Nature's Wonders: Fact & Fiction - ( By David Hurt)

David Hurt's Oryx: Masters of Survival

The Oryx, with their once human hunters now helping their species to survive, is increasing in numbers.

From near extinction, due to over hunting, the masters of the desert are holding on. 

I hope you enjoy this poem dedicated to these remarkable animals...

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Ghostly spirits

In a harsh world,

Sense life's fluidic miracle

From vast distances

All around their blistering home...

Their blistering home,

That hides

Life's miracle fluid

To challenge the apparitions,

The masters of the sand seas,

To survive

Or perish

At its will...

Males rut,

To secure territory

And a harem...

The losers,

Face fatal wounds,

Harsh winds

And starvation...

Together,

They are diligent

And formidable

Against their desert foe...

Alone,

Fate

Can be sympathetic or

Merciless...

Yet hope,

Beckons

Their survival

No matter the odds

Against them...