HAIKU
April’s big surprise
icicled birdhouse shivers
blue eggs, marble cold
3/14/90 – Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck
3’rd Place = Ark. N.P.D. ‘96
2’nd Place = Ind. N.P.D. ‘99
Posted in Animals, ecology, haiku, Nature, Poetry, tagged April, birdhouse, cold, eggs, surprise on Thursday,April 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
HAIKU
April’s big surprise
icicled birdhouse shivers
blue eggs, marble cold
3/14/90 – Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck
3’rd Place = Ark. N.P.D. ‘96
2’nd Place = Ind. N.P.D. ‘99
Posted in Animals, Humor, Memories, Rhyming, tagged Country, cow, derriere, eggs, farmland, hens, hogs, outhouse, snow, spiders on Monday,January 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
GOING “COUNTRY”
This city girl in years of yore
Had not been countryfied before
But I learned quickly, to my core
That Country’s not just farmland lore
Water pumped from frigid well
While all around me snowflakes fell
Incasing me in icy shell
The words I used, I cannot tell
The old outhouse (a thing I feared)
Had not been seen where I was reared
With yawning door, I know it leered
Beckoning to me as I neared
Terror put me in despair
Because it was so dark in there
Big spiders lurked just everywhere
And slivers pierced my derriere
Gathering eggs before they froze
Didn’t help my hands and toes
Besides, the hens pecked at my nose
Adding to my country woes
I milked the cow . . . well I tried
I had no fear, since she was tied
But she was antsy — kicked my side
It hurt so bad I almost cried
I slopped the hogs – how gross was that
And gagged so hard I could not chat
I chased a funny looking cat
And when he sprayed, outside I sat
The snow did nothing for the scent
Earned from my country accident
My clothes were buried by a gent
And six baths later I was spent
That was just the first long day
But I’ll go back there anyway
When it’s warmer – perhaps May
But Heaven forbid that I should stay
8/17/04 Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck