Birds of a Feather by Erica Chester

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We all know kookaburras
love to sit in old gumtrees,
But how ‘bout welcome swallows
twirling on the breeze?

The palm cockatoo
loves to drum his homemade sticks,
While his cousin, with the sulphur crest,
loves to do his tricks.

The colourful rainbow lorikeet
loves to play and chatter,
But the serious powerful owl 
likes to focus on things that matter.

Curious black and white magpies
like to warble right on dawn,
Whilst the crow caws away
His sound is most forlorn.

Beautiful little fairy wrens
are hopping all day long,
While the pied butcherbird
sings his melodic song.

The scatter-brained bush turkey
likes to scratch around,
While spotted green catbirds
make an awful wailing sound.

What a wonderful, noisy, crazy,
Colourful and cheery bunch,
Who tweet and chirp and caw 
and laugh and drum and screech and munch.

Image by David Clode from Pixabay

Zombie Treat or Trick by Erica Chester

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In Zombie Land each year
As Halloween is getting near
The zombie kids all flip their lids
In excitement … and in fear

For all around their zombie town
The spider webs are coming down
The city street is looking neat
And a smile now replaces a frown

A friendly giggle replaces a groan
Front lawns look so freshly mown
The filthy floor is cleaned once more
And all the scattered leaves are blown

The kids all shop with zombie force
They’ll have no zombie buyer’s remorse
They change their mind at least one time
They’re dressing as humans of course

They hide their greenish zombie faces
With make-up from expensive places
Brushed hair, perfumed here and there
They leave no zombie traces

They happily skip along their street
They hope for a trick or at least a treat
They wave and smile, chat for a while
And maybe even enjoy a sweet

Tomorrow is back to roaming around
Making a horrible groaning sound
Feeling down, wearing a frown
And sleeping under the ground

Image from Pexels by Mike Jones