titmouse
endures winters
delightful cheery call
spotted hiding sunflower seeds
crested
2/5/2020
Contest: Modern or traditional cinquain
Sponsor: William Kekaula
Categories:
titmouse, appreciation, bird, nature,
Form: Cinquain
Shorn from arbor crowns by sharp northern breeze
Aging maple leaves curl like rumpled rugs,
Falling as stars amidst disrobing trees
Shivering in the face of hoar frost hugs.
A wee mouse sniffs wind which wakens his needs.
Snuffling with fury, tossing leaves about
To find nuts and seeds among grass and weeds
He scratches and scurries with whiskered snout.
His tit-mouse neighbor hurries to his spouse
Twittering that it’s time to fetch some seeds;
Together they gather and chase off grouse
To hide in the grass of murky marsh meads.
Furry gray mouse and tan titmice agree
To stay winter’s course in tunnel or tree.
10/29/2019
Contest: New Fall Sonnets Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
Categories:
titmouse, autumn, bird, nature, seasons,
Form: Sonnet
What divine sound I hear
at the tail-end of twilight!
Ah yes, 'tis the sweetest music...
to my ears; adding sawdusts
of beauty
to this young dawn!
A waking world, left joyously seduced,
in rapt attention as a tufted titmouse
tweets its honey-coated fairytale
Greetings to you, too, little bird...
Writing Challenge, October, 2019 -Bird- Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode (Winner: 4th Place)
Date written and submitted: 10/08/2019
Categories:
titmouse, bird, imagery, morning, nature,
Form: Verse
still at the feeder
caterpillars in decline
trees rainwashed clean
Categories:
titmouse, bird, summer,
Form: Haiku
The little house mouse said, “Isn’t it a shame,
How the tufted titmouse has stolen our good name?”
The titmouse could not refrain as she shook her pointed crest
To answer in disdain, “You’re nothing but a pest!”
“The titmouse comes from a proud family and perhaps by now you’ve guessed,
We’re related to the chickadee, we fly with the very best.
We’re also kin to nuthatches, but we have a broader tail.
While the mouse just sits and scratches, cross the skies we sail.”
The mouse was caught off guard, so embarrassed he could die
Until he thought real hard and came back with this reply:
“The house mouse is a mighty creature, having a feature incredible and rare,
He can put a hundred and thirty pound teacher on top of a chair!”
Categories:
titmouse, animal, bird,
Form: Quatrain