Boldness.
A furry quiver of whiskered boldness first
sniffed then pawed the big world of grass
for summer attracted instinctive stirring
as scuffling life ran beneath my seat, fast
yet sightless sweet minute mice on a spree
posed for pictures and nibbled my tea-cake.
It beggars belief how unerring those three
little mouths fed until feasted enough, they
with snuffling squeaks then fell into a sleep.
Appearing soon their stress-ridden mother
and ushering home whisked each one between
warmed stones, all safely holed, I had begun
to doubt my eyes at such rarely seen sight when
out for a moment popped one weeny snout again.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
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Beautiful poem. 🙂
Beautifully spoken moment with Nature. All creatures become fascinating when they are so rarely seen. Also tea in the outdoors sounds like a treat. Loved your phrasings and style in this one. - Phil A.
Good write, nature is glorious.
Lovely poem Fay. It's fascinating when you get a longer look at usually shy creatures. Phil.G
They are very cute, but destructive. Your poetry does show the sweet side of nature, though. Love the picture!
Through nose this detects air and and they smell well these grasses at top while running. Touching clumsy bundle of grasses and shaking and trembling with rapid motion they move fast ahead to take rest to release out stress. Light explosive sound comes and this gives doubt in mind. They remain safely all there. This is an excellent poem and a great imagery is drawn here.
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