Animal Watching Poems

The joy of watching my cats
Play because they actually
Act just like small children
Who has their own personality
They're playful and kind in many ways
You have one...

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Find pockets of joy as I walk by
Parking guy feeds squirrels on the sly
He's a good guy, the real McCoy
As I walk by, find pockets...

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jungle is dauntingly scary
I hear a slight noise
shoulder brushing fern?
tiger leopard lynx puma?
my heart beats triple time
do I play dead? No. That’s for a bear...

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Like laughter, rustling in the trees
Feathered prayers always at ease
Whispering wishes, graceful peace
Joyful wings who will never cease

Honest dreams, always in the air
Gentling those spirits...

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Christmas owl’s feathers were a brilliant white
They glowed like stars in the ebonies of light
We saw her fly in, and we marveled at her beauty
She...

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Disco squirrel now will reach for the stars
I watch and he takes off; being all ours.
The onlookers are amazed as he goes into a spin.
It’s...

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beside the front gate
knowing I will be home soon
my dog barks at passing cars
passersby notice
my dog waiting patiently
“Beware dog, do not enter!”

all is safe at...

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Tonight the moon will feature the moon frog dancers.
They are wearing costumes, these outrageous prancers!
The elves and gnomes have watched them practice all day.
They are...

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The nematode, only oms
And then of course, noms
And munches, 
without, really 
munching much at all.
No teeth.

Ah.
To move in the mulch.
a thicket
of touch
not really 
knowing where...

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Rabbit
Lies in grass watching dogs
living fence...

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reflections on whale watching

humpback whales breaching 
 play on blue flowing sea swells ~
  smooth fluke prints remain
 2-17-22...

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The day is not gentle
I can feel the heartbeat of the earth
My toes are frightened

There is a whistle
But it is not the wind
Something not of...

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I felt like something was watching me 
As I followed my children on the path around the lake
I saw nothing, so was still, looking. 
Expecting...

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An animal control officer
tugs a pit-bull out of a backyard.
It is snagged on a long pole.

The animal is eager to cooperate,
its large head lolls passively.
Crows...

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How can ducks look so serene,
gliding swiftly 'cross the pond?
While just below the water's surface,
frenzied churning's going on.

Webbed-feet are all in action,
like old piston-pumping wells,
Not...

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