General Poetry posted June 23, 2022

RodG

I taught English for 40 years on the high school and college level. Since retiring, I have written a poetry collection titled "Reflections of a Dog Walker," and five novels, all unpublished. I mostly post poems and short stories.
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Squirrels can be pests in Fall.

Squirrel in the Tree Tops

by RodG

I see the scamp
way up in the tree tops
flitting through splayed leafy limbs
that brush against a sapphire sky.

Seeking the last clinging acorns
he sprints up a limb
leaps heedlessly
across space

onto a laden branch
and races towards
the treasure
spied.

For a lengthy moment
he's lost . . . unseen
until a fan of leaves shakes frenziedly
and . . .

a single sprig
tumbles
to my
feet.

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Free Form Poem About Nature writing prompt entry

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Please write a form poem about nature.

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When the acorns are ripe, squirrels raid my oak trees. Soon the driveway is littered with sprigs of leaves (some still with an acorn clinging) and empty shells.

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Squirrels can be pests in Fall.

Squirrel in the Tree Tops

by RodG

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