Short Gnu Poems

Ill give you a clue,
It could live in a zoo,
I suppose some of them do,
It’s a gnu...

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The gnu who knew knew not the gnu who knew the good gnus

John G. Lawless
12/15/2020...

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Of all the creatures in the zoo
My favourite ones would be Gnu
The ones I like the very least
Are probably the Wildebeest...

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An arthritic grey Gnu
Could not manage to put on his shoe
His back would not bend
So in the end
He decided his shoe he would chew...

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The Lion likes to stop and feast
Especially on Wildebeest
But if there’s not one to pursue
He’ll simply go and chase Gnu


(C) John W Fenn 09-10-2009...

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"love's craft"


there once was a gnu named Owen
who knew all that was known and so in
South African Zulu
said, "Kukhulu!"
which then became a zen koan...

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Wildlife 9
An amazingly ugly gnu,
Once stopped on the plains for a poo,
A lion went past
And was almost aghast
So he ran off whilst yelling "Ker....phew"!...

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We all packed up and went to the zoo
Saw lions, tigers and even a gnu
And the funniest face
In the whole darned place
Was a monkey that looked just like you

For the Zoo contest...

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A musician splits a chord of would
Super Hero where's a bright read hood

The baker gently needs his doe
A gardener has her cede to sew

Something old, something gnu 
something borrowed, something blew...

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So wildebeest must have a lot of time on their hoofs
If you've seen a herd, you'll know they've found the nook
They surely enjoy sex
Females always say yes
Male asks “gnu”? And the task is undertook!...

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The boo boo gnu of pinkish crew had the Russian flu
Without a substantial clue, their jeu jeu curiosity grew
Whew! Said two, one who had a convoluted cough like moo.
Might have been spoiled stew from Café Rue down in the Loo....

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'Tis noted that some media at times express divisive and jaundiced views!

Hence, such inane twaddle has reputedly become known as fake gnus!

(Written with considerable tongue in cheek and with profuse apologies
to the innocent African antelope known as a gnu!)...

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I am a gnu but I wanted to be an ox.
Or an antelope or artic fox.
Enlightened by summer’s equinox,
Rowing my boat like a well-trained cox,
Please meet me today down by the docks.
Where maidens preen in pretty flowered frocks.
But do not wear those stupid ugly argyle socks.
I will be the large one wearing the face of the ox....

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To the zoo, to the zoo
Lets go to the zoo
To see a mighty tiger
Or perhaps a liger
Or even a gnu
The parrots and the doves
Everyone loves
The lion king 
In his ring
And lionesses in their caves
The mighty grizzly bear
In his lair
The monkey on the swing
Doing his thing
Showing off his flair
Oh yes let’s go to the zoo...

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i started off slow
turning stones
from out the
fire with a
stick and

realizing they
could move
but like no
motion to
other be

ing seen so
i started to
push them
so let's say
they rolled

now i've
got something
until dumped on
the flame was a gnu
leg and what was new

would be
the end of
what might
have grown
into the next

 rotiserary...

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Watts gnu
Asked Sou

Knot much
Said Dutch

Ewe're late
Four date

Takes walk
Small talk

Tries hug
Slugs mug

Steels kiss
Near miss

Street car
Two bar

Byes bier
Ayes blear

Holds hand
Grate band

Lets dance
Know chance

Yew're drunk
Yew punk

He heaves
She leaves

Head tossed
Git lost

Sou miffed
Left swift

Ewe're tight
Good nite...

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Sound the alarm War Is Upon Us, war is upon us!!!!
Chaos, panic, and fear rushed in like a herd of gnu trampling the Serengeti
Blinded by the smoke screens intended to mask the enemies movements
Weapons drawn aimlessly pointing with no understanding
Destruction plagued the land spilling corpse, laid bare for show
Visuals for the fallen decorate the ruins
How short live is the plea for the martyred...

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" Why is the sky blue? " , said the Baby Gnu. "

Why do the seasons start anew? " and " Why do they call this place Timbuktu? "

" I do not have a clue," said Papa Gnu. "

" But I believe it to be true, 

that the answer is inside of you and when I am long gone, 

I hope you have the view, that as you grew,

 I did what was true, 

tried my best to show you what to do 

and keep you far, far away from that place called the zoo."...

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COPLA 93 INVOCATION : This Bad Guy World

The lone wolf shies away from the pack
The tyrannosaur scoffs at his kind :
Systems with it

Tiglons roam lone on the beaten track -
Fall prey the gnu foal lame and blind :
Systems well-knit

Stand alone and the pack will hunt you
Lose your integrity to live safe :
The human fate

The Overman’ll camp on the volcano
Far from the humdrum crowd’s stifling life :
Asylum bait

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014...

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An ant´s long journey 

He sat on a palm leaf
going downstream
over him, dark wings fluttered.
As an ant he had enemies
they saw him as a snack
not as a shivering life.
A waterfall
he fell out of his leaf
sought safety 
on the head of a crocodile
seeking prey
saw the beast taking a bite
of a gnu,
and thought
horrors never end,
He floats to the river ended
and the ocean began.
The swells overcame him
he could not breathe,
such a long journey 
for what?...

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We rode on a bicycle made for two,
    While on vacation, to visit a zoo.
    Where we strolled around, enjoying our view.
    Of North America's, wild caribou,
    To friendly llamas, from far off Peru.
     And an African antelope, the gnu.
     Then watching pachyderms, while in the queue,
     We observed birds, and a flightless emu.
     To big cats and reptiles, farewell adieu.

     11 / 9 / 2022.
     Sponsor Hilo Poet.
     For the contest.   Monomixorhyme poetry contest....

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