A Playful Panda of a Poem
She glows and she glitters
from sunset to sunrise
she is an all night lady
with tachycardic eyes
She loves the crickets of Quorrobolong
the whimsy of the wind
the noisy cross-eyed mynah
the clatter of rubbish bins
She has a tachycardic heart
and tachycardic toes
and takes herself off
wherever the wild wind blows
She loves the smell of coquetry
the stars, the perfumed black
and when she finally settles, eats
French Fries and Big Macs
*pic courtesy of pinterest
John Malone 
This definitely caught my attention. Thanks Anita
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thanks Anita; it’s the first poem launched on my new blog; hope it attracts some attention; glad it did yours 🙂
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Oh, she’s so much like me, it’s not even funny (except I don’t eat Big Macs anymore.) What a lovely and educational verse, John.
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🙂 thanks so much for commenting, K; it’s the first poem launched on my new blog so I was nervous about the reaction —
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How exciting. I didn’t realize. What fun. Good luck Panda, how could you go wrong? 😀
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thanks for the encouragement, K; it took a long time for readers to warm to this one, but I think, hope, they are now 🙂
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Oh No, Please don’t feed her French Fries and Big Macks. That’s not healthy. Lol
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Lol. I just wanted a banal ending to bring this flight of fancy back to earth; and what a better way to do it than have this magical creature eating fries and a burger at macca’s 🙂
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Congrats on the new blog. Why the change? I looked up tachycardic and ut seems to have to do with an abnormally fast heart rate. I feel like this is a metaphor, this piece. But I am not sure that i fully grasp it. But as a description of a character who one might imagine to be a giant panda, it is very endearing and delightful.
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I’ve been building up for a change for a while, Worms; bored with the old look; wrote this playful, whimsical piece — It all started with the word ‘tachycardic’ and the phrase ‘playful panda’ came to mind; I’m not sure if the poem has coherence; I just wanted to be playful, with phrases and images; paint some kind of picture; it just seemed to call for a new blog —
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ah. :-). Lovely!
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and she has wonderful taste!
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Lol, I enjoy occasional secret sorties into Macca’s 🙂
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Hope she’s able to burn those cals. Lol. A fresh and fun poem, John. 🙂
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I felt it was the right poem to launch a fresh look blog; actually the title came first ‘Playful Panda’ then I wrote a poem to fit it
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Playful Panda. Love it. Suits you very well. I had to look up Quorrobolong and tachycardic.
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Lol. thanks Bob; I’m a sucker for the sound of words — and I just love ‘tachycardic toes’ 🙂
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Is there anything unhealthier or tastier than a Big Mac? Life can be like that.
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so true 🙂 I felt that was a good ending to an adventure; good to hear from you 🙂
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Love it, full of playful fun and games. Better put on my Panda suit and go for Donkey with the French.
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hahaha; glad you enjoyed it, Ulle; I’m trying to picture you in a Panda suit 🙂
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I bear it with pride
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Lol 🙂 love your puns, Ulle; where do you come up with these zingers ? poor English, but you know what I mean 🙂
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👍
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thank you; welcome to my blog 🙂
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Playful Panda Poetry – I love it! Particularly this stanza that begins, “She has a tachycardic heart…” The alliteration and rhymes are so satisfying✌️🐼🍔
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you gotta be original; sometimes sound is truer that meaning 🙂
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So true
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Manic movies are far from the only genre I enjoy, BUT, here is another one. Have you seen Kung Fu Panda? Dreamworks animation.
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I have and loved it 🙂
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🐼💥🎋
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