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sl8

(13,736 posts) Fri Sep 11, 2020, 03:57 PM Sep 2020

Beirut pelican

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Beirut pelican (Original Post) sl8 Sep 2020 OP

"The Pelican": tblue37 Sep 2020 #1

That's great! Thanks. n/t sl8 Sep 2020 #2

Is this an Ogden Nash? Karadeniz Sep 2020 #3

No. Dixon Lanier Merritt. (I added the author to my post.) nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #4

I didn't know pelicans were so big! The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #5

Love pelicans! Thank you for post. N/t Jetheels Sep 2020 #6

tblue37

(65,328 posts)

1. "The Pelican":

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:04 PM

Sep 2020

by Dixon Lanier Merritt

A wonderful bird is the pelican.
Its bill can hold more than its belican.
It can hold in its beak
Food enough for a week.
But I'm damned if I see how the helican!