THE LADY - MY FEATHERY FRIEND
...Here is a poem I wrote (photo's of THE LADY, chicken,
on my Instagram account daisymeadows2023. Photo's
by @leebrewin)
THE LADY (the chicken) - MY FEATHERY FRIEND
THE LADY
I wake up in t...
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Categories:
mealworms, animal, funny, nature,
Form: Rhyme
A Murder of Crows
...A murder of crows
A crowd of pigeons
A mob of mealworms
Hedgehogs? A smidgen
A swarm of swans
A drove of ducks
A throng of turkeys
This horde is full of un-lucks...
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Categories:
mealworms, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Free verse
Bird Table Fable
...Whenever I’m able I raid the bird table
I snap up some mealworms and go
The nearby house owner a bad tempered moaner
Berates me because I’m a crow
That snotty Rob Robin just sits there bob bobb...
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Categories:
mealworms, bird, humorous,
Form: Personification
The Bat
...My first encounter with a brown bat was at Long Lake as a kid. It was in the dark of night. I was in a rowboat with a friend guiding the boat. I was watching the water intently with a flashlight, and...
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Categories:
mealworms, animal, boat, children, environment,
Form: Prose
Night of the Full Moon
...Night of the full moon
Whale fish are most adept at swimming around in a shot glass but glass goblets are preferred by dolphins whose long dorsal fin opts for wide open rimmed spaces. Stingrays de...
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Categories:
mealworms, allusion,
Form: I do not know?
Walter Iii: Walters' Strange Bath
...This is the Third in a series that I wrote for my son a few years back. I wrote the first and he asked for more. I think they got a little better with each one, but am also a little biased. Hope y...
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Categories:
mealworms, animal, child, children, fun,
Form: Couplet
My Morning Alarm
...My son rises each morning and easily awakes;
He runs into my room and gives me a hardy shake.
There is no sleepiness in the sound of his excited voice;
The things that he says to me make me smile;...
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Categories:
mealworms, sonson, me, me, morning,
Form: Rhyme