Short Everglades Poems

I journey through the Everglades.
Gators cut through the water like blades....

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Marsh sticks and pepper
in the wind, in the blown sun
mushrooming with life....

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Sounds in Everglades
By Valerie D. Staton

Across Everglades
A cacophony of sounds
Natural soundscape...

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everglades 
the slicing sawgrass sways
paradise to the "gladesmen"
the caterwaul of a panther
swamplands...

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There is a classy duck with yellow shades.
He dances with quivering quaking shoulder blades.
We saw him down by the everglades.
I wonder if he would take some trades?...

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As the heavens open to brighten the upcoming new day
Shades of torn yet frail species that vegetate around the everglades
In slight of hand when to understand from;
Under The Blue sky awaits the brand new day...

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Through the Autumn storms
Blue children with seeming smiles
sings to the Angels
To the everglades
the children play
in the cove of the cave
Like bedrock
They are raised on hope
Solitude ponders the darker hues
feed by paths unexplored...

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Alberta…..they probably just shook their heads and muttered “ey?”

Texas…probably rode it down, roped it, branded it and sent it on its way.

Florida….they probably took it fishing... in the Everglades…’nuf said!



John G. Lawless
12/5/2021...

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 a faint booming note 
 deep in the everglades marsh ~ 
 a bird seldom seen 

 it's distinctive call 
 like a pebble drop in stream ~
 elusive bittern


Spring Flower, Bird Or Butterfly Haiku × 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Date written: 02/14/2023...

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Sam N. Fish fell in love with a mermaid
At the wedding her gills started to fade
  After a cup of water
  She said, I guess we 'ought-er'
Rent a submarine in the everglades...

Sam N. quickly looked into the matter
Saw that his bank book had to be fatter
  Sam bought some blue-chip stocks
  Then he got a huge shock
Market was underwater ~ so sad, sir...

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Fields of spun gold silk somber auburn shades
Resonant a hum breath yawn against blades.
Wiff of cool air espy hush cries cascades
Dry in silence nature's quaint everglades.

Weft of rain lingers round as slow rhythm fades.
Mystique wakeful light of dawn serenades
While the warm sun rises, the bullfrog wades,
Small blue heron stand watch like waiting maids.

3/29/2023...

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Queen of Cats dancing your feline fling
What other joys will your exuberance bring?
I watch your partner as he gives you a swing.
He wants your attention, but you have to ring.

Queen of Cats in your harem of maids.
Safe in the palace, far from the evil everglades.
I hope things work out for you in your suit of spades.
Things are notoriously suspicious; will she make the grades?...

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How do you do?
I missed you.
Day and night
In every twilight
Never wane about you.
Gliding in the snow,
  like you always do

In the middle of the Alps
Not between gaps
Sceneries of you 
  are my portrait.
In every eclipse
Dashing to the strait
Everglades wrap up my glimpse

Mementos of nexus
Yonder of hiatus.
Shimmer of yoke
Exalting joke.
Leverage of time
Fantasy of mime...

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Can faeries be steampunk? The young designer asked.
I do not see why, said a mechanical man, unmasked.
She came to the next convention in Cosmo play.
Which blew the rest of us clean away.

She is the most magnificent steampunk faerie we’ve seen.
She exudes mystical magic like a steampunk moonbeam.
We now follow her around; she leads all of our parades.
Just a young girl with an imagination from the everglades....

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Blending in so beautifully in the endless everglades
The heron waits patiently

The warm wind ripples the water
He waits regally

Standing still like a statue in silent blue waters
He waits hungrily

Catching his first fish of the day
No more waiting - he dines like a king 


Inspired by Majestic Pose
3~11~15
Contest  Florida Nature never judges

Submitted to Premiere Contest #13 sponsored by Skat...

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Eyes that shone bright green
stood out in the swamp at night
as crickets serenaded.

Surrounded by scents
in Everglades’ treasure trove,
the eyes slowly moved closer.

Our flashlight revealed
scales and teeth four inches long,
a twelve-foot creature nearing.

“We’re going to die,”
I thought as it dove below,
but our boat remained untouched.




*Entry for Linda’s “Treasure Trove” contest
by Carolyn Devonshire...

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In the hari-kari palisades
    drink of choice, lemonade
  Enter the lion-plated stadium
    a cache discovered, puranium 

  Up here, down there, all's a riot
    in the center, suffocation-quiet
  Where you've been and where you're going
    robotic monkeys perfect their sewing

  Ticking squirt guns shpritz their stuff
    H2O everywhere, lawns a-fluff
  And in the hari-kari palace, aides
    drink in the view, cascades of everglades...

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