Tricked

Silently he moves,
secretive by nature,
cautious by design,
startled by sudden movement,
dashes to safety,
watchful in his burrow,
tricked by skeletal shadows
of overgrown grass,
hunger pangs his insides,
ignored,
greater his will to survive.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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February 6, 2010 at 2:24 PM
The groundhog has his moment once a year ... this year may be his last being predicted... with 25 inches of snow in New Jersey... today ... the groundhog was telling the truth about winter... a genius of a write Mac... luv.. Linda-Marie..
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February 6, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Hi Mac, I'm a new member of the poetry group and have just begun to noodle around. The poem about is delightfully perceptive. It makes me think I can be inside the burrow with the groundhog, feeling what he is feeling. I had some groundhogs behind my house and I reveled in them, pleased that I could have nature so close. A new neighbor had them all taken away. Why? They were harmless. What a philistine! Harriet Perlis
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February 5, 2010 at 11:16 PM
Very nice read...I especially like "watchful in his burrow" enjoyed...Marty
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February 5, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Very interesting poem and I like how you just leave us speculating on what animal this is. Mac, on that diamond poem, I was the one digging for diamonds, so if I said YOU had found the gem, it would make me sound really conceited, like I would be telling the reader that he had found ME. My purpose was to say I had found the gem, which is YOU! CAn ya DIG it?? Hahahaha. And YOU are a gem, dear man! Luv, Andrea
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