Food Raccoon Poems

You've heard of me.
You've seen me around.
I nest in cabins, garages, sheds, 
Trailer parks, abandoned buildings, 
Even on your attic.
I'm not as cuddly as I...

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JOE VERSUS THE RACCOON 
By Kate H. Stark


Each night ‘twas the same old proverbial shout. 
“Hey Joe, will you please take the garbage bags out?”

Joe...

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The raccoon was brazen
Bold, devilishly handsome
I fell in love quickly
I know. Raccoons are no good for opossums
But the heart wants who the heart wants.

We met...

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I heard them on the porch.
         They crept up stealthily, like ninjas.
     ...

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against the moonlight
the cool masked invaders
steal the cat’s food...

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Ricky looked like a bandit ,for across his face
was a wide black mask that he never could erase.

See, Ricky was a critter who was born...

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On my porch
is a raccoon-
He said he’d leave by June,
but he’s been stealing all my spoons;
and his paws are always in my pots,
tying my plants...

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Raccoons are very sneaky
Finding food is their task
At night it’s hard to see them
Because they wear a mask...

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