Bang!
Want was that?
Thud!
Another one!
And again.
Into the conservatory I go
And look up.
There in the roof gutter
A blackbird is gardening.
Thud!
There it goes again,
As he removes moss
From the gutter.
And drops it
Onto the glass roof.
There is now so much there
I can barely see out
The conservatory roof!
Don’t you just love nature!
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: It is also starlings and sparrows that do this.
- Category: Humor
- Views: 40
- Users favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek
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Comments10
Good write Gold.
Thanks Orchi.
Andy - now listen carefully: rattle the jolly old piggy bank, call in all those debts and gather enough moolah to pay for qualified tradies (Aussie term?) to clean your glasshouse roof - and clear the guttering also. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS TASK YOURSELF.
MPS needs you!
Thank you for your advice Dave, I will check my piggy bank to see if there is enough in there.
Most kind.
Andy
You need a hawk.
Though when the Hawk's done its job, I don't know what you get next to get rid of it.
I have had sparrowhawks in the garden and one was in for over an hour eating a collared turtle dove so I know what they leave - fascinating to see.
Andy
Nature at work
firstly, and most sincerely
thank you! for introducing
this soul nourishing
music and video
into my life!
and then, your
slice of life
nature Championing, poetry
just hits the spot
what a privilege, thank you Andy
Thank you Mek, you are most kind.
Andy
I do indeed Andy .. unlike an egg, it can't be beat ..
.. is this by any chance one of your previous poems given a spring airing .. I seem to remember it, or is it just a case of Nev je vu .......... N 🙂
Yes Neville it is an old one of mine but I thought it was pre MPS.
Andy
Just be thankful blackbirds havent invented tractors.
Very true d a.
Andy
Wow, you are very lucky to have a conservatory and then to have the birds clean out your gutters for you...Must have been a scare at first!
Thank you Christina, the conservatory is our dining room all year round.
Andy
Hehe! A giggle-worthy poem indeed! I swear I think birds have a secret consciousness unaware to humankind.
Thank you Rocky. Yes you may be right.
Andy
On the bright side, you may not have gutters overflowing during heavy rains. As long as they don't start charging you for moss removal. What a fun read, thank you for the humor of the day.
Thank you Bella, yes the gutters remain clean most of the time.
Andy
Good one,other comments say it all,take care,poet on.
Thank you Dean.
Andy
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