Best Skunks Poems
I wanted a pet, but one more unique
than a bird or a dog or a cat.
So I went onto Craig’s List so I could seek
a ferret! Yes, I sure fancied that.
I found a ferret and bought him a leash,
but he’d slither away from my view.
He never would keep in his own niche.
Oh, boy, what was I going to do?
My ferret just vanished. Ummm, actually,
when he got loose in my neighborhood,
I simply stopped looking for him; I suppose
he’s living nearby now in the wood!
There was a raccoon, slipped into my house
through a small doggy door that I had,
destroyed my kitchen – and worse than a mouse -
he eats tons, and he bites when he’s mad!
That racoon I never again want to see.
My house he made look like a pig sty.
I closed up the doggy door. Racoon, bye-bye!
Go play with the squirrels in my tree.
I heard that a skunk might make a good pet.
They are friendly, so playful and sweet.
My de-scented skunk just hasn’t learned yet
to stop peeing on top of the sheet.
Ferrets, racoons, and skunks – oh my!
If you’re better at training than me,
perhaps a sweet skunk you’d like to buy?
Better yet, you can have him for free!
May 23, 2018 for Maureen McGreavy's
Dandelions Tiger Lilies And Bearberries Oh My Poetry Contest
Why do we say someone is “drunk as a skunk?”
In truth, has anyone ever seen a skunk drunk?
Written August 9, 2022
After I thunk and I thunk and I thunk
I thought of something good about skunks
They eat grubs which ruin your yard
'Course, the skunks dig your lawn up first
Never mind ~ Kindly disregard
When you're sober and everyone's drunk.
It's like babysitting for a bunch of skunks.
There's a lot of hijinks and farting.
By the end of the party everyone's bawling and blowing chunks.
Skunks have religious sanctum in Bombay
Protected from hunting both night and day
Skunk whisper was good
But misunderstood
When in skunk language they said, "Let us spray!"
Skunks were sent here to test a couple of our five senses-if we see them we run, if we smell them we run