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The Biggest Pecker
by Leland Waldrip → (All Poetry by Leland Waldrip)
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Sometimes creatures in nature can be pests and we are torn between what we should do to counteract their destructive ways. In this case I chose to do nothing and it cost me. In retrospect, I should have tied plastic bags over my mirrors at the first hint of interest by the big Pileated Woodpecker. Ergo, it was my fault.


 

 

 

 

Redheaded woodpecker,
Sittin’ on a fence!
Tryin’ to make a dollar,
Out o’ fifteen cents!

Got bored peckin’ wood
Started lookin’ for trouble,
Checked the neighborhood,
And saw his double!



Flew to my pickup truck
Saw himself in the glass
Drew back and struck
Other bird did smash!


Went to the other side,
Found a bird there too,
One he couldn’t abide,
Pecked it plumb through!

 Lady birds came by
Lured him as friends.
Big pecker let a cry
Left me to make amends.

Two hundred fifty dollars billed,
Dollar was terribly inflated,
Love of woodpeckers killed!
(Perhaps killed overstated.)


When spring comes ‘round, mate,
Your mirrors, you’d better hide,
Or that big pecker you’ll hate,
Crackin' your side-views wide!

   


 


© 2006 R. Leland Waldrip


    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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 Reviews of "The Biggest Pecker"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on April 29, 2017
Delightful and thought-inciting, Leland. Love this. Peace to you, friend.

Régis

Reviewed by Denise Edwards
Reviewed on April 11, 2006
Oh my...I admit the title brought me rushing this way! Hehehehe! A real shame about the truck, but you got a very nice poem from it!

Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on April 11, 2006
good one

Reviewed by Jane Rodway (Reader)
Reviewed on April 11, 2006
LOL! This was great fun on a Spring day! Not so for your mirrors, but without the woodpecker, no poem :)

Reviewed on April 9, 2006
And here is how even a small pecker can turn out to be the biggest... "prick"! LOL! I'm truly sorry about the damage to your truck, my dearest friend, but the story as you tell it in this fantastic poem is simply... the biggest delight!
Much love and many {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Alexandra*

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on April 8, 2006
Can't think of the name right now, but there a bigger one out there, hiding in the Arkansas swamps. Probably peck your picture window out.

My Uncle Don once spotted a pileated in his Wisconsin woodlot and thought it rare. Glad to hear they are not endangered (except by your shotgun) in Virginy.

Ron

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on April 6, 2006
Awwwwwww poor birdie!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on April 5, 2006
I hear they make good eatin'...just a thought...;) Ed

Reviewed on April 5, 2006
Leland,

You got me. Blame the title. Nay, blame my curiosity...well...ummmm, errrrrrrrr...aroused by the title. LOL

Sorry about the truck. Birds can be very destructive...especially in Spring, during the mating season.

An original write, a cautionary "tail" very well penned.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by C. J. Stevens
Reviewed on April 5, 2006
Well, at least you got a charming and original poem out of that Biggest Pecker! (And caught a piece of nature simultaneously) And your love for animals, regardless what you claim about this particular 'top bird', remains intact.

Reviewed by totally anonymous (Reader)
Reviewed on April 5, 2006
well the tile drew me in! lmao sorry about your truck windows though

Reviewed by Chanti Niven
Reviewed on April 5, 2006
This is wonderful! I enjoyed reading it immensely.
I'm sorry about your two hundred and fifty dollar bill :-( Still it provoked a great piece.
Chanti

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on April 5, 2006
Reads like rap. Funny'ern the time granny got her . . . . Nevermind.

Reviewed on April 5, 2006

This is a fantastic report! "The Biggest Pecker" seems to be a good warning.

I enjoyed this unique story on "The Biggest Pecker".

I salute You, Poet!

Healthy Blissful Life.


Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed by Peter Paton
Reviewed on April 5, 2006
An amazing experience, Leland !
You should get the local press to report it, and alert others to the possible danger and expense !
I have seen hawks and warblers flying straight into windows and glasshouses, and breaking their necks...:)
Peter


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