Short Hedgehogs Poems

As November draws to its close
the hedgehogs snuggle in dormant pose....

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Roses Are Red 
Hedgehogs are Blue
Press A to start 
And be my player 2....

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storm savaged... naked
autumn ravaged summers last
hedgehogs hibernate...

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winter close… waiting
fall wind humming tunes… leaves dance
hedgehogs hibernate...

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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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Who says that the beasts can’t have valentines
Each of them loves in fur, feathers or spines
Positions may vary
But “the missionary”
Is surely for hedgehogs and porcupines...

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     Portraits of hedgehogs on his grimy tiled walls
        Pete did for good taste what heat does for snow balls  

     Though a weird kind of charm lay on his carpeted floor
        Not hedgehogs, but bedbugs as Pete flopped kissed him like whores
...

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Discussing the loud scary digger machine
Because it is terrifying their children
Badger takes the helm; he stirs them up
Rabbits and hedgehogs are slow to get hot
Squirrel is hopping around like a maniac, being squirrel.
Blue jay keeps his opinions silent, listening to wren and finch.
Poppies, wild rose and daisy keep their opinions for later....

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Winter has left one empty shoe
upon the doorstep.
Around that footless mouth
tulips grow
despite the muscular winds
and a thin sunshine.

The crisscrossing of the seasons
does not confuse the land,
people grow out of themselves
as do the ants and the hedgehogs,
the green womb cannot be emptied
by just one shoe and its gaping mouth
no matter how loud it shouts....

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The Hedgehog

The Hedgehog went for a walk one day.

Off out all on his own, What can I say.

He crossed the road but he forgot to look left and right.

He didn’t see the car, In his sight. 

It ran him over now he’s dead.

So we buried him, With a little cross, made out of lollipop sticks which read. 

Hedgehogs dead.  

Written for my two little Grandaughters....

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I smell the muggles coming,
Came to me in dreams
I dreamt in fields of bamboo and willow.
Willows weep upon the pillows
Of rabbit holes well nested
Nests of fur and grasses sweet,
Sweeter are the days
Daylit golden sunrise prickles,
Spiney light like hedgehogs
Glistening with dew drops
Dropping by to wake my
Eyes open, like gray pearls
Arising from foggy banks,
Reminding me to snuggle....

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Beneath the undergrowth deep
Awakening from a winter sleep,
Hedgehogs stir in nocturnal nuzzle,
Uncurl their defensive puzzle;
Shrews,woodmice and voles
Quiver,and quickly desert their holes;
Badgers air the bracken couchette,
Forage for food around their sett;
Hustle,bustle in each earthly niche
To illustrate nature's pastiche
Midst hedgerows of yesteryear,
To preserve,protect and hold dear....

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When hearts are torn in sorrow
And days await weeks to borrow 
A scented Eurasian herb called yarrow
I stand afar in glee;

When blessings are so nearby in mass
And hedgehogs hop upon the green-grass
On a melody for a dancer trying a chasse
I stand afar in glee;

When love is the surname of every being
Shimmering sincerity and guaranteeing
Its rank in holiness and power of freeing 
I stand afar in glee! 

© Guru Jad 2013...

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Santa Badger can handle it Mrs. Badger said.
She was in charge, and this is not in my head.
I have seen the two together, she gives him no leeway.
He cringes from her directions by the end of their day.

Santa Badger was a pushover and gave much away.
Bunnies, hedgehogs, and mice soon showed up to play.
Let’s go out and eat, one of the mothers suggested.
By end of the day Babysitter Badger’s nerves were sorely tested....

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heart of autumn

heart of autumn waits
 not pacing with anxious steps ~
  chrysanthemums nod

calls of soaring geese
 echo through dusk coral skies ~
  early darkness sighs

wind heralds long nights
 for fallow fields of gold chaff ~
  rain tarantellas

hazy sunlight fades
 fall shadows stretch across fields ~
  red shades of whimsy

autumn spins magic
 in hues of umber scarlet ~
  hedgehogs find warm dens

9-29-22...

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REFLECTION IMPERFECTION
Harvest moon’s reflection
Exposing earth’s imperfection


NEWBORN INNOCENCE
Innocent newborn arrives
Pray innocence survives


LONELINESS
People all around 
My loneliness abounds


OUCH
Loving my bulldogs
Unlike prickly hedgehogs


NIRVANA
Harry and Meghan
In seventh heaven


FLOWERS
Cutting blooming flowers
Only lasting hours 

Contest Brian's Choice 5
Sponsor Brian Strand
3rd Place...

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inspired by contest nature theme

Beneath the undergrowth deep
Awakening from a winter sleep,
Hedgehogs stir in nocturnal nuzzle,
Uncurl their defensive puzzle;
Shrews,woodmice and voles
Quiver,and quickly desert their holes;
Badgers air the bracken couchette,
Forage for food around their sett;
Hustle,bustle in each earthly niche
To illustrate nature's pastiche
Midst hedgerows of yesteryear,
To preserve,protect and hold dear....

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Needle spinosity into my spine; whimper - whine, dine.
Bluntness on top of cattle heads, humans must be fed.
Spikelet tack - cork. Sage stuffing, serve with pork dead.
Hedgehogs and porcupines - sharp hairs, sharp quills.
Adam's-needle, blood drops drop. Axes - blood spills.
Chevaux-de-frise; comb a peg-tooth harrow.
Watch flights of the Spring-tooth sparrow.
Canine teeth bite the black birds, absurd.
Featheredge ones pull out,
Sharp teeth under a snout....

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Autumn.
                            Chill in the air.
                    Squirrels stash bereted nuts.
             Plump hedgehogs gorge on farewell feasts
            And apples blush at the sun's warm caress. 
              Dreamy trees are roused from slumber
                   And undressed by the breeze.
                        Proud pumpkins beam;
                                 Autumn



01/09/18

Contest : Rictameter me sponsored by White Wolf...

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My little bit of natural life.
Its biodiversity rife.
Frogs, bugs, butterflies, hedgehogs, mice.
Annuals, perennials, lice.
Fruit, cherries, blackberries, no strife!

All in peak condition, no blite.
Every day new finds excite!
New for the county too, quite nice.
My little bit!

Records have to be recorded… type.
New finds my contribution… life
Each new record another slice,
For what it takes I’ll pay the price.
Enjoyed by me and my dear wife.
My little bit!...

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My little bit of natural life.
Its biodiversity rife.
Frogs, bugs, butterflies, hedgehogs, mice.
Annuals, perennials, lice.
Fruit, cherries, blackberries, no strife!

All in peak condition, no blite.
Every day new finds excite!
New for the county too, quite nice.
My little bit!

Records have to be recorded… type.
New finds my contribution… life
Each new record another slice,
For what it takes I’ll pay the price.
Enjoyed by me and my dear wife.
My little bit!...

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Save The Hedgehogs.

There's a family of hedgehogs living in our hedge-row.
If we pull it all down they'll have no-where to go!
We could wait till next year, until they're all fully grown
then find them a new place, they can safely call home.

We will find them a new place with plenty of shrubs
with berries and things with slimy old bugs.
A place safe away from the hunters mad dogs.
Then in keeping them safe there will always be
a family we call our hedge-row hedgehogs....

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Madagascar is home to the weird
strange inhabitants found nowhere else
on this planet or thousands of others
tenrecs scatter themselves among the vegetation

They have a reputation for being striped or plain
some might have spots or ruffles
Tenrecs are diverse, some looking like hedgehogs
others evolving with different traits

they evolve into strange looking creatures
based on their habits and habitats
I see something scurry away under a vine
It may have been a tenrec...

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