To Monsieur The Nutty Scolding Squirrel Comments
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Poor wee little squirrel
he came into our yard today
looking here and looking there
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A creative and compelling composition that uses the mundane to manufacture such majestic messages...
Sometimes it's just me and the other squirrely types here in NutLand. chittering and chattering and telling intruders off ;)
He diddy-bopped his way across the street right up to the remnant of his old tree and dug a hole at the base of it and plopped that nut right in and buried it tight. Perhaps next year I shall be writing a poem about the tree that wouldn't die... and dedicate it to Monsieur the Nutty Scolding Squirrel........so touching and amusing lines. This is really a beautiful poem with humour that I like it very much and did meet second visit.
Thank you, Kumarmani! The Nutty Squirrel thanks you! And perhaps a little seedling tree will thank you when it gets big and strong! !
(cont.) .. George Francis Gabby Hayes (May 7,1885 – February 9,1969) was an American actor.... From 1935 to 1939, Hayes played the part of Windy Halliday, the sidekick to Hopalong Cassidy (played by William Boyd) .... oh, i remember 'the days', as a kid, of course. and TV was Black and White! ! ! Susan, you MUST HAVE watched 'reruns'! ! let me know if you write the sequel poem. thanks. to MyPoemList. There are tree 'issues' in our neighborhood now, with OTHER people. bri :)
I will indeed message you if there is a sequel. Thank you for placeing tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt- -oh oops fell asleep- -thank you for putting this on your fav list, Bri
(cont.) ..Google shows me dad burn and dad-burned, but Google does not tell me WHAT dad BURNED! ! BOTH are a euphemism for, whatever the a euphemism is! ! i think Gabby Hayes used to say that on TV/movies a LONG time AGO. (cont.) ..
hahahahahahahahaha just an around the barn colloquilism... lately I have come to think it means God is being asked to burn something in a very hot place;
some favorite lines: What has happened to my tree? he fussed, You did this, didn't you? he fumed...and i like muttered and spluttered, but thought you meant sputtered...until i 'Googled' and found they are two distinct words with some similar meaning. So, i'll give to you 'spluttered', and to the squirrel as well. (continued) ..
Thank you for having some favorite lines from this itty bitty fun poem and thank you for reading and pinning it to your fav list.
I would definitely be an aggravated Oklahoma housewife standing mad by the side of squirrel at the sight of nine foot chopped tree stump. You have sent a powerful message on our environmental blunders in a very humorous and witty poem. Thanks for sharing it Susan. Loved it.
Thank you for reading and enjoying the hunor of it and also seeing some of the underlying problems that beset our wildlife!
Glen Kappy- - Thank you for picking out hopalong and diddy-bopped! ! ! ! I had to try out some fresh words for the way those cuties get around. Oklahoma housewife is just a poke at a friend of mine- no territorial insult intended! Found peace, Glen, and enjoyed it for a time [[the world doesn't like peace, dad gum it]
Hey, Susan! First thought on reading this is the recognition that we humans will do things with little or no thought of the consequences. Hopalong gait and diddy-bopped his way are accurate, humorous, and original—good phrases! I wonder why it’s an Oklahoma housewife if you could explain it. Hoping this finds you in peace and well. -Glen
Glen- - Thank you for picking out hopalong and diddy-bopped! ! ! ! I had to try out some fresh words for the way those cuties get around. Oklahoma housewife is just a poke at a friend of mine- no territorial insult intended! Found peace, Glen, and enjoyed it for a time [[the world doesn't like peace, dad gum it]
Rebecca, the reply box is being blocked so here is my reply to your cheerful Becca comment! ! ! I love that comparison to a comic strip! ! ! ! That makes it sound like my poem was a humorous piece, funny enough to appear in the comics page of a newspaper! Thank you dear friend for enjoying this nutty squirrel
Here we go yet again. The reply button is not responding nor has responded for several days thus forcing me to use the comment box for a reply box. Do I sound cranky? Well, that's cuz I am.
Ever So Creatively Written Reminded Me Of A Comic Strip! ! ! ! ! Though :) Got To Agree With The Poor Squirrels View, Humans Cutting Trees Homeless Many Poor Critters This, Leaves! ! ! ! ! Thank You Ever So Much For Sharing This! ! ! ! ! :) Excellently Written! ! ! ! !
