaving the redwoods
at ...

Her Flash Her Colors Her Dramatic Flair

...Brazil, her flash, her colors, her dramatics, her languages, her flair!
Christ the Redeemer seen clearly from the airplane, high in the air.
Coffee beans roasted in such a way to make me salivate.
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