Short Wetlands Poems

magical wetlands
with nothing hidden from view

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wetlands contains life
tiny creatures scurry around
hawks circle overhead...

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wading in wetlands
long curved-down bills and long legs
tiptoeing for food...

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in rain-soaked wetlands
	pussy willow clusters bloom ~
		furry catkins purr...

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Sacred
Bird of the gods
Long legged wading fowl
Live in wetlands, forests and plains
Ibis...

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marsh
hear the rattle of the clapper rail
buffer of strong seas
grassy refuge of the great egret
wetlands...

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Majestic wetlands 
Reflecting tenuous limps 
Under a blue quilt 




Inspired by Raul Moreno’s “Tranquility” contest !...

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Idolized by pharaohs, monarchs and kings;
Bird of the wetlands, marshes and swamps.
Interesting forager with long bill and stilted long legs;
Sacred icon of the dynasties of yore....

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Earth never be the same
In streams in wetlands
In oceans in depth currents
Even  one cell live 
All  never  be the same

When live detorites in its span
Renewal will has own mishaps...

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Alligators bellowing chorous dance.
Eerie freshwater gator holes.
Intense jaws, killer lizard-like.
Marshes nest offspring, population quickly rebounds.
Southeastern territorial. 
Underwater vegitation. Wetlands xylem.
young zoologist....

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A

river

gurgles and glints

with grandeur and gumption,

water winds its way through wetlands,

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES IN ITS PATH,

rapid, rolling, rippling, rubbing

p e b b l e s

smooth.


06.30.2021
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drowned in the drumming wetlands
we wade through pools of glass
             and begging loam

as young fish we tumble
             in running water
             a child`s palm

just one with water, the rain;
we have the wash and ebb
             in our eyes...

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Hairy spiders do not grill
    steaks on consecutive Tuesdays
  due to alternate-side-residency-
    restrictions in bushes on parkways

  Nevertheless, if seeking opportunities
    to slake cracked-throat-thirst
  Welcome to the Wetlands
    where founts of poetry burst...

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black-water canals
where alligators patrol
and moccasins wait

where starved mosquitoes
invade in hoards at twilight
thirsty for fresh blood

at morning's first light   
dawn illuminates cypress
birds announce sunrise

perilous beauty
on display in the Wetlands
and all is at peace...

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Each year migrating pairs
Return to the wetlands to breed
To join the resident inhabitants
Who have never felt the need
Frantically honking Geese
Ducks and Swans of assorted breeds
Nesting Wildfowl of every kind
Using the seclusion of the reeds
And in the rich wetlands
The multitude can readily feed...

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Beneath the stars
palm trees murmur
soothing melodies.

Night creatures
softly harmonize
sweet serenades.

Above the prairie 
full moon rises
dissolving wetlands shadows.

Warm air caresses 
blissful naked lovers 
unified motions.

Sparkling bodies
reflect silvery light
of Micanopy moonshine....

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Listen to poem:

Amazing to be glorious mayfly
Skimming over wetlands and ponds
People look at my wings and sigh
Iridescent colours I wield like a wand.

'tis sad my life is really fleeting
I do so love these sunny hours
Short, my life, but very pleasing
End is nigh in summer shower.



Pixabay image by: Prawny...

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Drowned in the drumming wetlands
We wade through pools of glass,
                     wet smoke and sacrifice

A summer rain, warm as loam
As young fish we tumble
                     in pools of standing water

Solvent with rain, a child`s wet hand,
Diverted by the sea in our eyes,
                     we are more than water....

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Wasted landscapes without proper tenureship
Evicting the true owners from their habitats
Tensions between the economic and survival
Leached sands, eroded banks of stewardship
Artificial substitutions and the phobia of bats
Nature besieged by ignorance and the political
Denude of forests, wetlands, and pollute the seas
So producers and consumers are soon decease....

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early morning sun
sparkles crystal blue water-
like aqua blue glass

a flock of seagulls 
hover over crashing waves-
watching for sea fish

sandpipers on shore
searching for dead crab pieces-
while chirping their song

bright pink beach roses
waif in the salty sea air-
masking ripe wetlands

tide slowly building
as the ocean is waking-
waves crashing louder

8/4/19...

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Spring Senryu


as the sun slumbers
unseen hands tend night’s garden
fireflies applaud


pollinating roses
red faced – caught in the act
a thorny dilemma


the dandelion
spring’s forever WTF
roots of anarchy


nothing but net
the mosquito goalie quit
buzz – buzz- slap – ouch


the great blue heron
mocks the wetlands trees
standing on one leg


John G. Lawless
4/20/2021...

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as swallows land and swifts take flight
inside late noon’s last shards of light
the chill winds that descend on day
cause dense green swathes of reeds to sway
across the flooded vista’s ground
in harmony with nature’s sound
of shrills that echo through the air
from birds and insects everywhere
while stars with room to breathe and shine
light up a land divorced from time
to show the beauty and true worth
of life in balance here on earth....

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I am an Ibis, a wading bird.
Times have become quite absurd.
My family used to enjoy the wetlands.
The cool fresh water answered all our demands.
The global weather patterns have all changed.
The water situation is definitely rearranged.
Water in our habitat did just deteriorate.
Forcing us to fly east and migrate.
We all made homes in each city.
Which is really now such a pity.
Our search for water is sad.
Our future is pretty bad....

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Kakadu Wetlands is home to three million waterbirds
From May to October it houses the comb-crested jacana
Jabirk, egrets and brolga also take their respite here
Macquarie Marshes are used by the Wayilwan people.

They use the Macquarie for burial grounds and ceremonies.
Interconnecting lagoons and channels of Mareeba are bird-friendly.
They give sanctuary to the Australian pelican and crested tern.
Also the threatened home-southern bell frog. Wetlands rule!...

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Pussy Willows

Among the wild cattails marsh,
Wetlands mire and morass harsh,
Pussy Willow buds appear
In warm grey fur chase off winter’s jeers.

Close to streams they sink deep roots
Laps up milk of streamlet’s fruits
Vernal purr of perfection
Sacred siren of Resurrection.

2-8-22
Contest: A Poem Crafted In the Various Lind30 by Robert Lindley
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke

Syllable count 7779.  According to Robert Lindley poem can be rhymed or unrhymed....

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