Rebecca, the reply box was blocked dor weeks but tis open now so here is my reply to your cheerful Becca comment! ! ! I love that comparison to a comic strip! ! ! ! That makes it sound like my poem was a humorous piece, funny enough to appear in the comics page of a newspaper! Thank you dear friend for enjoying this nutty squirrel (
Do not doubt your story-telling talents, Susan, for this light-hearted narrative fully engages the reader, presenting vividly clear imagery and keeping this reader smiling through every line. We are carried along, with both the nutty protagonist and his observer. I enjoyed how the demise of the tree is left to the imagination of the reader, almost in symmetry with the final thought of rebirth is also left like a seed in the mind of the reader for further germination. Lovely piece, Susan :)
WoW! ! ! I so look forward to reading your comments on my as well as other people's poems. You delve! ! ! Even with a poem about a nut-throwing squirrel, you get under the hood and check out the engine and how well it works! ! Thank you so much for commenting on my storytelling ability which hopefully is propelling my series of novels along! Thank you, Seamus, for the uplifting remarks!
The gaits of squirrel in this poem have been nicely and touchingly portrayed with the present situation of environments. Many thanks for sharing this gem.
Why thank you for noting the words I used to try to describe their gaits! That is a huge part of their charm as well as the shrill chattering sounds when they give birds warning that there is a cat in the bushes below.
This poem reflects the pain that pines up at times the sensible heart due to the deforestations caused in the name of modernization every other day. I love gardening and I plant as many as 200 plants every year. I have been doing this since 1988. Now many squirrels of our clan have joined me. These are the ones who sow the seeds, water them, protect and rebuke harder than your squirrel. Loved your cute one. Happy Valentine's day. Subhas
And I thought I was a gardener! ! ! I am a nature lover [except for spiders] and love the great outdoors so much I'd like to bring it indoors... and all the cuter wildlife [skunks sadly are not welcome]. Squirrels are an epic watch! ! ! Glad you enjoyed this light-hearted salute to Monsieur Nutty Squirrel .
Hi Susie, An afterthought! Your comment an aggravated Oklahoma housewife- Just true about any housewife! Hope, my wife does not see this one! And, you do not get offended as well! !
Oh, you are a brave man- -and if she sees your comment, you will probably be a short-lived brave man! ! ! ! ! I would never get offended at you, dear friend
Hi Susan, I loved your title ' The nutty scolding squirrel'. A delightful poem to read in the morning. There is a coconut tree just in front of my window and a squirrel running up and down the tree. I watch it everyday, while i do my Yoga. Funny, i just saw it, came to open my PC - And i see a poem on the squirrel by you. How wonderful! Full marks for you dear friend. Hope the vote button works. It has not been functioning for the last two months.
That is sweet coincidence! ! ! ! I am fond of watching the animal life outside my window. Out in West, I watched coyotes come in from the desert and pillage the garbage cans, watched huge pheasants rise from the lawn with a deep thunder of wings and it took them a long time to achieve some height, amd then there were the delightful quail families, and the not so delightful skunks! The voting booth is so hostile lately- - but I thank you for the vote or the attempted vote! ! ! !
An aggravated Oklahoma housewife? Wow, you are lucky to be alive, we have many Monsieurs in our trees and I love watching them, I love how you instill humor in your poetry Susan, I’m looking forward to reading...the tree that would not die: -)
Hahaahahaha- I live on the edge, I thirst for danger! Actually the Okie comment was a poke in a beloved friend's ribs. Umm, hope she took it well.... Squirrels are a riot, aren't they? They scold like a valiant soldier until the crows come and then they dive from the telephone wire into the evergreen trees and remain totally silent until the crows pass on! For you and Judith, I shall write that poem if it comes to pass! ! ! Thank you for your cheerful comment, my friend.
I really enjoyed reading this Susan. I felt myself settle into the story as I know I would have done as a child. I love the character you have created and find myself hoping that nut does grow into a tree so that we hear more from him.
Oh! That comment was a gigantic boost- I am embroiled in a fight with the ending of my novel series and my storyteller side needed a pat on the head! ! ! Just for you I shall attempt at a sequel if in the spring a sapling grows! ! You are a delight to my soul, Judith and your alter ego...10's for story-loving friends like you! !
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This is an interesting poem! Squirrels usually have their dreys in the hollow of tree trunks! Even if this Nutty Squirrel doesn't have one on this tree, he must have made this tree a usual haunt. Now when he has come to hop on it, he doesn't see it but observes it being cut away to his great shock and agitation! His act at the end, though has brought smiles to me, states a great message... 'When one tree is cut, replace it by another'! Lovely! A sure 10
Valsa! ! ! ! If this humorous poem brought a smile to your heart then I have my reward! ! ! ! I love the squirrels - -and the way they plant oak trees in my hanging baskets! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !