by Caroline Street | May 7, 2021 | Animal Poetry, Buffalo, Buffalo, Tragedy Poetry
THE LONELIEST BUFFALO© I revisited the river of time,And sat on my favourite bench with rhyme -An ode to someone who,Like myself, once loved the same spot I do. The year before I observed a pair of buffaloLanguishing in the long grassNext to the river’s gentle...
by Caroline Street | May 4, 2021 | Animal Poetry, Rhino, Rhino, Tragedy Poetry
A RHINO’S TALE. © I was born free on the African plains,Underneath the umbrella thorn tree.Whilst still wet from birth,I lay in the long sweet grass,As the gentle morning sun spread its warmthThroughout perfect little me.I welcomed the world cosseted and...
by Caroline Street | May 4, 2021 | Animal Poetry, Taiz Zoo, Taiz Zoo, Tragedy Poetry
A PLEA FROM THE INMATES OF TAIZ ZOO.© We are wildlife from sun-soaked lands;Look into our eyes -We cannot feign; see our pain!Our souls long for the wild habitatsFrom which we came.Here at Taiz, we are tetheredBy an invisible choking chain.In the darkness of dirty...
by Caroline Street | May 3, 2021 | Animal Poetry, Sloth
I CHOOSE NOT TO BE A SLOTH©️ I choose not to be a slothLanguishing on a branch all day.I have no excuse for my lazinessI was created this way. I am a symbol of altruismEnvied for my relaxed being,But don’t be fooled by such talkNo one would want this gene. My only...
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