Sloth Poems

arrogant sloth

The grass blue butterfly looks a bit like a moth
Bet you missed her completely said the arrogant sloth
I admitted that I have never seen any like this.
One just blew by you, she’s the size of a penny, you crazy old Miss!

What's with the Sloth?

Birds are flappy, fish are flippy.
Lively creatures, they are both.
Hares are hoppy and they're zippy.  
What gives with the sluggish sloth?

sloth tries on running shoes

The sloth tried on all the running shoes in the store.
Brand new clerk on commission’s heart gave a soar.
She did not realize that sloth does this every day.
But never buys a shoe, for running is not his way.
He does it because he loved the colors, said her boss.
If my supervisor would let me, I would

At Least One Giant Ground Sloth Is Alive Again

I found it curled in the shadow
of what used to be a hospital.
A slow hunch of fur,
the color of old bark—like the forest
had tried to grow itself a question.

It didn’t look surprised to see me.
Just blinked, as if measuring
whether I was worth the glance.

I sat cross-legged beside it,
tore foil from a protein bar—
offered the whole

I am Sloth Like

I have neither the time, wherewithal or energy to find myself again
Lost in the bowels of my hovel, I am too exhausted to begin the hunt
Piles of clothing, empty boxes, bags of junk, have immobilized me
If I was younger, if I had more energy, if I had more time.

Excuses keep me immobile, immovable, in a

Sloth

It pulls from the back of my eyes, heavy
lulling my brain not to think, numbing
laying down my head
circuits shut down
depressed

Best way to describe it, I think
The way it pulls me to sleep
Losing time and mind,
The longer I lay
worse by day

Truly, a demonic curse
The self destroying sin,

Sloth

Holiday Hijinks

Grandpa snored loud by the fire,
Dreaming of treats he’d admire.
He woke with a yawn,
Found the cookies all gone—
Seems the dog’s now our chief cookie buyer!

Dear Lord

Heavenly Father, hear my plea,  
Remove my sloth and set me free.  
Inspire my soul to reach its height,  
And fill my days with radiant light.  

Bring peace to soothe my troubled mind,  
Joy for the sorrow that I find.  
Instill in me a hopeful ray,  
To guide

Embrace of the Canopy

Poem on Sloth and Nature

 
Throws itself around on its tail,

Trees wrapped between its globe,

Shallow pools reflect in repeat

It’s all it sees now,

 

Dried up meadows,

During the summer rays,

The trees cool off,

Humid air rises on,

 

Delicate branches,

Made just for itself,

To wrap around,

And hang upside down,

 

Its world is all that it sees,

The trees between each

Sloth Crossing

On a long highway
An adult sloth crossing
Both lane cars in halt.

Life and truth

                        Gone is the long day, filled with how and why
                     

Song of The Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth No 9: ABBA

It's back to the wilds, for the unexplored
Panama's island, Pygmy Three-Toed Sloths.
Tree huggers, twenty hours daily, course, lots
of trees. Four of a kind, their fifth, record
as the smallest. Clocked slow, a leaf lasts one
month in its tummies till its slow slop drops.
They're six pounds and twenty inches, a pop.
Furs algae-fied hide them. Swim can be

Patterned Sloth

he is lounging in the tree, snoring away
yes, it is patterned sloth, enjoying his day
how did he get painted? a child asks me.
An artist and paints went up in the tree.

Does he ever come down? the child asked.
Not really because that would be a task.
The sloth spends his day, enjoying his life.
He is too lazy

Sloth Like In My Entishness Today

I’m going to be very sloth like in my entishness today.
No more whizzing ‘rund like a fly that’s lost it’s way!
You want some coffee and coffee is what ye’ll get! But my eyes have only just opened and my limbs haven’t got there yet.

You sometimes confuse the hell out of me but then again, you’re

Lesson From the Sloth

They're unhurried
But moss also grows on them
So don't be a sloth

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