[Calliope]: 216.Poems.Winner; Beavers!

Winner; Beavers!

On a recent poll
for over achievers
who could have won
except for the beavers!

They work all day long
collecting the wood
they need for their lodge
like a good beaver should.

All of this labour
and outdoor exertion
contributes to the poll
and it’s winning assertion.

But what is so special,
what unique kind of feature,
has given this reputation
to such an odd sort of creature?

Without a doubt it’d have to be
their natural wood cleavers
that have given them the title
of busy little beavers.

So what do you do
when you need a job done?
Set up lodging for beavers!
and pardon the pun.

*Written for a www.linkmeet.com poetry contest*

© Angie O’Connor