The newt tenants are standoffish
or worst
The old inhabitants are hurt
no less:
crabbed for ducking interviews
they skulk–
with raccoon eyes half petulant,
they bleat.
Weaving tales of jackrabbits and
bunnies
they bear the weight of the yak of
who’s who.
They have a cow, while cottontails
cocoon,
worming in silence like church mice.
Come the
weekends, they can bumble into
wild wolves,
to go horsing around downtown
in groups,
and pig out in pubs’ happy hour–
like mobs
then wait for the sun to slug o’er
the hills,
and beetle under the night sky
like rats.
The newt tenants don’t know what they’re
missing
when they rabbit in burrows like
squirrels
it’s nice to go aping downtown
sometimes
to ferret in, out; to parrot
loudly:
hounding down the lanes, doggedly
larking
bugging passersby or dogging
like strays
joys that only good beasties can
weasel.
© selma
Thank you, Sarah. It has been a while since I participated in a dVerse prompt.
Sarah’s prompt today traveled my way, and I must heed the call.
Sarah: I want us to have some fun with verbing. I’ve been haring around all day, ferreting out ideas for this, but now I want to sit down and pig out on some poetry. Listen to me rabbiting on! Time to stop horsing around and do some writing. I’m not sure how these words became verbs. They are often verb phrases, actually, – you pig out, you horse around – and they are little hidden metaphors that we can easily overlook, part of the poetry of everyday language. They’re rather lovely. Let’s play with them.
I played, and here’s a nonsense poem with animal verbs. It was so much fun to put
this one together. I hope you like it.
Main Image by Prawny from Pixabay. Thanks, Prawny.
Cat Image by Alex S. from Pixabay. Thanks, Alex S.
And thanks all for reading.
I bless you. (the last blessing for May/
the first blessing for June). And I wish you miracles.
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Loved your well crafted poem.
Aww. You put a skip in my step with your nice comment. Thanks so much. Blessings.
so very nicely done… does seem like you had fun writing this one. much enjoyed, dear Selma ✨🤍
Glad to know the fun part came through this one… Fun, just like I thought it would. Glad I wrote to the prompt. Thanks for the comment. xoxo
my pleasure 🤍
Quite clever. You are never one to be cowing from a challenge. Well done and hardly medium rare:)
hehe, *bowing* Thanks for reading it and finding some cleverness about it. Makes me smile. It was a fun prompt indeed. Thanks for commenting. *hardly medium rare *smilin’* xoxo
Oh wow Selma, beautiful and well done my friend. Bravo on a divine poem. Cheers! 🤗✨😘
You are sweet as honey. Bless you for this. xoxo
Very nicely done Selma.
Sadje– it was a fun prompt. Thanks for liking it. I’m sure yours is stellar as well. I’ll be by to read… Blessings.
Thanks Selma. Mine will be posted today
Wow, you really knocked it out of the park! I love what you did with all the animals.
“Out of the park,” you say? Golly, I’m excited you thought so, dear one. Thanks for reading and liking it and then honoring me with this lovely comment. Yours was stellar as well. Thanks for all you do. Those rodents– how obnoxious! Blessings to you. xoxo
You are welcome, Selma!
Love of poem. Very nice write up poem for animals names.
I’m tremendously happy you liked/loved it, dear Raj. Thanks, always. Blessings.
Always accept 👍
So much fun – love the energy here, and the wild tumble of different creatures!
Thanks, dear Sarah… It sure was a fun prompt. Thanks.xoxo
Your poem is a riot of fun, Selma! I love the wordplay and the animal verbs.
Thanks for saying, Kim. Xoxo
Aww, Sanaa. Glad you liked the riot. Xoxo
Gorgeous, gorgeous write Selma! 💖💖💖
Aww, Sanaa. Glad you liked the riot. Xoxo
Oh Selma, you entered the animal time. At first, when I saw for your writer had new neighbors that were “standoffish” I figured that these would be hard to catch. But they must only have been timid. I was glad to read the “cow”, cows have a soft spot in my life. My dad had me helping milk them before I ever went to school at age five. Four? It worked out ok, my 4H animal was a calf, a young Brown Swiss. Like you new neighbor, Brownie became a keeper, Dad kept her as one of his milk cows.
I enjoyed reading your write, hadn’t thought of Brownie for ages.
Did we write together before some on “One Single Impression”?
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Second try: (WordPress is tired)
Hello, Jim. Such a pleasure to receive this comment. I believe we’ve been in the same blogsphere for a couple of years now. NaPoWriMo, if I’m not mistaken. (As I’m unaware about what One Single Impression could be). Thanks for reading. And I’m so happy this poem took you back to reunite with your beloved Brownie. Aww. A joy when that happens.
Thanks, dear friend. Blessings to you from Japan. XoXo
So full of life love it ❤️
AJ, thanks so much for feeling the vibrancy. I bless you. XoXo
Hello, Jim. Such a pleasure to receive this comment. I believe we’ve been in the same blogsphere for a couple of years now. NaPoWriMo, if I’m not mistaken. (As I’m unaware about what One Single Impression could be). Thanks for reading. And I’m so happy this poem took you back to reunite with your beloved Brownie. Aww. A joy when that happens.
Thanks, dear friend. Blessings to you from Japan. XoXo
Great job Selma and I love how you featured the animals so well! What a delight! 💞
😜 it was a fun prompt and I couldn’t resist
So happy you liked it, Cindy. I’m delighted you read the nonsense.
To “have a cow” was taken too literal… but yeah someone “had a cow” (was agitated/pissed)
WHO? 🤷🏽♀️ 🤣 thanks, C.
I loved it Selma! I had to laugh at that! 💗
What a fun poem, really enjoyed it 😊
Pooka. So happy to hear. Makes me smile. I appreciate you reading. Xoxo 💃🏼
You’re poem made me smile, it was a pleasure to read 😃
Smile. That’s wonderful. I like smiles on people’s faces. Glad yours came out. Have a great day today, Pooja. Xo
Have a great day too 😀
fANTastic! This is the bee’s knees. The humour really shines in your poem, Selma. It put me in good spirits… You weren’t horsing around 😝
😜 thanks for reading … xoxo
Sooooo good. Well done Selma. Enjoyed your take on the prompt 😊🎉🎉😊
😂 you’re sweet. Glad you liked it. Yay! 👏🏽
You’re welcome
Beautifully crafted ❤️
Beautiful Selma!!!!!