Chickadee Poems

A blue jay cries high in the tree
on a branch, vibrant blues we see

A cardinal pair perched for seed
as the bright red male takes the lead 

A chickadee lands as he sings
a dee, dee, dee and flaps his wings

A grey...Read More

A bird succumbed by its family, 
With a dainty little song
They survive natures winters
They survive through it all
So I wonder about this chickadee 
Which visits me
And I wonder what a coincidence it may be
That I’ve never had birds
Or even heard...Read More

No lentil beans before bedtime unless...
(alternately titled: unrelenting flatulence)

Ya wanna count bajillion sheep,
but tween gluteus maximus powerful
natural gas explosions during sleep
(ass suspected source) – courtesy missus
she served me lentil beans piled outsize heap

sinister been off fish shunt ploy
spouse I may...Read More

Is that a Robin in the Nimbus, I see
or perhaps a large chickadee?
Why there’s an assembly of foul progeny,
in that gargantuan, puffball sea,
that seem to be mocking me.

Oh, who populates those thunderheads?
I see not one, cardinal of red.
That vaporous curtain,...Read More

My heart sings lines of poetry
Inside my head I dance carefree
The grass is cool between spry toes
Serene adrift a purple rose
How summer days so quickly flee

Astray a breezy melody
Stir charming notes of fantasy
As 'neath blue skies the river flows 
My...Read More

If I am not here to see
Let him in, my little chickadee
If the bell rings twice it’s a pair
Don’t shut them out, its’ not fair

If I don’t hear this little bird
He’ll fly away, not leaving a word,
From whence he came,...Read More

Anniversary Poem-Things Not Missed

On this our anniversary
I just could not forget to thank you 
for the things not missed
since you and I have met.
I would have missed the setting sun
With you there by my side.
I would have missed the shooting...Read More

Anniversary Poem-Things Not Missed

On this our anniversary
I just could not forget to thank you 
for the things not missed
since you and I have met.
I would have missed the setting sun
With you there by my side.
I would have missed the shooting...Read More

wildflower blossoms
                           a chickadee    twittering . . . 
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The colorant of dawn, the cardinal sees,
intoning its hues with, “pretty...pretty...pretty.”

As I covet red feathers, in the teaberry tree,
the sunlit chickadee harmonizes, “hey sweetie.”

The woodpecker like a heckler is pining for laughs -
pounding, drumming the marionette for gaffs.

A tufted titmouse...Read More

CHICKADEE
By Valerie D. Staton

Outside my window in a maple tree,
I saw the most beautiful Chickadee;
Seated on a bough, the little songbird,
Sang the sweetest song I’d ever heard;
The tiny bird’s song drew other birds near,
Creepers and Kinglets I could clearly hear;
When...Read More

Chickadee chirping on the tree,
Let's swing free, let's swing free,
Robin rocking on the treetop,
Jump and hop, jump and hop;

Woodpecker wonders in the sun,
Let's have fun, let's have fun,
A blue jay blitzes through the din,
Sing to win, sing to win.



02/15/19
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Precariously perched outside my window pane
Each morning giddy playfulness he loves to feign

A black-capped chickadee punctually greets me
From atop a fragrant branch of my lilac tree

Whistles praising the glory of the rising sun
He calls me to come out for play...Read More

I rose; my ears pricked to a cheerful bird on the lawn
 'Twas a lone chickadee singing at the break of dawn




Date written and posted: 01/31/2019...Read More

Is hard for this chickadee.
I wasn't raised with computers even as an employee
So that makes me
Really slow.
People say let your children show
You how
To do it or watch a video.
Right! My children don't have the patience to train
A flea.
Yet, I keep...Read More

Born of smoke and fire glow
In those blazing summers of long ago
Little mountaintop pagodas
Wooden cabs with cute cupolas
Guardians of the grand Sequoia
Douglas fir and ponderosa

Where vigil kept with eagle eyes
Spotted smokes of wildland fires
Called the word to those below
When lightning...Read More

The cold rain keeps on pouring day to day
I can only tolerate dismal views so long
Waiting for things to clear and sun to shine
Is it my life or just the weather?
Well, it has become some of both
Waiting for the skies...Read More

This sole jeering, albeit grace
full soulful foo fighting - base
sic primate approaching - at a pace
faster than prefer 
     hubble even lace
sing electric shoes to 
     evade senescence - aging case
closed, asper...Read More

I stand here
A chickadee at my feet
With the dogs content to sniff about
I stand here and I wait

One by one more of them come out
They flit about me in the leaf litter
Trapeze around me in the trees
Soon different silhouettes appear
Shy...Read More

(ah miss bing amiss with former mistress)

Oh Glenda (Miz Gee gee) 
     years elapsed since, I didst hawk 
     verboten fruit adrip
from yar verdant bough,  
     thy...Read More

Rain falls outside my window so softly,
the grass, flowers and trees need it awfully,
and I sit drinking tea listening calmly.
   Drip, drop and wind chimes whisper,
      and wind chimes whisper.

In the distance the...Read More

breaking the silence 
chickadee-dee-dee-dee-dee
natures wake up call...Read More

Whenever I feel a bout of ennui
I open my window to grasp at affinity
I fill my lungs with the perfume of sweet pea
And say hello to the bumblebee and chickadee

Nature easily melts away any and all anxiety
Without a sign of...Read More

wildflower blossoms
                           a chickadee    twittering . . . 
  ...Read More

Shelley, my sweet loving daughter-in-law
Is having a tough time with a physical flaw
A very strong sweetie
Impressed by this chickadee
Never known anyone with so much hutzpah




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