W is the Woodpecker

by Mama Baer

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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?
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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.

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W is the Woodpecker

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