Short Hippopotamus Poems

mobile berry street
hippopotamus tusk
kettle sprout deuce...

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One angry momma
Hippopotamus full speed
Man two steps ahead...

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When he sits
He crushes the evidence
Corrupting the human mind...

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in water hippos
are the most deadly to man
than alligators


2019 September 10...

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(form 5-7-5 kawanagi)



imaginary
overenthusiastic
hippopotamus 



posted on March 12, 2018...

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Never stand behind a hippo!
Never stand behind a hippo!
Never stand behind a hippo!
Projectile diarrhea!...

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Have you ever
Seen a hippopotamus
Running in cadence,
Alongside an
African, Kenyan man
Oh, what a lovely  
River smile...

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Hippopotamus
Only one of these will do!
Want one for Christmas?



Inspired by the song I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas...

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Oh!  I’m very glad that I
Am not a Hippopotami
And should I ever get the choice
It’ll not be Hippopotamoice



© John W Fenn 15-Feb 2009...

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Reincarnation is for me sublime.
I’ll be a hippopotamus next time.
They do not eat ants
They devour plants
African River is where I will dine....

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The farmer sowed seeds and said: 
These will, by God, surely sprout;
Not he; those got, by them, fed,
Turned hippopotamus-stout...!


03 May 2022...

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I wanna be a wallaby
And not just a wanna-be,
Not a kangaroo or 
Silly platypus

But, if I can’t be a wallaby
I think that I would wanna be
A plump and dumpy
Hippopotamus!
...

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.
                                                  hippopotamus
                                      Fall's black cloud design in sky..
                                                 cloud dissipated...

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Hippopotamus and Synonymous  

Some say if I happen to be a hippopotamus 
My son to me also should be synonymous
And if they found and ate any anti-mater
Would they actually end up being fatter?

Jim Horn...

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Antelope
Brown Bear
Cat
Dolphin
Elephant
Flamingo
Goose
Hippopotamus
Iguana
Jellyfish
King Snake
Leopard
Mink
Newt
Opossum
Puma
Quail
Rat
Snail
Tiger
Uakari
Viper
Whale
X-ray Fish
Yak
Zebra...

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A Wild Beast

Hippopotamus 
Is of no interest to me
Lives in muddy ponds
Since no one wants its
Considerable teeth
It is left alone
To harass innocent tourists
Who assume
It is a river horse 
And can be caressed....

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my poetry has gone south
like a unrepentant priest
I am stuck in a purgatory
All I observe is politics
but that's an obvious target
I feel lacking inspiration
Where is nature
the yarn of a kelp
a mud baked hippopotamus in Safari
or an ominous looming blackbird


...

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hippopotamus
massive and herbivorous ...
ride the river horse


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Entry: "Wild Animal Haiku" Poetry Contest
Contest Judged:  4/18/2022 
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
(3)...

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In my house there are many windows
I await the shimmering light
to warm my poems
but I am stuck for inspiration
I await for nature
just some simple lea
with truncated river
dithering away listlessly
under azure sky
or a poem about a 
sun baked hippopotamus
under surveillance
of a tourist truck

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I saw a Hippopotamus going to the fair,
wearing pink pyjamas with a bow up in his hair,
he was followed by a Zebra who was wearing bright
blue socks,
a Chimp and a Koala bear, wearing matching frocks,
they climbed into the teapots looking quite a sight,
and a little old man spat out his teeth as they gave him quite a fright!...

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A hippopotamus walked the tight rope
Wobbling to and fro he did grope
To find some balance as he peered beneath
The spectators looked like ants in their seats

He tried to convince himself he was not afraid
He counted to ten and then he made
A deal with himself that he would not break
To never show off again and put his life at stake!...

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The small hippopotamus

Has taken his grandmother's glasses,

Has taken his father's hat and scarf,

And a portfolio his uncle's briefcase.

He put all of the clothing on himself,

          Picked up the briefcase, 

has looked in a mirror,

Has scratched his own snub-nosed nose 

and said, "Well, now I am grown up!"

("Well, now I am an adult!)...

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If I saw a purple moon
and told you all about it,
would you understand
and say you do not doubt it?

If I saw a hippopotamus
upon that purple moon,
would you wink your eye
at the ravings of a loon?

If upon that hippo grew
an odd and strangely tree,
astride upon a branch
sat a fellow, exactly like me,
should I ask
see my vision of a wonderland,

would you understand?...

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in my hands, a
poetry book

green cover doesn’t
matter

the weight,
does

meaty, the
insides

questions posed, poets
famous

“Edward,” was,
anonymous

hippopotamus, just
felt like saying this

cover to cover, I
grip

working measurements, with my
eyes

disguise, I
am just avoiding

the inevitable walk
out

to explore my
feelings

rather, I
put my nose back

into my catharsis,
not gravity
...

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Hieronymus the Hippopotamus,
Implied at times that he was xylotomous;
Even claiming to be most gregarious.
Real time though, he loved to be autonomous;
Only decidedly not anonymous;
Not to mention being quite hilarious.
Yet no one found him to be synonymous,
Moreover, with the crudely cantankerous;
Unlikely even to be obstreperous.
Some friends on the Nile found him magnanimous....

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