Ima Ryma Poems

Ben Franklin was a late night guy,
In Paris on some biz and fun,
Woke up to a bright sunny sky,
At 6 a.m. - what had he done!
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Australia was a new found land,
That Europeans did explore.
A beast they could not understand,
Did have a pouch and hopped galore.
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I am an Asian small clawed otter,
Here at home at Lincoln Park Zoo.
I'll be playing in the water
At the small mammal house for you.
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Teddy Roosevelt thought football
Had become too unsportsmanlike,
A pack of wolves on a rag doll.
Fatality from a gang strike.
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An island frog, the humans say
How does such a residence be?
Salt water eats frog skin away.
No frog opts to go by sea.
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Tigers are an endangered group.
How endangered, humans need know.
So humans wonder how best snoop
To count the tigers come and go.
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Nelson Mandela, freedom's good,
Became the heart, the mind, the soul
Of freedom for all humanhood,
No obstacle to stop that goal,
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Here at Lincoln Park Zoo, I catch
A lot of naps during the day.
For a lioness, sleep is natch
To while most of hours away.
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Ima Ryma, all things, all time.
Ima Ryma, the good, the bad,
The ugly, the beauty in rhyme.
Sonnets - some happy and some sad,
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Earthworm - I am humankind's friend.
Tickle me in my middle half,
Listen for sounds - that's my head end.
And at humans I often laugh.
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