Saturday, February 27, 2016

Florida Panther Comments

Rating: 5.0

the panther scans the swamp
black tipped ears listen
to the hiss of distant traffic
now familiar as a sibilant wind
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Barry Middleton
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Nick Maggio 26 October 2020

So good love the poems better then I can even imagine

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M Asim Nehal 28 February 2016

Superb poem, and we see it often on our farmland in Nagpur, india. They are shy yet sharp, swift and agile and they plan their kill meticulously. Thanks for sharing this nice poem...10++++

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Barry Middleton 28 February 2016

Thank you. And thanks for the rating.

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Dimitrios Galanis 27 February 2016

Does really panthers live in Florida? //Panther is also an ancient hellenic word.the first element 'pan' to mean every and the second ther to mean the beast, so the compound 'panther' =the cattle that hunts every other beast.

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Barry Middleton 27 February 2016

The Florida panther is the same species as the American mountain lion or cougar. The Florida branch I believe is a sub-species. And yes we have some. I have only seen one in 43 years in Florida. But they have been spotted by others no more than 10 miles from my home. I did not know of the Greek origin of the word. Now I do. Thanks.

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