Very thought-provoking! While zoo animals aren't as 'free' as their wild counterparts, they are definitely much safer, and tend to live much longer, in a place where they can be loved and cared for, which is a very positive thing... 🏯😎🏯
Goats are very energetic, for sure. It's often hard to keep them still long enough to take a decent picture with them. Especially the little ones! Haha... 🏯😎🏯
Brilliantly done! Because as much as we might like to think we're the only ones doing the observing in a zoo, the animals are definitely watching us too, and it's fascinating to wonder what they might be thinking... 🏯😎🏯
It's a wonderful way to grow up, for sure. It's good for children to be around animals. They're a relaxing and calming influence, and it also helps them learn how to care for things, from an early age... 🏯😎🏯
I love the use of a single word in the last line there. It adds a lot of impact. And it's very true, too. Habitats are being lost at an incredibly alarming rate these days... 🏯😎🏯
Zigzagging zebras
Zestfully zipping, zooming
Zany zany zoo!
That is some awesomely authored alliteration! Haha! Thanks for joining in... 🏯😎🏯
That was fun!
It’s always a zoo
Not the one you expected
They call this one “work.”
Ahh, the cage of the '9 to 5'. It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it. Haha! 🏯😎🏯
If it were only those hours!
Thanks for the mention ,Chris
Haiku today
Fun at the zoo now
The animals chirp and howl
Life is a cage though
You're very welcome! That last line is incredibly profound. Cages can take many different forms, for sure... 🏯😎🏯
Sort of dark but how I actually feel:
Wild animals
Better behind bars but safe
Than dead by poachers
Very thought-provoking! While zoo animals aren't as 'free' as their wild counterparts, they are definitely much safer, and tend to live much longer, in a place where they can be loved and cared for, which is a very positive thing... 🏯😎🏯
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There's a zoo within.
Fungi and microbes galore
Living inside me.
Haha! That's so true. There's whole communities of them, full of bustling life, that have taken up residence in all of us... 🏯😎🏯
You can feed the goats
Then giggle when they butt heads
at the petting zoo
Goats are very energetic, for sure. It's often hard to keep them still long enough to take a decent picture with them. Especially the little ones! Haha... 🏯😎🏯
Behind thick glass walls
We observe the odd creatures
Who stare back at us
.
They press their flat hands
Against our transparent home
What do they expect?
.
Some make strange faces
Contorting lips, showing teeth
Is this their greeting?
.
Small ones jump and scream
Pointing fingers excitedly
What amuses them?
.
They hold thin devices
Capturing our existence
In tiny black boxes
.
Some mimic our sounds
A poor gorilla echo
Do they understand?
.
They bring colorful
Paper wrapped food offerings
Never for sharing
.
Why do they gather
To watch us simply exist?
Their lives must be dull
.
Some wear our patterns
Zebra stripes, leopard spots
Strange form of respect?
.
Each day they return
Different faces, same actions
We are the true zoo
Brilliantly done! Because as much as we might like to think we're the only ones doing the observing in a zoo, the animals are definitely watching us too, and it's fascinating to wonder what they might be thinking... 🏯😎🏯
Thanks, Chris. You know me. Always off the beaten path. Thanks again for creating this fun Haiku party for us.
You're very welcome! I enjoy trying to find different angles to approach things from, too. It's always a fun way to explore Prompts like these... 🏯😎🏯
We had both back when I was raising children... now I just have the non-humans around. Fun use of the prompt!
It's a wonderful way to grow up, for sure. It's good for children to be around animals. They're a relaxing and calming influence, and it also helps them learn how to care for things, from an early age... 🏯😎🏯
Thank you for the shoutout.
You're very welcome! Have a great week... 🏯😎🏯
Nestled in safety
Worlds far away come alive
Zoos give pause for thought
Absolutely! Zoos do offer the chance to appreciate the beauty of exotic animals up close, in a way that would never be possible otherwise... 🏯😎🏯
Are they on display
When there is habitat loss
Zoological
I love the use of a single word in the last line there. It adds a lot of impact. And it's very true, too. Habitats are being lost at an incredibly alarming rate these days... 🏯😎🏯
Welcome to the zoo
confined unlike a jungle,
we fake nature's ways.
hoped-for goal, writing
my mind's a distraction zoo
good intentions curbed
Zooballie zoo too
Children’s show series
Roos, bear,fox,parrot
Go on, hop the fence.
Pet the cute alligator.
Bet he wants a hug.
Okay, one more:
Zeus went to the zoo
Felt big and strong until he…
Stepped on lion poo