Winter’s long lock-down
Even Chipmunks hoard my seeds
We hoard toilet rolls
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Makes me wonder who’s smarter
At least the chipmunk will eat
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Chipmunk Wisdom
Chipmunks
Chipper Chipmunk
Little Chipper Chipmunk climbs my pole
Right through the slinky// his head in the hole
Stuffs cheeks with my seeds; but pays me no toll
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His bulging cheeks full of sunflower seeds
Enough to supply his every need
Jumps the slinky like he’s riding a steed
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Slides to the bottom // he’s off like a shot
Moved in under my deck, like it or not
I think it is time for a trav’ ling plot
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He might be too cute and he might be smart
But I couldn’t afford him from the start
So, I shall set my trap and do my part
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I tried it once but he came right back
Didn’t go far enough for him not to back track
This time, I’ll take him where he won’t get back
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Into the big woods across the wide way
Where he can climb oak trees and feel them sway
Now I’ll have more seeds for the birds each day
Photos: Dwight L. Roth
Posting this one for d’Verse open link night.
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Supermunk (Haiku)
Supermunk pigs out
Bulging cheeks with summer seeds
Bars can’t contain him
Back to his dark nest
Storing seeds for winter’s cold
Supermunk climbs down
Skinnymunk returns
Engaging stretched slinky
Slipping right inside
Sneaky guy reloads
Sunflower seeds food of choice
Never ending treat
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Photos: Dwight L. Roth
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For another great read form Compost and Grace, check out stories of my dad. It will lift your spirits and scratch your nostalgic bone!!
https://uplandweb.wordpress.com/2018/06/19/stories-of-my-dad/
Versatile Blogger Award
Chipmunks are very versatile creatures. They are smart enough to realize if they wait to eat their food they will have more in the end. So, they stuff their cheeks with as many seeds as they can and take them back to their home. This little guy lives under my deck I see him in my feeder a couple of times a day getting stocked up. He knows how to adapt to whatever environment he lives in. This is true of us poets in the same way. We grab bits of inspiration when they are available and like the chipmunk stuff as many thoughts as we can in our brain to carry back to our computer.
I would like to thank https://emotionalnotions.wordpress.com/ for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award. It is wonderful to be connected to a group such as this one where art and poetry can become a daily stimulation.
I am nominating the following great bloggers that I follow. Check out their blogs and you will find some really great stuff:
– https://brushparkwatercolors.wordpress.com/
– https://thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com/
– https://uplandweb.wordpress.com/
– https://malaiseunboxed.wordpress.com/
– https://thechallenge2017.blog/blog/
– https://yassy66.wordpress.com/
– https://artistpath.wordpress.com/
– https://nicodemasplusthree.wordpress.com/
– https://rosalienebacchus.blog/
– https://danabicksauthor.com/
– https://smidegra.wordpress.com/
– https://penandinksketches.wordpress.com/
If you choose to accept this nomination for the Versatile Blogger Award you will need to do the following:
- Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.
- Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
- Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly. ( I would add, pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent!)
- Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.
- Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
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Seven things about myself:
- I enjoy writing poetry, painting with acrylics, gardening, and playing he guitar.
- I have written and self published three books of childhood memoirs, three children’s books, a book of theology (what I believe), a fictional biography of my grandfather, a book of my father-in-laws childhood stories, and four books of poetry. You can read some of them on Amazon Kindle at: https://www.amazon.com/Dwight-Roth/e/B017HW5AHG/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1509311423&sr=1-2
- I am retired after 29 years of teaching elementary school.
- I volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity Restore two afternoons a week.
- I volunteer most Friday mornings at our local nursing home reading my stories, sharing my paintings, and playing 60s music with the residents.
- I am a Christian and sing in our church choir.
- I am a grandfather to six beautiful grandchildren.
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Photo: Dwight L. Roth
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