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Squirrels can be pests in Fall.
Squirrel in the Tree Tops by RodG
Free Form Poem About Nature writing prompt entry

I see the scamp
way up in the tree tops
flitting through splayed leafy limbs
that brush against a sapphire sky.

Seeking the last clinging acorns
he sprints up a limb
leaps heedlessly
across space
onto a laden branch
and races towards
the treasure
spied.

For a lengthy moment
he's lost . . . unseen
until a fan of leaves shakes frenziedly
and . . .

 
a single sprig
tumbles
to my
feet.

 


Writing Prompt
Please write a form poem about nature.

Author Notes
Artwork painted by Jeremy Norton. Courtesy of Google images.

When the acorns are ripe, squirrels raid my oak trees. Soon the driveway is littered with sprigs of leaves (some still with an acorn clinging) and empty shells.

     

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