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Woodpecker Poems - Poems about Woodpecker

Premium MemberWoody Woodpecker


Woody Woodpecker happily pecks in his tree-house decent,
mean landlady Meany evicts him, for he doesn’t pay the rent.
So, he plans his antics, stops real estate to sprawl in his forest,
tricks Lance, the harassed lawyer, to gift him a new tree-nest.

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Categories: woodpecker, funny,
Form: Clerihew

Premium MemberWoodpecker

A woodpecker pecks wood,
as she surely should -
but should we allow her, 
at this ungodly hour?
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Categories: woodpecker, bird,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Memberspotted woodpecker

spotted woodpecker
drilling like a jackhammer
tasty morsels grabbed
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Categories: woodpecker, bird,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberWoodpecker Blues-senryu series

beak’s pecking away
chiselling wood from my side
hole reveals insides

is it work or play
pecker’s constant yammering
or to stir me up

plug up scab or slug
the critter who’s fleshing out
a home for squirrels

i’m feeling squirrely
running on a hamster wheel
pounding on the walls

Elmer Fudd my spouse
guns blazing looking for fight
wily rabbit laughs

morning to midnight
tiptoe open door slowly
feels swoosh of
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Categories: woodpecker, bird,
Form: Senryu

Premium Memberwoodpecker madness

woodpecker madness
rat a tat tat rat a tat
jackhammer rhythm
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Categories: woodpecker, bird,
Form: Haiku



Premium MemberThe Woodpecker and the Man

A hungry woodpecker asked a man,
"Which restaurant are we going to?"

"We must get dinner as fast as we can", 
Replied the man who was hungry, too,
"The longer it takes us to decide, 
As time continues to creep and crawl..."
 
"I know what you're thinking", the bird replied,
Let's slam our heads against the wall".
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Categories: woodpecker, bird, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme

A Woodpecker Pecked

A woodpecker pecked on our siding
And likely, won’t listen to chiding.
He left a few holes 
Beyond our controls
In a place where we’re partly residing.

An expert came by for assessing
The damage where Woody’d been messing.
He spritzed with a spray 
But could not really say
Why he’d pecked there, without simply guessing.

Our house by huge trees is surrounded,
So
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Categories: woodpecker, bird, house,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberKnock, Knock

Knock, knock ... who is there?
No winds rattle, no rains tap ...
A woodpecker dines
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Categories: woodpecker, bird, confusion, humor, humorous,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberDrill Drill Drill Eat Eat Eat

Drill drill drill
eat eat eat
drill drill drill
eat eat eat

watching a woodpecker is such a treat
drill drill dril
eat eat eat
digging out insects with his bill and his feet
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Categories: woodpecker, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberWalk In the Woods

a dappled delight
early spring anemones
woodpecker drilling
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Categories: woodpecker, nature,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberWoody the Woodpecker Continued Again

So, Woody was happy with the arrival of 12 blocks of suet.
He wasn't yelling anymore at an empty feeder, when he came to it.
But then suddenly,  a new problem came about...
Something stole not only the suet, but the whole feeder hanging out!
Yes, a thief was taking it away during the night...
But, who was the
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Categories: woodpecker, animal, bird, food,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTea Time In the Tree House

It is tea time in the treehouse
There is a hedgehog entertaining a rat
They hear some loud jackhammering
Rat-a-tat-a-tat-tat-tat!

Is that a redheaded woodpecker? Asks the hedgehog, mad.
Don’t know says the rat, but this drumming makes me feel sad.
The woodpecker’s beak came in through the outside wall.
What is going on in there? His voice was loud and tall.

It
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Categories: woodpecker, bird,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWoody the Woodpecker Continued

* This is the continued story from my Haiku ...Where is my food? About Woody the Woodpecker. 


So, hungry Woody the woodpecker was yelling at the empty feeder for food:
Clearly that day, he was not in the greatest mood!
I was held up with a health issue, so a friend went to buy the suet block
I
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Categories: woodpecker, bird, food, happy,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Riveting Woodpecker

Gleaming golden ball revealing pines
Dark silhouettes against the jet-streaked sky
Roosters crow the sun up as doves coo refrain
Life seems simple salubrious as fledglings fly

That ole woodpecker rivets once again 
What a way to live his simple savory time here
I often wonder how his sturdy head survives
From one oak tree and then to over there

He has
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Categories: woodpecker, animal, weather,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Woodpecker

Rhythmic tapping outside my window
Bring E. A. Poe’s reflections to my mind,
Hammering an aggravating intrusion
The cause of which I must quickly find.
A red-headed woodpecker hammering
Oblivious to his naturally irksome task,
Worse than my turkey hens yammering
Hardly as deadly as the red death mask.
Poe found his intrusive raven engaging
Subject of one of his memorable poems,
The woodpecker brings
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Categories: woodpecker, allusion, bird, nature,
Form: Sonnet

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