Everything is ducky in their house I bet
I turned and saw the twins – Annie and Annette
Wearing duck hats and ducks on their feet
With dour expressions, they never look sweet
Sure, just ducky I agreed and we all had a laugh
The elephant, raccoon, me and the giant giraffe
Annie and Annette have been grumpy since day one.
I do not think they have even once had a bit of fun
The fact that they dress in ducks is amusing to us
They look stupidly silly, said a sloth name of Gus
He rarely comments, said the elephant’s daughter.
I smiled myself as these grumps came out of the water.
Wearing ducks as if to say everything is ducky
When their expressions always say the world is yucky
The contrast brought a bit of a smile on me
Then they turned and dove back into the Indian Sea.
One day Donald Duck
was down on his luck
chewed on a juicy hot chili
soon forgot how he felt silly
Rooting for zany and cunning Daffy Duck
wrong place wrong time ~ somewhat of a schmuck
at the wrong end of Elmer Fudd’s gun
not much fun to always be on the run
AP: 3rd place 2025
Wannabe film star Donald Duck
With Walt Disney tried his luck.
His antics amused him
Disney used him
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Placed 4th : Standard Contest
Donald Duck and Daisy Duck
had so much plucky luck
they invested in tranquil park ponds
then meditated swimming alongside fronds !
A fussy fellow is Donald Duck
He gripes about everything saying, "I have bad luck!"
Don't know how he keeps his girl friend, Daisy
Cuz when he loses his temper he acts kinda crazy.
Baby Duck Testing Boundaries – Not A Swan
If I Could Choose My
Superpower, “Oh
Genie Of The 1001
Lamps… All Lamp Lights…”
It Would Be
Non-Conformity…
Perspectives Are
Hidden Everywhere,
Many Still Absolutely
Unique.
And Because It’s
An Actual Power,
Nobody Can Say:
“He's One Of Those,
Or He's One Of These..
We Know That Kind,
Make Sure It's Fixed…”
Because It Is SUPER!
No Need To Fix.
If This Sounds Familiar
To You, Well Then:
“Oops.”
Guess I’ll
Keep At It Then,
Quack.
-Gray Squirrel
07-15-2025
Seen as a collection of spare parts
swimming in close formation
neither fish nor fowl
from a southern hemisphere nation
sewn together as if torn asunder
the amphibian antipodean
from way Down Under
is the odd-looking bottom-feeding
no muss nor fuss
otter-footed beaver-tailed
egg-laying duck-billed platypus
the males of which are venomous
an excellent swimmer
whenever it dives
it closes its ears nose and eyes
altho' a riparian carnivore
electroreception is how it survives
Mandarina duck was bragging a teensy bit
Blue jay heard of it, and threw a giant fit
She was speaking of her crest as if it was unique
I have a crest also, Bart the blue jay did speak
Mandarina duck preened, showing off her black and white trim.
I have that too, Bart pointed out to a cardinal named Jim.
Jim flew off, not wanting to get into this turmoil
Mandarina duck made fun of the jay; his anger now on boil
I am the most colorful with my browns, rusts, and copper colors.
Bart the blue jay was told of this bragging by his mischievous brothers.
Mandarina duck has the ugliest beak, it is such a dull blah red.
These enemies held on to this grudge until both were dead.
They might have been friends, if they had tried even a bit.
But she was such an opinionated duck, and he was a bit of a chit.
Power starts to wane,
Decisions lose their sharp edge,
New winds soon will blow.
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What are you all quacking about!
A little rain never hurt anyone!
Let's do the chicken splash together.
No raincoats or umbrellas are needed,
just a ducky spirit with attitude.
Do not reply if you are afraid to get wet,
or if you want to be a bore.
Now for some rain fun!
Put your right web foot in,
now put your left wed foot in.
Back up and do it again.
All together we will do the chicken splash,
one, two, three, now jump in the puddle.
Is everyone good and wet?
Then we did the chicken splash,
the ducky way.
Doris is a duck who likes to overindulge whenever she can.
She overcompensates because she has no dog, cat or man.
Today I saw her eat three boxes of chocolates in an hour
Then she drank a bottle of wine, to give her happy power.
I have no advice to give, and I am glad that she does not ask.
A second ago I watched her drink something out of a flask.
Why don’t you set her up with a friend? My husband asked me.
She has never been satisfied with a husband, scratching out three.
Time runs out, no more
Power wanes, the wings are clipped,
Legacy remains.
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Of all the songs
You seem to be
The tuneless one,
Less subtlety.
God's orchestra
Has dealt a hand—
More toneless rasp
Than golden strand.
I wonder if
You long to be
A star
In morning's reverie.
Do tears well up?
Perhaps that's why
You paddle more
Than flit and fly.
And yet…
I see you
Standing proud—
Such confidence
In every crowd.
You waddle round,
For pictures pose—
Such character
Without a nose.
You dress with style,
All brown and green.
There's pride in how
You peck and preen.
You're grounded,
Yet you float and glide.
No treetop nest—
You strut with pride.
So maybe I
Prejudged your tone—
Less violin,
More slide trombone.
In that, the panoply
Of life
Requires such confidence
Amid the strife.
To show us humans
Not to compare—
Just be yourselves,
Be fair and square.
And when life gives you
Orange sauce,
Puff out your chest…
Just stay on course.
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” ~ naturalist John Muir
For my parents, one dog, and four boys,
after six hours of switchbacks with no break,
when majestic waters glitter turquoise,
there is no other beauty like Duck Lake.
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