Short Bengal Tiger Poems

camera captures

endangered Bengal tiger

for prosterity...

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through Bengal bushes

       golden black stripes ominous,

beauty, ferocious !...

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There is a forest named Shundarban, 
It's not similar to the forest of Bandarban. 
It's famous for Royal Bengal Tiger, 
It's also famous for deer. 
It's time to save our Shundarban....

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A Bengal tiger has an uncanny hunch
That he'll encounter a tasty beast to munch
Finding an inedible Prey
with fear he roars go away!
Then runs to seek a more suitable lunch...

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                                              Bengal Tiger Grrreat
                                             Excellent warrior land
                                                Superb fisherman...

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                                           Bengal Tiger takes plunge
                                     Creates his own champagne drink
                                            Those sparkling bubbles...

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An oversized Bengal tiger guards my front door.
We quite rarely have visitors here anymore.
In the guesthouse live six giant grizzly bears.
Company rarely drops in to sit in our chairs.

Our excitable African lion stalks prey in our grass.
We don’t know why, but potential visitors usually pass.
I lament the lack of company, but my husband is fine.
And I know what to do with him if he gets out of line....

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in India’s heat
the spoors of a lone creature. . . 
leading to water

in a shallow pool
the solitary beast bathes. . . 
sun pours down golden

a lame gaur wanders
near the tall yellow grasses. . . 
the crouching tiger

around the carcass
two females join in to feed. . . 
benevolence reigns

racing with shadows
as dusk steaks the orange sky. . . 
the Bengal tiger


Written 7/29 for Shadow Hamilton's New Contest Tigers Living Free...

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A path is worn
going no where
the perimeter
of a domain
enclosed by a fence.
The pride will not follow,
the wildebeest
too few to encircle
their young
shiver in a biting cold.
A Bengal tiger paces
before a closed door
awaiting
a cold lifeless prey
as broken winged raptors
long for the sky.
A cheetah
races the shadow
of its past.
The silver backed gorilla
thumps an empty chest.
The children leave
in yellow buses
believing the lie.


John G. Lawless
©10/26/2021...

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