Shoebill Poems - Poems about Shoebill

...I called to the monkey who wore a pinstriped suit, Found out the giraffe and hippo are mute. Saw a man stare at a lemur 'til dark, Like he was waiting for some kind of spark. The leaves fell fr......

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... This time, Janice is wearing a priest collar and I’m the altar. She hisses when I open my Notes app during communion, calls me a heretic for spellchecking my trauma. I tell her my whole pe......

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... It’s Sunday, and I’m drawing myself again, third time this week. This version features a haunted air fryer, a coupon for free emotional labor, and Janice— the shoebill, wearing my ex’s hoodi......

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...She said his grin was as charming as a Shoebill Stock. Warning others of his lack of beauty and handsomeness. His presence caused others to feel spooked and haunted creating a situation hard t......

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...My bill you can't forget My feet always wet Hodge-podge of many likes Walker of many sikes My stork or cassowary-like body My wide wings flapping steady Legs trekking from Sudan to Zambia My......

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...I was standing next to an African swamp the other day When the wing span of a dynamo spread a shadow my way It covered my body length, and I was lying down flat. I said to my husband “What do you ......

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...Mr. G will see you now, the receptionist said. I walked in to see a giant shoebill. He was enormous. He looked down his beak at me, stared me down. I could feel my throat gulp a wad of salty gooey......

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