Dave The Poet
  • Home
  • About the Author
  • Poetry
    • Monday Poetry Group >
      • First 10 Weeks
      • Second 10 Weeks
      • Third 10 Weeks
      • Fourth 10 Weeks
    • Alphabet Poems
    • Poems on Aging
    • Faith Poems
    • Relationship Poems
    • Seasonal Poems
    • Other Poems
  • Stories
  • Musings

Poems A-Z Goose

6/7/2010

0 Comments

 
Honking like cabbies on migration south

Avoiding the hunters with watering mouth

This V in the sky of jailbirds loose

The long-neck express, this gaggle of goose

Right from the start they’re all feathers and feet

Till a few months go by and they’re not quite so sweet

Soon they grow bigger with long-neck stuck out

A swaggering walk with their beak and their snout

The restless young bunch with family in tow

Head for the south at the first sign of snow

Leaving the runway like planes that are booked

Hoping the journey doesn’t leave their goose cooked

Honking and jostling for their place in the line

Painting the sky with their victory sign

David Kettler, 3/31/09

 
Here again I have no idea where “Goose” came from when I needed a word for “G”!
Anyway this is the result. I kind of like it actually, it came together pretty nice. I like the cabbies honking, the jailbirds let loose and the image of them taking off like planes on a runway. I don’t know a whole lot about geese, just that I’ve heard that they are pretty mean and will chase and bite you if they get the chance. I kind of like the visual of the hunter getting the best of him and he getting his goose cooked!      



 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    June 2010

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.