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Afoul of a Fowl

Time has come for getting tough
               For I have now had quite enough

Day-after-day this kid comes 'round
               To pester me like some old hound

Pelting me with day-old bread
               And poking posies at my head

Calling me these cutesy names
               And forcing me to kiddie games

Her silly parties, cakes and tea
               Are not what they're quacked up to be

Hugging spells I've barely weathered
               If not for her, I'm fully-feathered

And if you please, I've had my fill
               Her painting lipstick on my bill

Now she's pulled the final straw
               A rare offense of barnyard law

Spraying me with bottled water
               (Soon, she'll find how far it got her)

Now it's MY turn for some fun
               I'll get that chicky on the run!

Perhaps she'll learn, when run amuck -
               That "NO" means nothing ... to a duck.




* FIRST PLACE in the "There Is A Brighter Side" Poetry Contest, Eve Roper, Sponsor. I have selected picture number one (#1) for my poem. *

Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2018

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Line Gauthier Date: 4/21/2018 8:22:00 PM Back with belated congrats on your win with this beauty. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/22/2018 6:48:00 AM Thank you, Line - this was fun! :-)

Sandra Haight Date: 1/30/2018 5:36:00 PM Your poem is well-written, funny and so entertaining, Gregory! I really enjoyed it. Congratulations on your first place win! Sandra Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 2/1/2018 3:20:00 AM Thank you so very much, Sandra, you're always so kind to me ... blessings to you, my friend! :-) <3

Jan Allison Date: 1/29/2018 5:38:00 PM you quack me up with this poem Greg, congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/29/2018 10:12:00 PM I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, Jan, thank you so much ... blessings, my friend! :-) <3

Line Gauthier Date: 1/29/2018 2:19:00 PM What an awesome poem full of funny imagery. Superbly done, Gregory. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/29/2018 10:11:00 PM That's so nice, Line, thank you very much ... blessings, my friend! :-) <3

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib Date: 1/29/2018 10:26:00 AM Back with congrats! X's n' O's <3 Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/29/2018 10:11:00 PM Thank you so much, Mo ... blessings. :-)

Mick Talbot Date: 1/29/2018 9:57:00 AM Boy did I enjoy that, absolutely quackers I am, congratulations on a quacking win Gregory! ;-) Mick Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/29/2018 10:10:00 PM LOL thanks so much, Mick - glad you got a chuckle, my friend! :-)

Eve Roper Date: 1/28/2018 9:23:00 PM Congratulations on your win, Gregory, you captured what I was looking for. Great write :) Hugs Eve ~`* Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/29/2018 3:15:00 AM Thank you very much, Eve - I am humbled and honored to be on such a list of wonderful poets! So pleased you enjoyed my write - it was a lot of fun! :-) <3

Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/18/2018 4:54:00 PM this is just darling, my friend. I believe it's the first one I read based on the duck!! My black cat will be up next for me!! After that, our collab! Soupie. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/19/2018 12:16:00 AM I will check out your cat! I haven't seen any of the others for this one yet ... is there a place where the poems already entered in a contest are listed? (I assume you've just seen others by reading personal pages, as I don't know of any such place, except for the judge, of course). I'm so pleased you liked my duck poem - it was fun! :-) (Soup Mail back atcha)

Dale Gregory Cozart Date: 1/17/2018 5:12:00 PM Very cute and awesomely well-written! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/18/2018 1:17:00 AM I so appreciate that, Dale ... best wishes to you, my friend! :-)

Kim Rodrigues Date: 1/17/2018 10:09:00 AM LOL! Great fun in the barnyard! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/18/2018 1:16:00 AM Thanks so much, Kim - blessings, friend! :-) <3

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib Date: 1/17/2018 8:12:00 AM Ha awesome! Hilarious ink my sweet friend :) my best to you in the contest Greg <3 xomo! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/18/2018 1:16:00 AM Very kind of you, Mo, thank you so much! I'm glad you liked this little ditty - it was fun! :-) <3

Silent One Date: 1/17/2018 6:50:00 AM A fantastic poem Greg, this should do well in your contest.. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/18/2018 1:15:00 AM Thank you, my friend, I greatly appreciate that! :-)

Sneha Rv Date: 1/17/2018 5:36:00 AM Genius again!! 'Quacked up to be' and 'A rare offence of barnyard law' are SO clever.. this will do great in the contest :)) I also love the title and the ending! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 1/17/2018 6:17:00 AM Thank you so very much, Sneha, I greatly appreciate the kind comments! Blessings, my friend! :-) <3