Short Pileated Poems

 A redheaded pileated woodpecker hopped up a tree
Barn swallows fly around me
Doves were cooing down in the dale
Other birds joined in, I even heard some quail..
    

While walking the dog in the late afternoon.....

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birds fall hunger-wise...
before
cold winters shortages...

today a woodpecker ate...
such an
overfill it had to lay on the...

feeder for ten minutes till...
its throat
cleared so that it could fly...

it was such a 'pile he ate' that...
it's
called a 'pileated' woodpecker...


stans sand...

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rhythmic staccato
interrupts the morning calm
pileated drums

red crest, pointed beak
penetrate the slumbered fog
now the forest hums

crocuses burst forth
joyfully joining the dance
a welcome spring comes

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THIRD PLACE WINNER
for the "A Lovely Day" Poetry Contest
sponsored by BJ Legros Kelley
written 02/20/2022
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on a tripod by the window be my...
camera
with a telescopic lens aimed at bird...
feeders

over the garage door such that the...
chipmunks
can only get bird feed grounded by...
birds

that are very messy eaters such as...
woodpeckers
and the finches sparrows warblers...
chickadees

and rarely a crow will try the suet for a...
moment
it's being about pileated woodpecker...
size


stans sand...

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A Pileated Woodpecker skewers through
The golden mirage of fall trees

Leaves dropping from frosted beginnings
Rush my glance towards his perch

Loud knocking races my blood
Fumbling with my camera
Never captured

History on parchment proclaims freedom
Offering hope to all who taste the
Coming winter

To all who taste
        
      The 
               Coming 
                    
                        Winter...

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