Love Woodpecker Poems

Look there ahead
The quiet of the forest
That was there before us
In God Honor
You shall prosper
Awake all good which has slept
Each step you are blessed
Do not...

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This boy must be in season,

this blaze-headed feather jack 

hammering shack up condos

into swooned oaks, sautéing up fire

ants for a seductive nibble in the pulp.

You...

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In the tree by my house, 
Lived, a black rumped flameback, with its spouse.
Their oscine songs and undulating flight were my daily delight.

Oh! Today it...

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A woodpecker, flew straight at him,
Its sharp beak, stuck in his head
Then it flew back up to its nest
As for him, "He'll live!", the doc...

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The cat was outside
crouched to the ground,
I thought it might have been a robin
that he may have found.

I looked out the window
just in time to...

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does woodpecker know

whether many insects hide

in each branch he climbs

 

(January 29, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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