Three Animal Haiku by Dennis Lange

Outta Here!

Life sentence –
When you kill one mouse.
It’s not fair!

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Another Evil

Three monkeys
Don’t see, hear, speak – but
Something smells.

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Nursery Rhyme Answered

Hey, black sheep:
Have you any wool?
Yes – wooly!

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Outta – photo by Krzysztof Szkurlatowski at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mhXQrLA/Escape+of+cat+from+military+zo

Evil – photo by Adrian van Leen at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/oq9uicw/wise+monkeys1

Nursery – photo by Michael and Christa Richert at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/moy33lw/two+little+black+sheep

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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.

See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed: https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/

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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2015.

 

 

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It Is A Villain, Nell by Dennis Lange

            It Is A Villain, Nell

You may think, little girl, that it is swell,
But close exam the animal will flunk.
I’m telling you: it is a villain, Nell! 

Admiring its soft hair, one cannot tell.
Focus on the tail and you are sunk.
You may think, little girl, that it is swell. 

For it, you’ll get a special place in hell
In tomato juice: a bath, a dunk.
I’m telling you: it is a villain, Nell! 

Its black and white give off no warning bell;
Dear nose and eyes will make you tell me, “bunk!”
You may think, little girl, that it is swell. 

But when it hits you with that awful smell,
You’ll end in isolation like a monk.
I’m telling you: it is a villain, Nell! 

It has appealing points to sway, to sell;
So when you first encounter that cute skunk
You may think, little girl, that it is swell.
I’m telling you: it is a villain, Nell!

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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2013.

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