Josie Whitehead’s Poems

                 

                 

                 

                SAID THE SYCAMORE TREE

                 

                By Josie Whitehead

                 

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                “Hey, you’re scratching my trunk”

                  Said the sycamore tree

                “And your claws are so sharp –

                  Ow! They’re torturing me.

                 

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                Said the cheeky grey squirrel:

                  “Well I really don’t care

                I’ve a dog on my heels,

                  So I can’t stop and stare.”

                 

                The trees like their visitors –

                  As they come and they go.

                They see squirrels and birds

                 Both in sun and the snow.

                 

                They offer them shelter,

                  They offer them rest –

                But of all of their visitors

                  Which ones are best?

                 

                They like the various songbirds

                  Who sing in the spring.

                Hear that beautiful blackbird?

                  He thinks he’s the king.

                 

                 

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