Animal Surreal Poems

The Pods - Chilling Scifi Poetry

Fear, you are weightier than gravity
in pulling the stomach to the ground.

Rotors slowed and sound waned 
as the helicopter sided,...

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I think 
that I will ink in
my drawing of a pink
flamingo, and as the ink 
sinks
into the page,
the flamingo is born.

Then I colored in a...

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Oh no, oh no,
What will be my fate,
I’m running, running,
I’m running late.

If only they’ll let me,
Let me explain,
Why I’m late,
Why I’m late again.

Oh dear, oh...

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A drama unfolded at noon yesterday
Beneath a row of Laurel's we’d planted one year
From across the meadow  it wasn’t quite clear
Just what was fighting...

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There are riders, jockeys, grooms, and handlers too,
that don’t think twice about the work they do.
Their love for horses is a commitment they share
But their...

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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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hunching his back jumps
the squirrel frolicking so    
 and leaping from limb 
~
to limb scratching down
 the tree bark breaking he spies
...

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A spherical fish lenses larger
And smaller with each turn that's swum.

Size defying, the fish upon a plant stand
Towers over a cubically curled cat.

The cat sleeps...

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Cover this stained façade with my tears 
Streaking in rust down this immortal skin 
I see the ravens fire rise rocket into the dark sky...

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Love those who love you
Appreciate those who appreciate you
A dog never bites its owner
If a dog does just that, it ought to be gently put...

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...But of course the sun banished the moon,
Ripper woke his normal size,
his stomach quite big from the rib roast,
but otherwise he seemed fine.
At first, I...

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It was probably three weeks ago
when I sent my dog outside,
he had all of his business to do,
then he’d come in for the night.
I busied...

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Give away your socks
Give away your Victory nickel
To the folks of Shambala.
Give away three kittens
At the candy store
In downtown Shambala.

Eat at Larry's Clambake
By the coffee...

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My goldfish Finster Darcy
Speaks English but not Farsi
He has an education
And moral reputation
He does kung-fu better than you
He's such an inspiration....

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A mourning dove appeared one day on my window sill
He looked in, aghast, as he saw me taking a vitamin pill
I stopped midway and looked...

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