Creepy Pete Is a pest among the pests If he wins a prize Creepy Pete wins peskiest ~ He’s always showing up In the middle of bugs’ business Hanging around too long His presence is suspicious ~ Is he merely lonely Simply looking for some friends Or is he there to eavesdrop As ladybugs discuss… Read More Creepy Pete
His name is Chester Chickadee And he’d love to be your friend Talking a mile, a minute His stories seem to never end ~ He likes to brag to who he can And is never all that picky If Ms. Fancy isn’t home He’ll follow the stench to Mr. Stinky ~ Next, he’ll talk… Read More Chester Chickadee
Rumor has it, Henrietta Hedgehog Hides amongst the flowers Until she comes to life each night With seemingly magical powers ~ Some say they have seen her While others have only listened To the pitter-patter of little feet That are loud and then sound distant ~ They’ve also reported noises In the middle of the… Read More Henrietta Hedgehog
Morsels of sweetness To energize and delight The eyes and the taste buds They make my day bright ~ Picture-perfect macarons In colorful rows They look too good to eat But their scent tempts my nose ~ Luring me closer I hover just above Then with just one bite I fall madly in love ~… Read More Sweetness
If curiosity killed the cat What did it do to the dog Was it just a brief distraction ‘til something better came along ~ Whether birds or squirrels People, cars, or a curious cat A dog will always wonder … Read More This, Them or That
Alive in the garden Are fairies dressed as wheat You can see them sway and dance In the midday summer heat ~ Thanking the sun For the warmth of her rays The wheat fairies rejoice In mysterious ways ~ Only noticed by a few Inquisitive human eyes It’s their sheath of camouflage Where they covertly… Read More Wheat Fairies
There once was a duck Who sat for days Perched on a fence Suffering from malaise ~ No one knew Just why he was there And when someone asked He just gave a blank stare ~ Until the day The new girl caught his eye With the whitest downy feathers She fluttered on by ~… Read More Ducks in a Row
Have you heard the rumor? There’s mythical things to see They live among the gardens Not just in tales read to you and me ~ There are dragons in the garden And yes, they really fly They spin and sputter on the breeze Then disappear against the sky ~ Some find they bring good luck With… Read More Dragons
Photo thanks to my hubby AJ Collette Known simply as Heckler More than any other name Tossing out insults Was indeed his favorite game ~ Early each morning At the crack of dawn He finds the highest tree top To look down upon ~ The comings and goings The antics of them all He… Read More Heckler
“Herman, cut your hair!” Echoed through the grove If he’d heard it once or 1,000 times Herman surely did not know ~ He rather liked the way his hair fell Conveniently obscuring his face From his overbearing mother Whose branches crowded his space ~ Yet each time the wind blew Herman let down his hair… Read More Herman
Jessica M. Collette 
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