Some birds are musical <br />there is no doubt. <br />About a certain woodland creature <br />there could be whimsical doubt. <br /> <br />................................Once upon a <br />time hiking <br />the day was <br />................................dreary <br />and I was <br />................................weary <br /> <br />in the wilderness <br />where the Shawnee and Cherokee roamed <br /> <br />there broke across my stride <br />a tap, tap, <br />................................tapping <br /> <br />from a nearby wooded instrument <br /> <br />drumming with a certain timbre <br />................................of a pine tree, <br />clearly measured, sharply honed, <br />in staccato style with rests in between <br /> <br />Did the Indians learn its say <br />hearing the tapping along their way <br />tapping messages through the forest trees <br />drumming the beat of their dancing feet? <br /> <br />The breezes still sing within the woods <br />whistling tunes by hollowed trunks <br />................................of every elephant tree, <br />waterfalls and streams scrambling notes <br />................................with all the rest, <br />crickets and frogs and other creatures <br />lending chorus to the woodsy musicality. <br /> <br />Enter the solo of the woodpecker <br />pecking out its typewriter song <br />sprinkling wood chips ringing bluebells. <br /> <br />Some birds are musical <br />no one can deny. <br />About a certain woodland creature <br />is up to you to decide.. <br /> <br /> - July 1,2006<br /><br />Ben Gieske<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-woodland-creature/
