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Peggy Trojan


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The crow and the squirrel
who claim the large tree
outside my balcony,
meet each morning
to pontificate.
Sometimes, I join them.

This morning,
speaking three different languages,
we agreed the weather
has been lousy lately,
and we sure as heck don’t need
any more rain.


This poem first appeared in Bramble (2020).
Used here with permission.

 


Peggy Trojan, after a career of teaching English, retired to the north woods of Wisconsin. There, she and her husband, David, with the help of family, built a house next to a trout stream. Peggy stays busy writing and making jam from the raspberry patch she carefully and lovingly tends. Peggy is a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and is the author of two full-length poetry collections and six chapbooks. Learn more about her here.

               

 


Post New Comment:
MLove:
What a great poem! I love this!!!
Posted 11/13/2022 02:36 PM
CamilleBalla:
Cute and fun!
Posted 11/13/2022 01:09 PM
Sharon Waller Knutson:
I love poems that personify birds and animals. Love the unique idea of humans, birds and animals speaking different languages. Favorite line: we agreed the weather has been lousy lately, and we sure as heck dont need any more rain.
Posted 11/13/2022 10:14 AM
Lori Levy:
Love this idea of communicating in three different languages.
Posted 11/13/2022 10:07 AM
cork:
A cold wave is hitting Wyoming.
Posted 11/13/2022 10:01 AM
RonPoems:
Simple, eloquent, powerful.
Posted 11/13/2022 10:00 AM
Wilda Morris:
A great laugh to start the day! Love the poem, Peggy.
Posted 11/13/2022 08:30 AM
Larry Schug:
Oh my! Exquisite! Bravo!
Posted 11/13/2022 08:25 AM
Angela Hoffman:
Love this poem Peggy. I am from Wisconsin too and wrote my first poem late in life. Congrats on all the awards. Such a big thing!
Posted 11/13/2022 08:24 AM
paula:
Congrats on your book awards!
Posted 11/13/2022 07:00 AM
mail@schoolbusmart.com:
Very cute. Hoping you guys continue to babble on. LOL. Randy Mazie
Posted 11/13/2022 06:55 AM


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