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    Living With All The Other Creatures
    Living With All The Other Creatures
    Living With All The Other Creatures
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    Living With All The Other Creatures

    By Dennis Herrell

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    For over forty years, Dennis Herrell has been writing both serious and humorous poems about his life in this civilized society. He finds his poems by keeping his eyes and ears open and his mouth shut. Mostly. He really likes to write short funny poems that are like verbal snapshots or vignettes of some of the remarkable living creatures that share our world. He especially likes Haiku, with its 3-line, condensed view of nature and life, and has published over 150 Haiku so far.
    In his four other “Creatures” Ebooks, Dennis has shared his poems about Underwater Dwellers, Insects, Birds, and Cats & Dogs. Now he will share his poetic take on many of the other creatures in our world. Not all of them, of course, because that would take a book of encyclopedic size, but enough to have some poetic fun. Sure, there are the usual suspects—such as a cow, goat, horse, pig, and sheep. But, picture in your mind—a camel, ferret, giraffe, hippo, porcupine, sloth, or walrus. All fun to look at, and even more fun to write about. So, join Dennis in his little poetic stories about some of the other creatures that we live with, and that make our lives more meaningful, pleasurable, and interesting.
    Dennis Herrell was a teacher, a sporting goods wholesaler, a gift/card wholesaler, and antique dealer. He is now retired. His writing life began in college, and continued off and on during his working years. Dennis lives in Texas, a big, diverse land of desert, mountains, hills and valleys, meadows, prairies, rivers, lakes, and salt water bays and beaches. He calls the almost sub-tropical city of Houston his home. Dennis loves his 1920’s bungalow in the old historical Heights district of Houston. So, join Dennis in his little poetic stories about some of the other creatures that we live with, and that make our lives more meaningful, pleasurable, and interesting. Have a little laugh, and perhaps a little sigh of wonderment, too.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDennis Herrell
    Release dateDec 29, 2018
    ISBN9780463910924
    Living With All The Other Creatures
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    Dennis Herrell

    Dennis Herrell lives in a 1920’s bungalow in the old historic Heights of Houston, Texas. He writes both serious and humorous poems about his life in this civilized society. (Poking fun at himself is almost a full-time job.) He especially likes to look at the small things in everyday life that make us (him) so individual and vulnerable. About 500 poems published in various U.S, Canada, British, Austria, Australia magazines since July, 2000, plus 5 poetry books, and one book in process. (plus 5 Ebooks)

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      Living With All The Other Creatures - Dennis Herrell

      Living

      With All The Other Creatures

      Dennis Herrell

      Table of Contents

      The Anteater

      Antelope

      Ape

      A Bat

      More Bats

      The Bears

      The Bull

      Behold the Camel

      Saddle a Camel

      The Cow

      More Cows

      The Croc’s Smile

      The Crocodile

      The Elephant

      Ferret

      Frog Sounds...Two Haiku

      Upon Seeing a Tree Frog

      Gazelle

      The Giraffe

      A Giraffe

      The Goat

      The Hippo

      Horse Sense

      The Human

      It

      The Lion

      Lizard at Rest

      Mule

      The Mule

      The Pig

      The Porcupine

      Rabbit

      Sheep

      Skunk

      The sloth

      Snake

      Squirrels—Two Haiku

      Identifying with a Tortoise

      The Weasel

      Year 2014—A September Evening

      Acknowledgments

      Antelope       published by Blue Unicorn

      Bears             published by Poetalk

      Mule              published by Pegasus Review

      Tortoise         published by Poems from My Alter Ego

      The Anteater

      Meet the anteater;

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