Animal Sijo Poems

Their faded emerald eyes were staring into my soul.
Adorable little furballs make my heart feel so full.
For it is my own loving heart which these...

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The lost mirror of humanity’s soul, covered by helix threads 
Or a creature who would destroy the wall of man and beast 
Who would rip...

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Paul the Apostle said "I once breathed apart from the law's voice
I lived in the clay of a singing bird or a roaring tamed beast
I...

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We had been on the road for about thirteen hours by then
So the traffic that we saw was a most unwelcome sight
A turtle, on his...

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Stone's tone has a husky timbre... that pulsates in the darkness.
They reveal the origins of the earth... wildlife... and mankind...
Stones can't lie... which provides for...

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A small bat was flying in my house
    circling over the bed.
With a pole and a boxing glove
    I...

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Sheep are shorn
not because it’s Spring wool has grown too long

Shivering as Winter’s blades dig in
furthering suff’ring’s wrong

The shepherd unsheathes his sword,
“vengeance is mine,” the...

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The llama perched on the podium
speaks volumes to me.

The huge mouth searched my coat pocket —
I snickered as he snatched my snack.

A model citizen,
its quiet...

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Color me azurite; Malachite isles upon Lapis blue seas.

I sail the waves, moved by Gaia’s tranquil, reverberating song.

On the horizon, dolphin arcs play; brother sun...

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A bird chirps its stories to the air; air logs them into memory.

Flying birds see all; airs, library’s free to breathe.

Breathe in birds wisdom; subconscious...

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In a cavern beneath the sea; soundly sleeps a dinosaur.

His family, small; travels the world beneath the waves.

Hunted; I pray they’ll never find any of...

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A golden eagle soars above the craggy mountain range; his shadow looms darkly.

Unsuspecting prairie dog, walks alone…

Oops!  No more; eagle takes home his supper.

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Kittens spinning ‘round-and-‘round on a record player’s turn table;

Fuzzy balls of velvet hair, enjoying the ride.

Oh the elation of a, feline merry-go-round!
...

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A phoenix reincarnates, self incinerating.

Ashes to revivification; phoenix achieves.

Spontaneous combustion that, humans can’t master, purifies phoenix’s spirit.
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Such a commotion; a cackling cacophony of hens.

My neighbors chickens, trained to obey on command; colorful bevy of beauties.

Yard bird narrow-faces; never the least bit...

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