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Announcing the 3rd Annual Skunk Poetry Contest!

Skunk Poetry Contest 2007 Results

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2007 Skunk Poetry Contest Winner

    Treats
    by Laura Sutherland

    We traffic in treats here
    Little bribes
    Dog off the sofa
    Cat off the table
    Small triumphs
    Or because it's Tuesday 

    The cows used to come
    For sweet grass
    After fence mending lapsed
    And the deer
    For a safe snack
    During the season of guns 

    The turtles and groundhogs
    Feast on tomatoes
    And the young black bear
    Sat on the porch eating birdseed
    Can't blame them
    For liking treats, too 

    And you, little one,
    Petite, upturned nose,
    Nearly all white, just a thin black stripe
    Standing, sniffing at the screen door
    On a warm harvest night
    I closed the pet door just in case 

    You deserve your treats, too
    Compost on the back porch
    Won't leave it there again
    It'll be in the pile out back
    Just by that dent in the fence
    No one will surprise you there 

last modified March 16th,2008 
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