Ima Ryma Poems

Ricko, the rhino, I am big,
Doing my weigh in, yes I do.
Getting weighed is part of my gig
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
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1925, Tennessee,
The Scopes Monkey Trial did take place.
John Scopes, teacher, accused to be
A violator in a case
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Oriental fire-bellied toad,
I do a belly up I do,
If I do get a threatened goad
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
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Trumpeter swans need help, they do,
To build their numbers in the wild.
Help does come from Lincoln Park Zoo,
So nature might be reconciled.
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Harry and Joe stop by to eat
At a diner, and put their coats
On a rack and then take a seat.
Joe notices a sign in quotes,
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My grown son still does live with me.
He has the basement to himself.
I worry what he's come to be,
Hate on his mind, guns on his shelf.
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Madame LaLaurie, southern belle,
In her New Orleans mansion threw
Great lavish parties known so well,
An 1830's do to do.
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A Jack O lantern's found its way
Into my habitat to make
A Happy Halloween display
In the home of this rattlesnake.
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This lioness does love to hear
The music from a violin.
So when some young humans played near,
I took each and ev'ry note in.
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"Pick up for Finely, " I do hear,
And that means ready be my lunch.
Ah yes, my salad does appear,
And I of course begin to munch.
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