Excellent NaPoWriMo 25 - A Staccato Highlights of Home : W is the Woodpecker by Mama Baer

____________________ Summer morn, right at dawn, sleep’s yanked, dreams leave. Hear him go, with a yawn, under our eave. Peck, peck! Peck, peck! At it again. Carving a nest? Sculpting a den? Perched there with no regard for time or grace, peck, pecks away like he owns the place! With a beak for a drill, he strikes our wood. I plug my ears. The shrill rhythm's not good! Knock, knock! Knock knock! is all I hear but still, for me, one thing's not clear: Doesn't his rat-a-tat, for goodness sake, knock, knock his head with a massive headache? ____________________   Author Notes Silly old woodpecker! He did a lot of damage to the side of our home and pecked just outside my bedroom wall nearly every summer. Fun fact: woodpeckers can live 11 years. I thought it would be fitting to compose this as a Staccato. The Staccato, created by Jan Turner, consists of two or more 6-line stanzas. Rhyme scheme: aabbcc Meter: 10/10/8/8/10/10 Repeats: This form requires a 2-syllable repeat in Lines 3 and 6, and rhyming interplay in Lines 1 and 2 on the 6th syllable. So much fun!

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