NATURE Poem: Animals We See: Haikus, by Jeffrey Beck

Tiny Opossum
Treed, and eating an onion
Reflective eyes bright

Bit, baby turtle
I almost mowed off your head
Silence, I saved you

Crows, murderous crows
We exchanged shiny gifts once
You ate my pepper

Skinny Deer of night
Your eyes are so brightly lit
Seen only by light

Raccoon of the woods
Bandit eater of night trash
The cutest felon

Great gray fox sneaker
You sleuth in shadows covert
What does the fox say

Stray cats of Piedmont
Frivolous fights of feral
Who feeds you catnip

Goofy turkey tom
long neck bird of autumn’s din
Roast at three fifty

Blue-tailed skink hiding
I saw you slither away
Will you sit with me

Skunk of black and white
Putrid sprayer of my dog
I smelled you for months