Animal Squirrel Poems

jumping off back deck 
trying to hide in tall grass 
dogs hot on his tail...

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He kept saying his king was “such a squirrel” over and over.
I thought he was being disrespectful to the monarch, my brother Dover.
But then I...

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he is packing food for winter
each kernel might make the difference
between surviving the Iowa winter and not
some say owls are wise
they have nothing on squirrels
he...

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  A squirrel jumped onto my windowsill
    It was not afraid of me
  I winked at it, proffered a cup
...

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Some kids have dogs or cats.
I have a squirrel, Fluff-fluff.
Yesterday he took me to Old Man Flatt’s.
What am I looking at? I asked, as I...

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Squirrel was excited. Today is the day! My Google fiber will be here!
We have to charge you extra, the technician man said, to be perfectly...

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noisy crow
digging squirrel
privacy fence
 
...

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inside our big oak tree
     squirrels are eating stored-up nuts
snow and ice outside
...

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The squirrel sensed danger
     quickly it ran up the tree
          helpless the...

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Chitter chatter left little doubt what creature was hiding in the pines.
I knew before it threw two walnut shells upon my shoes, both nines.
Creature’s eyes...

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I wouldn’t do that if I were you.
The woman ignored me, 
not realizing that I speak "squirrel".
She had no idea when she threw that snowball
at...

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a squirrel acrobating air stopped and glanced back at me
shaping symbolisms within a nutty day, there for all to see
if one knew to look, a...

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squirrel is not fearful 
stares into kitchen window 
taunting me so...

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When I grow up I want to be a nutcracker my son said.
I thought he meant ballerina, was he right in the head?
It’s not because...

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tiny creature Roger guarded
a white albino squirrel
she had been chased away from the tribe
we took her inside and fed her
she thrived under our tutelage
Rogers’s Squirrel...

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