Yard Beast

In hare-raising circumstances, the best leverage may come quite naturally.

My domain is under a dare.

This gardener is reaching despair.

Each plant that I sow

Does get up and go,

And I blame an oversized hare.

This steroidal creature dines well.

Of that we can patently tell.

With swagger she’ll eat

Then stagger to feet –

Off under my shed, there to dwell.

I’m sure she has family to feed,

And nature preserving’s my creed.

But blooms disappear;

She grins ear to ear.

Must I territory concede?

At last, I can see through the fog.

It’s time to respond, go whole-hog.

Look out, bunny girl.

Get lost. Take a whirl.

Ears up, as I send out my dog.

c2017 by Linda Ann Nickerson

Image:

Adapted by this user from vintage artwork.

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

April A to Z Blog Challenge

National Poetry Writing Month / NaPoWriMo

Meme Express: “leverage”

#atozchallenge

#napowrimo

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Clean Sweep

 Grumpy grime is past its prime.

Spring cleaning, clearing my abode,

I’m lightening my heavy load.

Dust goblins? Gone!

You’re overdrawn.

So take your fluff, and hit the road.

The spring, it sprang. My world is neat.

Good company stands in the street.

It for a song

Bids me along;

Ah, dank dirt seekers dash – beat feet!

c2017 by Linda Ann Nickerson

Image:

Adapted by this user from vintage artwork.

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

April A to Z Blog Challenge

National Poetry Writing Month / NaPoWriMo

Meme Express: “for a song”

Simply Snickers: “sprang” and “spring”

#atozchallenge

#napowrimo

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Over and out

The changing seasons in northern climes have a tendency to turn elated attitudes to unhinged spirits, if we let them.

Over and out

(A musette to offset)

Skies fade.

Symbolic blues

Cascade,

Lifting

Melancholy

Drifting.

At last,

Noble rescue

Is cast.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

31 Days of Poetry and Writing: Write about a secret you think everybody knows, but no one says. (15)

31 Writing Prompts: Write a poem about autumn. (15)

ABC Wednesday: “O”

OctPoWriMo: “blue” – with “melancholy,” “northern,” “blues,” “noble,” and “elated” – MUSETTE POEM (15)

One-Liner Wednesday: See subtitle.

Three Word Wednesday: “symbolic,” “tendency,” and “unhinged”

#OctPoWriMo  

Image/s:

Autumn Sky

By YunJeong

Pixabay – public domain

31 Days logo – created by this user,

including public domain artwork.

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