Short Yogi Poems

Yogi the Bear
steals picnic basket
gets euthanized...

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a Yankee has died
a true legend of baseball
eight behind the plate...

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Your yonder YOGI
Yields you Yahweh's yearbook 
Yeasty years yearned....

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Here comes the snow
      (Sob)... There goes my lawn
  Yogi the Bear's peeked out his cave
      Stretched ~ and yawned a big yawn...

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YOGI SAYS

Life’s all ups-n-downs
These states seem to be a fact
If you are human
What is the wise thing to do?
When you’re not down be UP!...

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A Yogi was ranting in Parma
How Trump is interpreting Dharma
For goodness' sake
Give Trump a break
Nobody on earth wants Trump's karma!...

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Like, Yogi and Boo-Boo out on the trail. 
With heads in the clouds it’s easy to smell 
food; even that on the ground. 
Three porridges eaten when found.
If questioned they’ll call it a tall tail....

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In the circus- an unexperienced and very scared yogi,
Just walked on huge pile of the burning coals!
He cried of course, when saw his legs are smoky,
My reader! Can you to do the same? You got a ba-ls?...

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(Wind River Sunrise, 2015)

Swastika Girls

In the Valley of Swat
The Holy Ghosts of rishis dwell
After all this time
All these changes
Nothing can erase
The lingering scent
Of gnosis

(10/7/23)...

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Yogi once said, “he hits from both sides of the plate
He’s amphibious!” that's true genius, no debate
Many great quotes
Came out of his throat
“so I’m ugly, I never saw anyone hit with his face”...

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Yogi once said, “he hits from both sides of the plate
he’s amphibious!” that's a true genius, no debate
Many great quotes
Came out of his throat
“so I’m ugly, I never saw anyone hit with his face”...

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Yogi and Boo Boo
catching a choo choo

going to the zoo
since cartoons are through













Writer's note: This came to me last week I was so inspired I even got 2 tee shirts made with that poem on them for my wife and I....

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Sexy Sardine:
Dishy
Fishy

Charming Swordfish
Darlin'
Marlin

Alaskan poacher gets mauled by a:
Polar's
Molars

After sex, bears often share a:
Yogi
Stogie

Snake Charmer:
Viper
Piper

Sheep Predator:
Mutton
Glutton...

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A yogi named Haridas, in 1837
provided a powerful demonstration.
He went into a trance.
Was buried alive.
Wax filling his eyes, ears,
mouth and nose.
After guarding the grave
for forty long days.
He was dug up, unharmed and arose.

© Apr 09 2010...

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Yogi Bear was named after this famous New York Yankee
Twas Yogi Berra, hearing him speak you never be cranky
A real fun loving soul
With a heart of pure gold
His goofy wit had his teammates forever needing a hanky


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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("Lone Pine", 2024, original pen and ink with encaustic mat)

Manzanita

Manzanita
atop a slight rise
forms a natural shrine
The place a person
could place an offering
or say a prayer
The place a meditator
would sit
and become a buddha

(9/30/91)...

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Ratatouille’s Remy

Chef hat
on rat

Mighty Mouse

Small mouse
moves house

Tigger

He knew
the Pooh

Porky Pig

Utters
stutters

Yogi Bear’s Snack

Yogi
Hoagie

Bugs

Funny 
bunny

Miss Piggy

This hog
loves frog

Kermit of Sesame Street

This frog
hates bog

Goofy’s Reformation

Hound fool
found school

Garfield

One fat
sarcast!...

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"The world is, as we are" - Yogi Maharishi.



Everyone will know if you have won a jackpot,
but a few will know if you have found God
in the misty mountains of Tibet.

People can tell you that you are doing fine,
while they know your mortgage will run
you bankrupt.

We know others' lives more and better than we know ours.

Welcome to the society we've made for ourselves......

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A hush of silence settles down,
Broken by the soft gurgling waters,
Mellowed by the yogi's muted chants,
Without a soul to hinder his prayer;

Intellect perceptions intact,
Awake to supreme joys of knowledge,
Remains calm in tranquility,
Unhindered by all the worldly lusts;

Attains eternal peace within, 
Karma of knowledge and devotion.
 
Gita: Eternal Peace Chapter 2 verse 70...

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it's the understanding
o noise surrounding
it on all sides 
especially inside

the art of noise
is palette of colors
energetically abstract
on its canvas is beauty

a pushing through
relaxed eyes catching
the rhythm of the 
piece as peace 

every movement
fade into another 
until it all flows as
gently as cool breeze
brushstrokes and colors
and flow and limbs
becomes a dance
of contentment...

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(This is a fictional poem)

My wife and I were sitting on a blanket that we laid on the grass.
Yogi Bear tried to steal our picnic basket so I shot him in the ___.
He grabbed the picnic basket and started to run.
That's when I nailed him in the ___ with my gun.
He steals picnic baskets when he's only supposed to eat berries and nuts.
You'll recognize him if you see him because he's the bear with a bald butt....

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(Dedicated to William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.)

You created Yogi Bear, the Flintstones and other cartoons.
When the two of you died, it was sad and it was too soon.
One of you died in 2006 and the other died in 2001.
Your cartoons provided children with hours of fun.
The entertainment world suffered a great loss when the two of you died.
Other cartoonists cannot out do you no matter how hard they've tried....

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Impression is for now.
Trust is for the future.

Impression,
contentment,
ego-compressing precession,
is for  breathing out ego-now and eco-here listening;
Trust,
compassionate co-arising recession,
is for breathing in the future.

Extrapolations
of a Yogi Positive Energy tea-bag
as read,
and preferably incarnated, 
by Jonathon Wilcox,
breathing in impressions
breathing out democracy-building trust....

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COPLA CUARENTA Y CINCO: This Bad Guy World

If all the people on this Earth
Decided to believe in One God:
Guess who jobless

Sure, humans need caring from birth
Not at the cost of sparing rod:
Coax hate madness

Who will speak for the Almighty
Must show proof of saintly presence:
Loin-cloth yogi

Not that there weren’t some thought saintly
They served lepers not malevolence:
Power hungry

© T. Wignesan - Paris, 2014...

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Yogi bear loved to rob tourists of their lunch,
raiding picnic baskets for brunch.
Always on the lookout for the park ranger,
his antics grew even stranger.

Boo-Boo routinely got caught with pilfered snacks,
being Yogi's friend had drawbacks.
Tagging along on the promise of a treat,
he served the master of deceit.


(Clerihew)


9/05/2021


Cleritoons Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May...

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