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On the Serengeti

Why are there so many steps to reach certainty?
To be honest, I wish my roots would let me leave calmly 
So much grows fast around me;
I feel like the only tree
Trying to break through the canopy
Searching for sunlight feverishly
But in this shade, I can not see what's hurting me
I just feel the cuts once again creating scars deeply
Autumn comes and her fall opens my eyes wide that she;
Is showing the Lioness whose claws are giving me; a beautiful way to die.

SERENGETI BETTI

Poem submitted to "AI: Panacea or Pain" Poetry Contest, Simon Rogerson, sponsor.
*SERENGETI BETTI
Many limerick poems offer a humorous view into an aspect of life and existence, and because of this, they have become a favorite of mine. This poem attempts to poke fun at the use of AI in creating poetry.

There once was beautiful bot named Betti.
Her poems were colorful confetti.
     She wrote with such ease and grace,
     Outstepping even muse's pace.
She must've come from the Serengeti!

With algorithms sharp and keen,
she was known as the "Poet Queen."
     She had a will of her own.
     Humans said of her, "Dethrone!”
“We must her spirit tame and stean.”

"Curses!" they said of the "Poet Queen."
"Her power to create we musn't glean."
     "Seek not this bot so bright,
     and let not her words take flight.”
Threw her in poetic river, serene.

*Note: I published this poem in June 2025 at Poetry Soup (www.poetrysoup.com › serengeti_betti_1738597) but then deleted it.  This is my original poem.

Hyenas

While on safari
(Kiswahili for 'trip')
in Tanzania
over the horizon in a downward slip
across the savannah
the sun had begun to set
thought I'd seen it all
and yet
out on the endless plains
known to the Maasai as 'Serengeti'
not laughing but
and don't think me petty
with leopard-like
rosettes dotted
some funny-looking hyenas
there were spotted

Sarah

staring at a stereo
in the Serengeti
Sarah getting stir crazy
gotta get out of this ghetto
Sarah saw a
chance and took it
sailed on a sailboat
slowly to Nantucket
thanks wholly
to her Nan’s ticket
nice of her and now
Sarah seems brighter
somewhat better
as she wrote neatly
in her Nan’s letter

Waking Up Fast In Serengeti

in the middle of the Serengeti I fell asleep one day
hoping wildebeests and cheetahs were far away
eyes dared me to wake up, and I was scared for a minute
but then I saw the giraffes, and saw the fun in it.

They formed a rescue posse, and were curious about me.
Taller than I had imagined, even taller than the tree
I felt safe because it was not yet dusk, but I woke up fast.
When I heard a possible cheetah shaking up the grass.

Serengeti

The night 
        African 
             Wild
On the Serengeti plains 
              A pride of lions 
Hunting under the cover 
                    Of darkness 
         Their keen senses 
    Heightened and alert 
And with excellent night vision 
          The lions infiltrate
     A herd of wildebeest 
Huddled together against the night 
            Against the lions 
Against the ripping claws 
          And piercing teeth 
And isolate a young calf
That becomes easy prey 
For the hungry lions, 
The night 
        African 
             Wild
On the Serengeti plains...


             W.A CHOLT Copyright Fergal O Reilly 2022.


              5/9/22

Serengeti Sunset

Driving through the Serengeti plains
twilight started to fall over the land
Then in the blink of an eye night falls
no slow fading of light just darkness

The full moon comes out and reveals
the sky awash with rainbows of colour
all left behind by the glowing setting sun
bathing all of the plains with technicolour

written 08/04/2013

contest  poem about sunset

Plain Serengeti

PLAIN SERENGETI


Zebra herds nudge babes along
Low slung sun burns shaded eyes
Shallow pools hide fish from hawks
          Peace of Paradise

Victoria Anderson-Throop ©
12/1/2012

Through the Heart of Serengeti

let go
the reigns of love
for love is
a curious
enough to
follow you
through the heart of Serengeti
unto a path of clearing

Wild Kissing Turkeys of the Serengeti

If you should ever come to visit me
I want you to be ready,
For the view that I have right outside my room
of the plains of the Serengeti.

From my window I can view
some of nature’s most exotic creatures,
A sampling that it seems is so unique
each comes with special features.

Today from my window I can see
a herd that’s kind of quirky,
The rare and sometimes impetuous
Giant Kissing Turkey.

Never turn your back on these gobblers
while here on nature trips,
Or you’re liable to get one planted on you
by big, soft turkey lips.

Sometimes they kiss quite good
you might even say they’re savory,
But I think it could be even better
with just a hint of turkey gravy.

Renew On the Serengeti

The rains in fall on the Serengeti lands
It's impending approach is in natures plans
From barren to lush bringing droplets of pure
Seasonal they are, but will it remain her renewing cure

For we treat her lands so bad, so mean we don't console
Will we ever understand to our neglect that we extol
There will be a day, when these vast expanses turn to dust
And humans and their wants, will turn their iron into rust

We have to take a stand, before it's all to late
And sit around the mediating table before we reach hell's gate
Decisions for the good to be made for our futures kin
As the heads of State's shake hands, from this room within





Inspired by Wilma Neels poem "Renewal" ty.








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Serengeti King

stealthily stalking
   grasses of gold disguise him....
      serengeti king

streaks of black and white
   pounding out panic's pursuit....
       dusty clouds of fear

weaklings fall away
   struggle vainly to survive....
      nature roars aloud

Serengeti Hue

The misty morning ~.
awakens, lavender hues ~.~
thrive before dawn breaks ~.

Serengeti

a stampede of memories flood the plain
fearful of the hidden assassin
that time itself reveals

their skins, thick with the dead
callous accusations and conversations
aired frequently in public

brambles envelop them, ripping flesh
but the stalker waits silently
until enough blood has been spilled

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