A ' Man About Town ': " Woodsy The Owl " ...[ Short; Littering; A Wise Old Owl Speaks! ; Humorous; Inspired By A P H Message From " Crayon Poet " ] Comments
Old Woodsy was a 'man about town',
pickin' UP litter. Yes, not pickin' it DOWN!
He carried a bright....PINK...burlap sack,
which he hung, by a string, acrost** his BACK-
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Old Woodsy was a 'man about town', pickin' UP litter. Yes, not pickin' it DOWN! ....... Fantastic beginning.... touching and amusing. Brilliant expression. Beautiful poem with humor is being executed startlingly.10
If woodsy was here he would have had to kick 1.2 billion a+sses
Good for old Woody for doin' his doody and ol' Bri wasn't lost when he used 'acrost'. His time was well spent; we knew what he meant.
Woodsy The Owl was an American landmark with two wings! - perhaps he'll come out of retirement.
Poetic license allows the use of anything that works. (I only have a learners permit)
of course i used A+S [ not } so as to not disturb the P H poem-censors. sometimes they delete words which apparently are considered 'offensive' to some somebodies! ! ha ha. but, as an 'old saying' says: there's more than one way to skin a cat. ....my apologies to cat-lovers! ! bri ;)
There really is more than one way to 'skin a cat'. My father was a Caterpillar driver who worked in the old CCC (Civilian Construction Corps) during the Great Depression and later. They used to call those Cat drivers 'cat skinners' and driving the Caterpillar was called 'skinning a cat'. He built the first road around Deer Creek Reservoir here in Utah.
(A continuation of my comment below) By the time I was born, my father had moved on to other jobs and I never did get to see him 'skin a cat' or to ride on one with him. But he had some great stories about his days as a catskinner. In fact, this has given me an idea. I may write a poem about one of those adventures.
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7/18/2025 10:56:47 PM # 1.0.0
Interesting, I've never heard acrosst. But then I'm from the south so I probably wouldn't have. Anyhow this gave me a chuckle! lol Nicely written. And something tells me Woodsy won't actually kick anyone in the - solely because he is whispering it!