A Buffalo Sighting Poem by Marilyn Lott

A Buffalo Sighting

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I saw a Buffalo one day
An animal that is so immense
I was walkin’ along the road
And suddenly I grew extremely tense

I thought I’d keep on walkin’
Perhaps he wouldn’t even see
If I was on the other side of the road
Maybe he wouldn’t notice me

I slowly crossed the road
But the closer he became
I thought of many escapes
But they all were pretty lame

Then he stopped completely still
I froze right where I stood
He slowly turned his massive head
And then I understood

Here came another Buffalo
Who obviously was a lady
Walking kind of anxiously
And by her side was a baby

He started then toward them
And much to my surprise
He greeted them so lovingly
Right before my eyes!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
rajagopal haran 06 November 2007

animals also have senses; great poem

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Ivor Hogg 20 December 2007

The male's place is to protect his emale and child what ever the species

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Vidyadhar Durgekar 21 May 2008

Beautifully wriiten a rare kind of experience.....................

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Ken E Hall 27 May 2010

Firstly thanks Marilyn, this is a poem for an animalist enjoyed your encounter seeing this beautiful sight great poem...my wife and I had a trip on an air/con bus to the red centre of Australia then I had a similar sighting with a Camel and a Donkey which I wrote a poem about that encounter..cheers and regards

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truly superb poetry......

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Laurie Hill 20 February 2009

I love this. The human race can learn a lot from animals.

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C. P. Sharma 29 November 2008

Great write, artistry mingled with sense of humour. CP

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anurag duggal 08 June 2008

nice one i love it it has a wonderful resonance to it

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Marilyn Lott

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Washington state USA
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