Short Hippos Poems

three hippos in a bloat -
                          a family outing afloat...

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in water hippos
are the most deadly to man
than alligators


2019 September 10...

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sand in sandals
playing with pet rocks and
hungry hippos




posted on June 17, 2018...

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emergent hippos
snorting playfully at dusk -
expansive pink sky

4/12/2022
HowmanySyllables...

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THE HIPPOPOTOMOUSE

A rare and dangerous species
is the hippopotomouse
If you get one in your attic
Then you’d better leave your house....

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There once was an ape named Ollie
Who rode around in a trolley
Three hippos in a bath
They made a hyena laugh
As a duck swam holding a brolly...

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At Christmas I contracted the flu
From taking the kids to the zoo
The hippos were a wheezing 
Ten monkeys were sneezing 
Now my temperature’s a hundred and two!...

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imagination
peacocks and flowers
hippies and hippos
Volkswagen busses
dragons and witches

unicorns blue
faeries and elves
a Shangri-la
my happy place

cartooning
grandchildren
poetry

dancing
singing

art...

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Relieved from horrible attacks of lions
Elephants, hippos, Crocodiles, bears, wolves
Tigers, cape buffalos and wood bison...
Cows and sheep and goats and rabbits and swine 
Chicks and ducks took shelter under humans
Only to die each moment fearing slaughter...!


19 November 2022...

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I like cars, trucks,
and shiny airplanes.
I like helicopters, buses,
and locomotive trains.

I like lions, zebras,
and elephants too!
I like rhinos, hippos,
and giraffes are cool.

I like guitars, drums, 
and all my toys!
I love playing and pretending,
like most little boys!...

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Kendall
Daughter, sister, student and friend
Daughter of Courtney and Malcolm Dyer
Lover of food, television and movies
Who feels hungry, depressed and lonely  
Who fears lions, hippos and elephants
Who would like to see a giraffe, Sponge Bob Squarepants and Scooby Doo
Who resides in Orlando, Florida 
Dyer...

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I see beyond the pages of a book,
where stories are more then just words. 
Pictures come to life with every turn. 
 Imagination takes control.
As elephants dance and 
giraffes wear pants. 
monkey's eat ice cream 
or hippos walk the balance beam.
A world full of fantasy and dreams. 
Beyond the pages, is what I see....

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?I watch you move gracefully through the water
Your sleepy eyes and lazy ways 
during the hottest days.
Oh, how great art thou yawn.
From the sun’s rays, you’ve withdrawn.
You don't move around like busy bees.
You keep cool in a watery pool, 
fanned by the summer breeze.
To figure you out, why do I bother?
You're one of the most unique creatures God ever thought of....

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Hippy hyena hid hipster hippo’s hysteria.
Ignominious iguana ignored Iceland’s icky industries.
Jovial jelly jars joyfully jumped jubilantly into June.
Kind kangaroos killed Kansas’s killjoy kindnesses.
Loving lithe llamas languished, lacking lonely leaders.
Marvelous magnificent magicians masqueraded as maestros.
Needless nutcrackers helped hippy hyenas hide hippos’ hysteria....

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It is better to choose to stay with a rate. 
It is better am still breathe. 
It is better I choose to stay forest with wild animals. 
It is better am still alive. 

Drought come to me. 
In my Zimbabwe. 
My tear flow. 
River of Limpopo start to flow. 

The crocodile and fish start to laugh. 
This dam of my tears makes frogs and hippos happy. 
My blood bleeding. 
That's why I shrink like a new born.

By patric ndidzulafhi munyai...

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Wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle,
      Such a wonderful sight to see.
         Lions, hippos, and elephants;
            Like tiny toys appeared to me.

Above the desert, 'neath blue sky,
      My memory recalls the flights,
         Aloft in those hot air balloons,
             Thrilled by the Serengeti sights.


December 8, 2015

~4th Place~
Contest: Old or New, 8 line MAX
Sponsor: Rick Parise
Judged: 10/08/2016
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My mind is like waves
it knocks at every shore

hippos in the water
fish swimming within
divers in their leisure
scientists on study tour
feel the pitch of my mind

but no one is offended 
sometimes it gets space
that is when it rejoices
yet when it attempts to fill
the gaps  in existence
to give meaning to reality
primitive waves rise up
wanting to swallow it

mind’s mouth is censured
attempts to open and talk are
dangerous games of turmoil...

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Bullfrogs in the belfry – get it on.
Butterflies sipping tea – get it on.
Bananas making bread – get it on.
Bubbles beyond belief – get it on.
Bare bottoms bumping blue birds – get it on.

Got on it – hair follicles parading past ferris wheels.
Got on it – hungry appetite hurrying onto subways.
Got on it – helpful hints scurrying onto freight cars
Got on it – hilarious hippos stomping through a zoo.
Got on it – hugs all around for the USA, red, white and blue....

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This is Ogori-Magongo,
a land of many hills
towering high
above houses and 
farmlands
scattered about
like cowries cast
on a diviner's tray.

Ogori-Magongo,the land
where gunshots herald
 moments of merriment
with well-wishers
dinning till tummies
threaten to burst, 
and wining
till senses go to sleep.

Ogori-Magongo,
a stream from where 
emerge
many intellectual hippos
whose steps quake the 
earth. 



N.B. Ogori-Magongo is a 
community in Kogi state of 
Nigeria....

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