Let’s get the week off to an unusual start with a poem from Justice Greg Hobbs. Hobbs, a CFWE Board member, shares this poem after a recent trip to Botswana and South Africa.

Inspired to see some of these animals here in Colorado? There’s always the zoo… learn about water at the zoo here. Do you enjoy Justice Hobbs’ poetry? If you missed it, check out Colorado Mother of Rivers– a poem and rap.

Tell It True And Edible, Greg Hobbs 9/14/2013

Photos by Greg and Bobbie Hobbs and Leigh and Mike Wilson

Cheetah’s fast, but can’t climb trees,

Leopard hangs his kill aloft

Hyenas hear the warthog’s squeal

Chase the leopard off;

Lioness will crouch and still,

Impala cross in fleet review

Male lion will supervise

Her choice of his next meal;

Rhino marks his boundaries

In piles of dung and urine spray,

Elephant will knock down trees

For tasty strip beneath the bark;

Dwarf Mongoose will dwell within

Shattered branches cast aside,

Wild Dogs rejoice in ganging up

Hippos move in pools of eyes;

Cape Buffalo wears a judge’s wig

Vervet Monkey face of regal blue

Water Buck a target for a rear

Jackal takes advantage.