busy husband beavering
with wood in a back shed
mothers catting back and forth
to catch young kits for bed
grandma rabbiting about
in garden’s warm black dirt
brothers squirrel round a tree
till one falls and gets hurt
sisters lark on swingset
sing songs with silly words
wee early morning’s quiet
except for beetling birds
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Sarah’s poetics prompt to use animal nouns as verbs…i had fun with rhymes as well 🙂
a poem in my pocket 
May 31, 2023 @ 14:06:03
I enjoyed this, Lynn! So much happening here…I can imagine a busy, happy family.
May 31, 2023 @ 15:05:25
Thanks for stopping by the neighborhood!
May 31, 2023 @ 15:15:12
My pleasure.
May 31, 2023 @ 02:30:30
The rhythm and rhyme of your poem remind me of that old Bob Dylan song, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Lynn. What a lot of activity in one poem! You’ve packed in so many animal verbs – I particularly love the mothers ‘catting back and forth’ and the ‘beetling birds’!
May 31, 2023 @ 08:25:29
I appreciate your appreciation, Kim! It was fun to write 🙂
May 31, 2023 @ 02:27:29
So much energy here! It’s pretty hectic. The animal verbs are so well chosen, I think they add a lot of extra energy and colour.
May 31, 2023 @ 08:26:49
Thanks for the prompt, Sarah! My mind is a busy neighborhood 😀
May 31, 2023 @ 01:35:18
really enjoyed this
May 31, 2023 @ 08:27:28
i’m glad you did, Rog.
May 30, 2023 @ 21:23:07
Love everything about this poem, enjoyed how you used name of animals as verbs
May 31, 2023 @ 08:28:29
Thanks, Brenda…the animal verbing was in response to a poetry prompt online 🙂
Jun 01, 2023 @ 20:26:23
Great 😊 job
May 30, 2023 @ 20:45:43
This is fantastic. I’ve never bee-d like this before. What fun. I really like this. All of it. Yay!
May 31, 2023 @ 08:30:07
i’m armadilloed over by your lovely comments, Selma!
Jun 01, 2023 @ 02:32:45
Funny, you. Armadilloed…hehe. xoxo
Jun 03, 2023 @ 13:05:37
😉
May 30, 2023 @ 20:39:15
Very well done, Lynn. I love it!
May 31, 2023 @ 08:30:47
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Dwight!
May 31, 2023 @ 11:17:41
You are welcome
May 30, 2023 @ 17:54:15
Well done!
May 30, 2023 @ 17:54:41
thanks, Ken 🙂
May 30, 2023 @ 16:51:13
I LOVE this! I think it could become a children’s song! 🙂
May 30, 2023 @ 17:54:17
Thank you, Lillian…i think kids would enjoy it too 😀
May 30, 2023 @ 16:30:47
Multiple masterfully presented aniverbs! Salute!
May 30, 2023 @ 16:33:04
i tried to be porpoiseful, Ron…thanks!