Happy World Rhino Day!
Tomorrow, September 22nd, is World Rhino Day. And I’m very pleased to announce that my Limerick Ode To The Rhinoceros is included in the International Poetry Anthology For Rhino in a Shrinking World. And that it was one of five of the anthology’s poems read at a World Rhino Day celebration in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Limerick Ode To The Rhinoceros
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The rhino appears prehistoric,
With a diet that’s vega-caloric.
It’s endangered, alas.
Laws to save it must pass.
This would make all its lovers euphoric.
UPDATE: May 1 is Save The Rhino Day.
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Verse, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Poetry Anthologies, Rhino In A Shrinking World, Rhinoceros Limerick, Save The Rhino Day, September Holidays, World Rhino Day
Congratulations.
nice…how cool on being selected…i love rhinos…they are so cool….one of my fav animals…
I love it!
Congrats! And thanks for the information too…didn’t know it was endangered.
Nice poem for the rhinos!
Great poem and congratulations Mad!! You’ve been racking up the awards lately–very well deserved :-) Yay!
Your love for them shines through this limerick! Congrats on getting published. :)
So nice for you to have your poem read, Madeleine, what an honor… I didn’t know there was a World Rhino Day…but of course there should be…their numbers are dwindling terribly.
Thanks everyone for your kind words!
Glad I visited and heard about happy world rhino day. good job spreading the word with your poem
Awh sweet!
A writer with rhinoceros hide
Can endure the most cutting aside
As the critics attack
Every spear cuts their back
Yet they stay resolutely dry-eyed.
How cool!
Thanks very much Mary and Madeleine and Steven. And thanks for your fun limerick Madeleine!