Over on Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Warning. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here My poem below “Trees Without Shadows” is a subtle WARNING from Mother Nature.
Today I was prompted to revise my poem from June 2020, because I had just received a lovely hand-designed “Penguin Christmas Card” from my Philadelphia cousin.
My owner left me Locked up in the courtyard Nothing unusual about that He left me some biscuit treats And a full bowl of water
However, he forgot To close the wire security screen Well, best I break in And protect our kennel “What would you have done?”
I started clawing and chewing At the exposed wood door Firstly, I dug a small hole An opening I could bite My industrious teeth into Whoops and drats! There was another layer On the inside too!
I wasn’t sure why My boss told me off When he arrived home I thought I was only trying to help He didn’t appreciate my creativity
Time passed and Christmas arrived My extended family Were joking and laughing At my aunt’s gift for Dad Woof, woof. “A Doggie Door for me!”
Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “On Days Like These”, whch is an Assonance style of poetry, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/on-days-like-these/
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