Oops, missed that one...Ceili's offerings were not couplets indeed...neither were onyxelle's. Therefore, restart from my list.
The Shining-leaf chafer is always feels better
When the Jewel darkling beetle lends him his sweater
Rajah Brooke's birdwing's too fragile for snow
And Potato bug's freezing too, what do you know!
Whales
Jay
Toads
Turtles
OK, I'm a bad girl, a girl, a pearl of a girl, no,
no, nevermind.
Sorry. I was so excited about actually doing my mediocre post I forgot the next animales.
Quiet now, for a while.
Ok, that's a few minutes, now I'll try again.
The Whales, they blow as leagues flow past;
The Jay belays the Capitan fast!
Toads writhe in scum ponds happily,
and Turtles are fertile sometimes, sappily.
Budgies
Cockatoos
Toucans
Finches
A Whales tales and blarney
Jays hide 'n' seekin' barley
Toads skimmin' the pond's scum
On logs rest, the Turtles tum
Sorry bout earlier I hope I've redeemed myself
hawk
eagle
kestrel
osprey
well, nowt we have muchness.
Budgies
Cockatoos
Toucans
finches
hawk
eagle
kestrel
osprey
The digeridoos called to the budgies adieuing;
and the cockatoos loosed legions for wooing.
Yet toucans rue bulk soup in cans
and finches wrench wenches again from the fans.
The hawk circles o'er the edge of the river
and the eagle above eyes all with his quiver;
while kestral warms kettle of heart murmurs more,
the osprey, the osprey turns once more to shore.
Aaacccck!
Gopher
moose
mouse
giraffe
Nice double quatrain there, osso. Everyone is redeemed.
While gopher digs a handsome hole
Moose steps clumsy on a vole.
Mouse shouts out: "That was my friend!"
Giraffe says: "Meh, accept the end."
Dragonfly
Fire ant
Ibex
Yak
The dragonfly is full of guile
He leaves the fire ant well alone
The ibex walks in single file
And the yak is hard to clone.
xebu
jaguar
suckling pig
earwig
There once was a xebu that had one eye
And a jaguar wondered why
A suckling pig danced with one arm
And an earwig that could mean no harm
panda
beagle
penguin
rat
The blackeyed panda lolled in the land of bamboo.
The brownspotted beagle barked to say "boo!!".
The penguin, well dressed, swam for his dinner;
The rat, what a rat, they called him a sinner....
flea
coati
prairie dog
tree frog
The panda soared through the air
and snatched the beagle from his lair
The penguin witnessed and was sad
while the rat said quietly, "Aw, that's too bad".
worm
duck
wildebeest
anteater
Damn you, Osso!
Ok, ok
A flea is powerful, that's for sure
The coati soft and demure
prairie dog loves them both you see
cause him and tree frog eat for free
worm
duck
wildebeest
anteater
Hi, Gus! <waving>
The Worm turned each omelet over,
as Duck guarded her eggs from Plover;
none of them noticed Wildebeest's singing...
or sad Anteater alone, his frisbees flinging.
Tadpole
Wombat
Slug
Eland
The tadpole moved without no legs,
the Aussie wombat just said "smeg!"
Slug said "Smeg is for the bunny."
Eland said "it's kinda funny."
Ichthyosaur
Barnacle
Pepsis wasp
Cochliomyia hominivorax
I dreamt I was a scaly ichthyosaur
With barnacles fixed clingingly on wings
A pepsis wasp snickered - then was no more.
Cochliomyia hominivorax stings.
(bastard)
bustard
scops owl
dung beetle
sarcoptes scabiei
While a fine quatrain, Clary, it is not written in rhyming couplets. Feel free to try again. Hee hee...yeah, that last one is a doozy.
OK, didn't know there was a rule the rhymes had to be aabb. All the same it's a bastard.
I dreamt I was a scaly ichthyosaur
With barnacles fixed upon both wing and claw
A pepsis wasp snickered and shook its wings;
Cochliomyia hominivorax stings.
