Short Reptile Poems

vigilant reptile
Rippled over the rocks
Hissing Grass swirls...

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The lizard
Swift and Rugged
Slithered and scampered
Scaly
Reptile...

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slow moving reptile
lives inside leathery shell
     good pet for a child...

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a life suspended
reptile in dead of winter ~
frozen iguana



Date written: 01/27/2022...

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My mind 
Slow
Reptilian 
Today
What I am

Light 
Inch forward
Survival 

Only now
No tomorrow
Nothing
To think...

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vile venomous vermin
intriguing intertwined insurgent
petulantly promenading  patrol
excruciatingly evil exile
ruthlessly relentless reptile...

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Across a roadside that's fertile
Came this reptile and a hurdle
As he hid in his shell
A nice driver did yell
Just cross the road little turtle...

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I walked my dog down by the junction
When he had a canine malfunction
He jumped on a snake
A bite he did take
And now he has reptile dysfunction....

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The proverbial china shop taurus
Is the brutal reptile Trumposaurus
It has a small brain
And it will inflict pain
By attempting to claw your c_litoris...

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Lizards are lazing here and there.
Kids enjoy the water sprayer.
	Crows're hopping 'round
	across burning ground.
Please soon end this summer affair!
...

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A lizard snuck into the house,
So I called out loud to my spouse:
"Come get this green reptile
before the cat goes projectile."
Thank goodness it wasn't a mouse....

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slittering reptile
                                           glides cool and so collective
                                                  amidst the rock bed...

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Dragon is under “D,”
Next to “E,”
There on the page he’ll stay—
“Myth,” you say.

Obsolete lizard?  No!
Dragons grow
Dinosaur-large, in you:
Dream them, true....

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Living in Mom's shadow
Deserve hate?
Critiquing parent

Fear, pain
Even aware?
What sin?
Jesus somewhere!
Voices suggesting paranoia

Who am I - please answer!...

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Jet black is the night as
 Jungle feline of stealth
 Jumps on its hapless prey
 Jaws able to crush bones
 Juicy reptile swimming
 Jaguar jumps in water
 Jostling with a caiman
             -
 3/4/17...

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 Tiny sea turtle; creeps its way across white beach sands to sea.
Newly hatched reptile, learning to swim into his new life; he’s free.
One day, he will grow into a very fine loggerhead.

...

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M-orning twelfth February
E-rases the twilight; 
A-fter the dusk is gone, 
N-ew dawn replaces the
N-ight.

G-o to the Jurassic Park, 
O-ne reptile is left alone; 
M-illion years ago he lived, 
E-njoy the dinosaur
Z-one....

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shifting sands
riding upon the winds
gritty curtains

curtains billowing
like a ships sails
ghosts

ghost flitting 
on the horizon
dry leaves

leaves skittering
across the sand dunes
tiny lizards

ancient reptile
descendants on journey
living legends

...

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With diamond like skin, she cut me deep with her venomous attitude 
Frustrated at the sound of her voice,
nauseous at the smell of her breath
My blood pressure boils angrily,
turning my head into a tea pot
As she slithers closer to me, my skin begins to crawl
For she is slimy like the wettest reptile...

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Wander
Falter
Ponder
Endless steps down endless corridors 
Dragging heavy slimy soul behind
Through dust & rock & mud

Swampy mossy tangled soul
Full of reptile teeth & corpses of flamingos
Glossy rosy feathers float to the surface
& all they can see
& all they can say is
OOOH 
what a lovely shade of pink...

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ZOO CAFÉ

clicked on the zoo café
nothing less
than a latté
paired with a reptile
yup
a pretty leaf design
in the cream
and a long-tailed lizard

optional tortoise
or cat
i think

i’ll warm up
with a sip
way against
the sill
with a purr-ific
cup
and a felis catus

unscathed

7/27/2019

*in Budapest, Hungary...

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R-ed beacon March fourteenth
I-s rising above the horizon; 
C-old chill of the wind evades the break of dawn.

E-arly morn has broken, 
D-ark shadows fade away; 
R-ain stops from falling, 
O-ne night turns into day.
S-nake without poison has made
O-ne get into the groove; 
L-imbless scaled reptile
A-ims to silently
M-ove....

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Year twenty-twelve
According to the Chinese
Is year of the dragon
Those born with this sign
Are free-spirited and fearless
The fire of this reptile
Is a sign of extreme power.
Full of wonders await the future
One who is born  this year
Is greatly infected to a  “P” soul 
mate:
PASSIONATE through and 
through!...

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I hate snakes
with a passion.
Whether...
alive or dead,
poisonous or not.
A ghastly
reptile!
I'm very
fearful
of all snakes
big and small.
The mere sight of them...
really makes my skin crawl.
Ugh!
Again, I hate snakes!


(Yalto)


01/19/2020
"Yalto" is a form I invented:
Line 1 to 15:  3,4,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,3,3,5,6,1,5 syllables....

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I’ve seen it out of the comer of my eye; 
It had no legs and looked to be shinny;
The last time I saw it was on the patio looking like a scrub jay;
I remember a silver napkin ring disappeared that day.
What is it?
Today it looked like a reptile; 
Before it looked like a foul;
And Here come’s pretty blue eyes;
Right behind it all as usual;
What’s going on here anyway?...

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