Short Ostrich Poems

When
one
equals
two dozen-
souffle,ostrich style...

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head in sand
an ostrich watches
the exodus...

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head buried inside;
ostrich hates hearing
lions' loud roars...

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THE AUSSIE WAY

large family yule
big bird on christmas table
ostrich with stuffed pouch...

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As we sit and watch,
    shake our heads in disbelief
         thoughts buried in sand...

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Do you draw on the facts
or color with bias
Blurring the truth
—your head in the sand

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)...

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cracking the quiet space, toddler with seeds
   feeds ostrich through car’s window,
giggles with jocund joy

8/20/2022...

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Ollie the Ostrich forever floored
   No lift from his sticks

Dumbo the Elephant's Disney reward
   ~ Floppy ear tricks...

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Hair is for losers I said mighty loud.
I said it big and I said it proud!
My husband grinned
Hair on his chin
Bald as ostrich egg seen in a crowd....

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Rotund rhinoceros, short chubby legs
Gingerly walks between old ostrich eggs
She is full of sass
As she makes a pass
Please get me a rainbow tutu, she begs....

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Ostrich baby, thank God you cracked open at last
I wanted to help you, but other mothers were looking
I cheered you on silently as mothers must do when socialized...

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Extended legs and neck
Eager jabs, peck peck peck
Endemic down under
Eggs many in number
Evades you by running
Excited voice drumming
Echoes of an ostrich...

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An ostrich, named Ollie, so grand,
Tried to join a tightrope command.
He tripped on his toes,
And landed on gnomes,
Who yelled, "That's a sand-burying brand!"

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We see fear in the other’s eyes,
which belies heart’s tremulous sighs,
that would, if it could, freely dance
but the spark of pure love’s romance
needs to escape ego spawned lies....

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Pardon me Ma’am, I immediately thought to say.
But do you know there is an ostrich on your head?
Is this etiquette correct? And his face is all gray.
I hate to tell you, but this ostrich is dead....

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ostrich swallows clock
                                            stuck in throat, alarm goes off
                                               bird brained ding-a-ling





Written on 5/8/2015...

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soon we shall all be free
of all upholstered costumes 
and all manners of miners' boots
that infect us with winter edema
and puff us up like flu troubled ostrich
to become angels again
In our cute adidas spikes ....

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Ostrich eggs are 6 by 5 inches weighing 3 pounds
Imagine coming out, screaming is heard all over town
Equal to 2 dozen chicken eggs
So the question it begs
Are they waiting for death to get rid of their frowns...

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I ride my life on camel backs
sit on python skin carpets
eat from ostrich egg-shells
sleep on ribs of fallen dogs
wear wooden overall dress
tongue chained by silence
but hope persists and thrives
Oh, the neglected in Africa!...

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There was a man from Australia,
Who in life was an utter failure,                                                                         So he married an Aust-rich,(Ostrich),
To get rid of his glitch,
Then he became a billionaire....

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We circus animals were extremely tired of the ringmaster’s sass
They gave him the wing, the spit, and their nod said the ass.
A duck, a dog, and a tiny bear on a ball ran away too.
The ostrich limped out, for he was wearing a cosmetic shoe....

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O ostrich my ostrich Hey Struthio camelus
                 Very frisky very spunky very fluffy Linnaeus
                 

                 O ostrich my ostrich saddles, reins, and bits
                 people race each other and your wing beats...

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Like an ostrich - stuck in sand?
It's a place called la-la land!

Get out of it; face the facts
Then you can truly relax!

Just reach out; others care
Beats a person's worst nightmare!

Have E-mail; use a phone
The pain's attack soon is done!...

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It seems there’s a certain melodious beat 
discovered reusing these metrical feet.
You can’t help but tap it
first slow, and then rapid:
an odd syncopation that brings ears a treat.


H/T to Ostrich Learning to Swim by Clive Culverhouse...

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Swans and geese are in the parlor, a toucan is in the hall.
An ostrich just ran past the kitchen, he is at least six feet tall
A flamingo strut her feathers against the conservatory wall
The peacock is eating your breakfast dear. I’m going to the mall....

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