So, Woody was happy with the arrival of 12 blocks of suet.
He wasn't yelling anymore at an empty feeder, when he came to it.
But then suddenly, a new problem came about...
Something stole not only the suet, but the whole feeder hanging out!
Yes, a thief was taking it away during the night...
But, who was the thief? The squirrel or bear out of sight?
I kept searching the yard to find it and bring it back,
While Woody was yelling at me as if I had done the thief attack!
At the end of the day, I brought the feeder inside.
Then, one morning the culprit decided not to hide!
Down the corner of the porch, there was the squirrel, carrying it away!
I scolded him and put it back up with a better nail that day.
When I left home the next day, again it was gone!
This time I couldn't find it anywhere in the trees or lawn.
Then the next day, the bear was walking across the backyard hill!
Making me wonder, were they both now having a thrill?
There is still no feeder, now Woody gave up for now...
I've been busy, so no new one and the old not found.
Heidi Sands
11/13/22
Categories:
bear out, animal, bird, food,
Form: Rhyme
I went out to take a walk in the lake
Laughed at by doughnuts and chocolate cake
Came back in and gave their trays both a shake
Doughnuts did fine, but now cake has a break.
Where are you going my husband asked me.
To walk in the lake or climb up that tree.
I did not want company, can you see?
Started back out at a quarter to three.
Changed my mind when I saw a bear out there.
He gave me the eye, a menacing stare.
You’re so wishy washy said husband Jer.
So I sent him outside with a lawn chair.
Categories:
bear out, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
unaware
there's a
bear out
side my
tent for
i forgot
and kept
my tooth
paste
with
me
instead
of hang
ing it in
a tree a
bove me
with my
other
things
while in
my sleep
ing bag i'm
simply
meat
nicely
tucked
in begin
ning to
feel like
a mint
soft
shell
ed taco
Categories:
bear out, muse,
Form: I do not know?
*Image of Kaleidoscope In Blue by Giphy.
When The Blues Are Fun
You consume the whole of me constantly,
Fair drafts ensure flight of our loyal tryst,
Though all known plans bear out uncertainty,
Our center grants said goals to be unmissed.
A misty vineyard drips of subtle dew,
And swells our noble chalice soberly,
Till such, we seal all promises won true,
Our profuse veins sip fortuitously.
Heaven embraces what Earth put apart,
Relished values carried by moral wings,
Sound valor our cultures nobly impart,
Adopted rivalries temptation brings.
Glorious when the twain of us was one,
Our intrepid tales, nonetheless, homespun.
2019 November 28
*1st Place*
A BRIAN STRAND FORMAL
~~Brian Strand: Judged 2022 March 12
*3rd Place*
2019 best sonnet
~~John Hamilton: Judged 2019 December 16
*3rd Place*
Best Friend Sonnet
~~Regina McIntosh: Judged 2019 December 22
Categories:
bear out, childhood, friendship, life,
Form: Sonnet
I have spent too much time
Searching out for your approval,
For your go ahead for me to do
Anything within this world
But now I say:
I am mine, I am my own.
I will not strip down naked for you
Bear out the blessings of God to you
For you and your weak pleasures,
For this is mine and mine alone
For now I know:
I am mine, I am my own.
I am no longer tangled
Within your chain of lies,
Your assumptions of who I am,
What I have to be
As now I know:
I am mine, I am my own.
I am not afraid of you any more,
I no longer fear your shadow,
Though you come bearing guns,
I stand with the armor of spirit
Knowing very well that:
I am mine, I am my own.
Categories:
bear out, appreciation, self,
Form: Free verse
Keep your cool
wandering in the flow of desolation
you seek shelter on a long awaited vacation
in the midst of the emergency
this much you must agree
this old world is not are home
were not a bear out to roam
each new day we must pray
in every situation one must give praise
some are called to do little things
to bask in the vast expanse under his wings
although the years have passed
still having every reason to grasp
people today are quite moody
living in there land of make believe
building up your faith and force to move me
a challenge to be free is a question of time
make sure your heart is in the right place
we can each learn from are past mistakes
some may call this fate
yet we are alive and we all must learn to thrive
thank God that you are still alive
obey the golden rule
keep your cool
Categories:
bear out, anxiety, art,
Form: Free verse
Oh lonely Inevitable Bear,
Padding claws, death in white
Sorrow in recurring nightmare
Instinct’s test; fight or flight?
Camouflage against the fence,
A challenge; my subconscious fear
Ominous slowly moving silence,
“Let me in, there’s a bear out here!”
Categories:
bear out, adventure, allegory, angst, animal,
Form: Verse
You are the sunshine in my life
You are the one I can’t bear out of my sight
You are where I belong
You are the ache I feel in every song
You are the part of my each day
You are the word when I don’t say
You are the comfort in the night
You are the reason the day rise bright
My heart beat just for you
I can climb the endless heights just for you
You are the relief in my breath
You are who turn my living pain into death
Whenever I close my eyes
All around I see your face
Accept my love ,luv
Please don’t play the heart chase
You are the flower of light
That has lighted my dark inner side
When my lips move they say your name
Without you my days would never be the same
For thousand other reason which are hard to describe
You are the love of my life
Categories:
bear out, forgivenessheart, heart, love,
Form: I do not know?