Animal Sunset Poems

The wrinkles of the rug cast sunlight on a pug
Who splayed out her hind legs backwards

And as I left, I looked back and paused
As her...

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there was a snake bathing in the sunset
draped around the veins, the dead branches
winter never welcomes reptiles
but it wore twilight like a heat lamp jacket

back...

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Churning listless feeble foaming waves
Pods of Humpback whales splash and dive
Reflecting sunset’s waning rays.
As curly crimson clouds arrive,
Far Edgecombe’s volcanic cone
Shines bright in alpenglow, alone.
Cloudy...

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Fish flesh ceiling marinades evening in mandarin
  Paprika streaks Alaskan sky, an exploded pumpkin
  Garish stretch marks bruise tumid buttocks
  Jack-o'-lantern flicker...

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I gaze at a saffron sunset
as a tawny owl sails overhead,
while yellow sunflowers feel threat
until evening prayers are said.

The flaxen fields and amber plains
reflect the...

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in the surreal solemnity of nature

	a solemn ant colony
	passes in a funeral-like
	procession
	carrying bits of crumbs
	and one of their own…

	a lone ballooning spider
	ceases his kiting
	and hovers...

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three swans at sunset
 an eye opening reminder 
one gone forever...

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It's fifty miles to the city
And fifty home again,
Around that pothole on Depot Road
Into the arms of the lane.

Old George has left his hay down.
A...

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Parallel colors go on forever, others swirling and merging,
Hued rainbows and smoky sunsets, from a chaos surging!
Hanging from the Christmas tree, ruby peppermint candy,
And circus...

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Eve of His Reign

facing the sunset
the lion king's on his hill
standing fierce and strong


Swans Drifting Away

a flock of mute swans
gliding on silver waters
under rose strewn...

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Have you ever wondered what a Dream Vacation would be like?
I have this chance to ponder.
I could fly anywhere, but I would rather take a...

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In wet dusk air we
Watched as you stalked across
Traffic to the pond...

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Date: 15/05/2021

"The sky prepares the sun for night
  Where drifting clouds are slowly steeping
  In tepid pools of waning light"
the moon's sweet polish...

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As the Sunset Rises I hear the stampede of Wild Horses Go Through The 

Meadows, Their Shadows Moving Towards The East, Suddenly they Stop with...

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Mom, I love you like a sunset
You are in my life so often 
That sometimes I forget 
Your Beauty 
But when I pause and look...

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