Hatch Poems

Losing Face

One may see puffins and parrots
any hour of the week
both birds bear a big colourful beak
the former pelagic feed on fish
and live in large colonies on coastal cliffs
tho' monogamous collectively breed as a bunch
but with renown as the Atlantic sea clown
in Iceland several are served as lunch
the latter arboreal primarily frugivorous
toco being by far the largest
are opportunistic and occasionally omnivorous
to a few prudes it may seem unseemly or rude
and yet if they stick around they'll later get down
as their chicks are seen to hatch in the nude
these avians may fly high in the sky
have the same such things as two wings and legs
and of each species the female lays eggs
but that's where similarity does stop
one puffin can do more than toucan do
in more or less of a day
after mating its pecker turns grey
and without waiting its bill it will drop

Hatch

• I found a tiny snake egg
• I wonder if it will hatch
• I've heard they'll hatch faster with heat
• So I lit it up with a match

eggs hatch at school

incubator day
children wait for eggs to hatch
one chick pecks away

teacher covers cage
six chicks emerge overnight
only one hold out

this egg never cracks
wise teacher takes it away
quietly alone

hatch of horseflies

hatch of horseflies
under blanketed storage
prepare their offense

When Hatch Down Did Batten Horn Haik

when hatch down did batten
then up would have to fatten
when I learned Latin

Robins

When I went out this morning,
I heard two robins somewhere singing.
Then, I heard them in a bush;
One said to the other: Shush...
our unhatched babies are laughing.

Dirty Words Hatch Fight

Hard blows traded in pitch-black night:
What do you expect? Funny fight?
The lips of the young devils tight!
All Blacks who’d seen films of Sir White,
In which men fought and forgot flight…

Speedy entry of teeth that bite:
From pain one of the Blacks turned white.

Still, exchange of blows at the site!
They had agreed “Till night says ‘Light,’”
Their eyes confirming a sky bright
And - just like that - gross shows of might;
No lip to take up “What is right…

Dirty words just hatched a night fight
Three lives: the chicks lost to The Kite…

Safety Latch Or Escape Hatch

Doors unlocked
          Opportunity knocks

        Doors closed
          Fears exposed

Nits Hatch - She'Ll Scratch

Louise
has fleas

And nits –
the pits!

Scratch head
In bed

Sore bites
from mites

Sleeps bad
goes mad

Bedding -
shedding

Gets cross
with boss

(Itchy
B itchy)

Feels rough
buys stuff

Lotions
potions

Bug foam
nit comb

Prepare
cleanse hair

Comb through
shampoo

Hair washed
lice quashed

Nit free -
happy!

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12/18/20

The Hatch Shell

I rowed from Cambridge where
my scull was slapped by the wake
of the long boats from MIT and Harvard

then   dodged the hodgepodge of
tiny sloops in the lower basin
competing and sharing the venue

along the bank   in my "own" space
    I drifted

flags waving from the shore spoke of the night

the Esplanade was awash with revelers
so many flags moved and reflected 
off the lazy waves and celebrated
to the hum of strings straining to tune

the Anthem was the birthday hymn

The Stars and Stripes Forever
wrestled with my recollections
of "Web- Footed Friends"

Until Longfellow's soul hovered - smiling
and Tchaikovsky's gift reverberated

shell and cannon echoed over the Charles 
and through the city spires

in the brilliant sky  colors danced with
each embellished percussion
candles for THE birthday and
wishes for peace  was in the hearts
of all who shared

Escape Hatch

One last street light glows
Where faith was lost and gone
It wasn't so long ago
You found yourself all alone
I know, I know...
Been down so long
Drop the burden , let it go
Find yourself another road
I was told
Always an escape hatch home

Reach out and touch the day
Time to live another way
If it ain't what it seems to be 
Find a way, plant the seed
I know , I know...
Been down so long
Drop the burden , let it go
Find yourself another road
I was told
Always an escape hatch home

Sometimes 
No reason or ryme
Sometimes
It's a prison
A prison in your mind.....

J.Bovee copyright-2018

Waiting To Hatch

it's been so long that
i'd completely forgotten
and now it seems
a battered weathered wreck
on the verge of change
things not to be spoken of yet

stan sand

The Egg's Gonna Hatch

The Egg’s Gonna’ Hatch (Revised)

The egg's gonna hatch, gonna bring in some light,
Keep it warm all day and into the night.
The cloud’s gonna break and make everything swell,
As a young chick's head pops out of the shell.

I woke up late, and that's just fine.
Cold 'n the morn and chilled by the time,
Oh, sunny day, whatcha gonna do for me?
Afternoon's past, and the sun's under the sea.
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Copyright 2016 / Worth Working For Enterprises
Written by a 9-year-old for my novel
'The Girl at the Rest Stop'

Escape Hatch

(A Blank Verse Sonnet)

The moon creeps through the barnyard's busy night
where ducks chase bugs on top of pond's still face
and turtles wait in murky bottom's sludge
for tasty treats to float across their view.

A pair of mallards glide behind their young.
From shadows they emerge with watchful eye
while ducklings play in reckless, cheerful joy
and turtles watch as webbed feet paddle by

but ducks in statue stance evade their doom.
As turtle swims behind to snag a foot,
a large dark shape appears to thwart her aim.

The Goddess of the moon-lit summer sky
sends clouds to move beneath the moon's bright rays
and hides the swimmers in the ripple's ruff.

Hatch Bird! Hatch!

Once there was a nest
high in a tree
where no one could even reach it
of course
In that tree was a little bird
who knew everything
that his mom said to do
because his mom said it in a way
that he could hear in his egg
For that, he giggled 
when he hatched.
He was not able to fly
but he was able to walk
He walked to his mom
and they lived happily ever after
and never went anywhere without each other.

The End

Ava

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