Short Elk Poems

towering antlers,
pierce the morning horizon:
bugle in the fall....

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the elk
cub misses
the herd's retreat-
a lone wolf howm calls to 
the pack...

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Under the sufrace
a Fall stream elk hair caddis erupts
Fish leaps, ripples again...

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I didn't hear the elk bugle					
this year
Oh, god, 
I hope it was only 
my ear
deaf...

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Hitchhiking Angel,
twelve stringed harp,
wandering spirit
—Elk City wind

(Tucumcari New Mexico: January, 2019)...

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Bewildered and confused
A pair of frightened cow elk
Trapped in nature's firestorm
Where have all
The flowers gone...

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in the sweat lodge
black elk solemnly says
welcome stone people and
thanks for sharing heat with us. . .
Mitakuye Oyasin*...

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The elk is just an Eastern moose,
Or else a Western caribou … 

But if you chance to meet one,
He will be polite and nod to you....

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large bull elk bellows
quail scurry, doves flee and
beavers stop chewing
I, too, am startled--but see
nature is still in balance...

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Elk
   slowly walk
      grazing off open paths
         a distant bugling call

Hunter
   hunkered down, still
      open sight


9/20/2020...

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I saw
elk frozen 
in lake. Birds pecked
out his nostrils and eyes…
Winter.


05.05.2019
Writing Challenge 1, May 2019 - Cinqku- Poetry Contest
Dear Heart...

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They came out of the storm in a fishing boat
A bear, elk, jokester monkey, pig and goat.
There was a push and goat went under the water.
Sorry! Yelled the elk, but now there’s room for my daughter....

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eleven engrossed esteemed Eastern elves elected Evie, eligible electric elk. Embracing her enthusiastic, energetically evasive elusiveness, enabling enchantment to engage, enhance and excite extra enthusiastic electoralelk endorsement to electrify elfish election....

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the majestic northern elk
pierced by the archer's swift arrow
through the forest divine
deep into the heart it shatters
the elk leaped over the river's flow
oh what matters
straight up into green pines
yes he shall go to thine
oh Lord he shall not die...

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N is for 
The month of November

O is for 
Optimistic Orangutangs 

V is for  
Visions 

E is for 
Excellent Elephants 

M is for 
Marvelous Monkeys 

B is for 
Brave Bears 

E is for 
Energetic Elk

R is for 
You Rock 

Happy November Everyone!!!...

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Screaming Elk scattered
The stars in the sky.

Little Bear taught the
Weeping willow how to
Cry.

Two Moons showed
The clouds how to
Cover up a clear Blue sky.

Ten Bears  taught
James Dean how to 
Die.




Dedicated To The People Of Native American Culture...

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fierce fire-elk transforms into a skeletal elk during a forest fire
the few who have seen her, recognize her powers through prophecy
These storytellers do not last long, for they are not forest fire survivors
if you get caught in the woods during an inferno, beware of the fire-elk....

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Dig aan Hom

Bevaar van gevaar
O, Een van die Vader
Lei my in U wee
En dank vir wat U gee
Lof aan Hom wat 
een op my pad
plaas my te wys
dat dit was nie al
maar in elk geval
goedheid en wel
op sy tyd getel.
Vergeeft mij dan waar
ich twijfelend gefalen
Dis mijn gebeden
Amen!...

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It's call unique,the Elk
dissolves the morning calm
seeking its mate and new charge
all living at large
in winters woods.

Hunters hungry, saw the cow
the wind blew her way, she knew
stared, stressing, ushering
as her calf came
all lowered their rifles. 

"We will find other days and ways,"...

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One Lou Malnati stood on the Elk Grove mound
                       Found a piece of gold on elevated ground
                                 He changed it into flavor
                                  The result of hard labor
                      'Well done', said all,' a pizzeria profound'...

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Elk Walk

           elk walk in snow to
     find a morsel in warm fount
         beyond, fields beacons


                The Rancher

          morning frost twinkles
      while rancher sips coffee and
            whiffs new arrivals


                   5/9/2014
          January Haiku Contest...

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the elk
cub misses
the herd's retreat-
a lone wolf howl calls to
the pack

NOTE:A cinqku is an 'English language 'version of a tanka with 17 syllables 2;3;4;6;2
no title and last two(or three) lines being a surprise/comment on the first three
lines &was created by American poet Denis Garrison...

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The Elk's Tear
     One fine day, 
    He killed an elk,
     Then went, 
     To put it on the shelf,
    He saw a tear, 
     Fall from it's eye,
    He cried,
     Oh Good Lord,
    What have i done?
     I'm sorry,
    I took away your fun,
     And from that day on,
    He never wore a gun....

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"Something Else"

Just ‘cause I like the song
doesn’t mean I love you
stalking so doesn’t become you

I know I’m considered a shrew
but that’s a mouse and I don’t grouse
I’m something else

I eat elk

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)




"It's a jungle out there..."...

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A pack of leaves at the end of a dead-end street.
Whirling without warning, surrounding invisible things.
Like a pack of wolves chasing a hobbled elk 
Suddenly they are perfectly still...feasting.

If they had teeth, I think they would bite me.
A pack of leaves at the end of a dead-end street...
is a lot like grief....

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