Sense Sonnets

Monday, November 09, 2020

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Mr. Green Broadbill


A male green broadbill bird, I do

Sport a vibrant, bright plumage green

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

Wowing the gals who eye my sheen.

And also as my name implies,

I've got a bill that's broad so that

I'm able, given my small size,

To eat food in my habitat

In bigger mouthfuls so I won't

Stay in any one place too long.

I like to eat fast so I don't

Lose wooing time with my sweet song.


Ever alert instinctively

To search for my Miss Right to be.

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