Moon Tiger Poems

There's a tiger in the woodshed.
Safe and dark it lies,
Watching the night with
Brown and yellow liquid eyes.

The sleeper nestles in his bed, 
The tiger kept...

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The witch and the tiger sat on opposite sides of the moon,
Starring at each other, wondering who would eat whom

The witch was cagey, wily and...

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I
knew a Tiger
who swam with dolphins
along the razor’s edge

and
meditated with a yellow bird
under his honey’s tree
in a west coast garden.

A
rare breed
from an indigenous
creed.

His
poetic wisdom
written with
zen.

He
sung...

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I was sleeping with my childhood
    friend in the loosed cot. 
 The weak boy was recovering from 
   ...

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Oh, Tiger Moon!
Burning wildly in the night,
Can you feel the jungle air,
Beating rhythmically tonight?

Scars lashed upon your brow,
And beaten upon your chest,
Shine bright over the...

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For flare  a flame of fire
A fearless desire.

A satiness, finest of finesse
The coat of a PANTHER.
Bold and  dressed  and 
Hemmed up forget...

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Tiger Tiger, your eyes are bright,
In the forest of Shundarban at night;
You have sharp paws and eyes,
You get stronger at night for preys.
When the moon...

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My tiger stripes contrast bright blue
Those butterflies dance to their own tune
Silly butterflies entice me true
Butterflies let's dance 'til the new moon

Those butterflies dance to...

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Always drip the sauce delicately over a tiger barm. Creases are crevasses. Don't look up or down then. Falling is not a fail or a...

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I'm a Wood Cockerel
a Metal Tiger's my mate,
which meant for her birthday
five years I did wait.
Then twenty four years 
had passed on their way
till joining...

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Walking in the meadow of life on that summer day


Where she always loved to be at Una  walked along the steady stream 
As she...

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She prowls the night
with clenched jaw and pride,
nothing able to smite
her remorseless stride.

The ominous reflection of moon 
shines forth from devouring eyes
of a nocturnal beauty...

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How I Travel to the Moon


As I sleep, I travel to the moon
Do not know what to expect
Or if I will be returning soon
Surprise to...

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Tiger in a Cage (a stab at men)

Like a caged tiger.
You do not know what is in my den?
There is no worse feeling than the...

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the hunt begins after sunset
under cracked moon, blindfolded clouds
start visiting volitionlessly:

the nesting eagles, I choose
this bitter absurdity of large wings
under the sun, where they will...

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