Short Pachyderm Poems

I’d hate to be a pachyderm,
My schnozzle such a wacky worm
That though I willed it slack or firm,
Each sneeze would really pack a squirm!...

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Big as a house,
Scared of a mouse,
With nose that grows
Down to its toes.
Fearlessly drives tusk into dusky musk.
Wisely buggers-off from the likes of usk....

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There once was a light-skinned pachyderm
Who had a thing for a lowly worm
   Sun-bathing on the hot sand
   Elephant got quite a tan
Poor worm earned him a wiggly sunburn...

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On his way to a second term
He's like a sad old pachyderm
Trump hit a big snag
Continues to brag
He’s making the G.O.P. squirm. 

Written November 11, 2022...

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Like smoke from some mighty engine
The clouds came rolling by,
A majestic parade
     when pachyderm kined mountains
            of grey or pink stroll
                   or clowny wisps drift,
But a fog or mist arises,
Veils part....

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His ponderous stature often mistaken for apathy
he patiently bore the feeble lash upon his thick hide,
plodding in the peaceful gait of his pachyderm ancestry.


Tongue Twister Line: Patiently the ponderous pachyderm plodded in peaceful apathy.

11/15/2016...

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An elephant swam with a stork
He snorkeled along with his trunk
The stork stopped it up with a cork
Which put pachyderm in a funk.

Then, pachyderm laughed till he cried
As he soaked the poor stork with his jets
And that was the last cork she tried
‘Cuz now the stork never forgets...

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i like elephants you see
because they like me
their memories are long term
for our friends the pachyderm

mighty just and free
symbol of the GOP
strong with skin so thick
hard body built like brick

pink or white in shades of grey
with love of family they stay
uplifted trunks good fortunes for all
two types of ears big or small

tails so short and thin
large from Africa smaller are Indian
with tusk of ivory so diligent
big is big our friend elephant...

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