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N’essayez pas de faire courir
L’âne gris ou le puissant zébu,
La girafe folle ou le poète,
Vous perdriez votre temps,
N’essayez pas de faire courir,
Chacun doit respecter l’autre,
Le cheval court, l’âne brait,
Comment cueillerons nous ces cerises ?
N’essayez pas de faire courir
La girafe folle ou le poète,
La lenteur les inspire plus,
De tout ils gardent raison,
N’essayez pas de faire courir.
Don’t try to make them run
The gray donkey or the powerful zebu,
The crazy giraffe or the poet,
You would waste your time,
Do not try to make them run,
Each one must respect the other,
The horse runs, the donkey brays,
How will we pick these cherries?
Don’t try to make them run
The crazy giraffe or the poet,
The slowness inspires them more,
Of all that keep reason,
Do not try to make them run.
There was a zany, zesty Zebu that lived his
life with full of zest.
Out of the animals in the big wildlife reserve
he shined brighter than the rest.
He was never down with a big frown, he was
positive and enthusiastic,
So super uplifting that his positivity rubbed off
on all in his presence, his "go-to phrase was “
you’re fantastic!"
The zany, zestful Zebu from a wildlife reserve
in New Zealand isn’t gone.
Zachariah was his name; he was known for
his zestfulness and positivity, his memory
lives on.
* Zebu- The zebu, sometimes known in the plural as indicine
cattle or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in the Indian sub-continent.
05/12/23
Contest: “Z” Challenge Words
Sponsor: Constance La France
Leo living large
Lion lying in his lair
Big belly bloated
Zebra and Zebu
Warily watching, worried
Ready to run
Fatigued full feline
Snoozes in the savannah
Animals amble
For Chris D. "Aechtner's Alliterative" Haiku contest.
Amazing Bear
Coolest Dance
Escaped Fair
Gives Honey In Jars
Knowledgeable
Letters Mails
National
On Pinafored Quails
Rhinoceros
Says Thankyou
Using Verse
(Wipe X) Yawn Zebu
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