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Number One House-Wrecker

I called out to a noisy woodpecker You're surely my number one house-wrecker Come down from that tree And please visit me Stop tapping ~ I'll teach you to play checkers

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/7/2022 11:01:00 AM

I want to see this happen!

Debra L Brown

Date: 3/6/2022 5:50:00 PM

LOL! Gershon, I have the same trouble every spring. The same woodpecker I call him the (The 3 Stooges) 4th Stooge, "Nit Wit" (LoL) I have a "Metal" vent pipe. He is bound and determined to make a home there. You need to hear that at 7 a.m. in the morning. I loved the limerick. Blessings ~ Debra

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/6/2022 5:51:00 PM

No thanks. I'll wait until about 10 a.m. for that woodpecker. (By then, I'm out of the house for quite awhile). ~ Going Deaf

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 3/6/2022 12:15:00 PM

LOL…but do you let in the little terrorist?

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/6/2022 5:52:00 PM

Sure do (let in the 'little terrorist.'). I type; rooster hunts and pecks. lol

Jeff Kyser

Date: 3/6/2022 4:57:00 AM

Ha! They're wonderful when they are in the woods where they are supposed to be. A giant pileated woodpecker on the trail the other day would fly ahead, hide behind a tree, and stick his head out to look, first from one side, then the other. When I got close, repeat. Nice

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/6/2022 9:13:00 AM

'Pileated' - that's a new one for me, Jeff. I see that this kind of woodpecker is an 'insectivore.' Thanks for the education, gw

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 3/6/2022 2:53:00 AM

Lol, those woodpeckers are such rascals, I guess they are busy everywhere, here too! You are so kind :) I am tired of fixing holes in our house, but they seem to find it great fun! ~BJ

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/6/2022 9:11:00 AM

Those woodpeckers are, indeed, 'holy birds,' BJ -- esp. when it comes to knocking holes in our houses. lol. Thanks, gw

Anselmo Boles

Date: 3/5/2022 9:07:00 PM

I sense a gentle, humane/spiritual message in this poem Gershon. Kindness and wisdom...ab

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/6/2022 9:10:00 AM

Yes, I'm trying mightily to activate whatever kindness I have left in me, Anselmo. Peace, gw

Valsa George

Date: 3/5/2022 8:12:00 PM

The woodpeckers tapping sound is so sonorous, but your limerick on them is indeed very sweet, Gershon !

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/6/2022 9:10:00 AM

'Sonorous' -- I like that. You are a very tolerant person, Valsa. ~ Woody Woodpecker