When you carve
your jack-o-lantern
make a face
full of fright.
Do not set it
on the porch steps
and then leave
it over-night.
The javelinas
run by rooting
and they might
take out a bite.
Among themselves
they start fighting.
No more pumpkin
it's gone from sight.
Good bye, Jack-o-lantern.
Where I live we can't leave pumpkins outside because the javelinas love to eat them. I guess it must taste like candy to them. Are there critters in your part of the world that would eat your jack-o-lantern? OK, so your challenge for today is to write a poem titled, Who Has Been Eating my Pumpkin? There are lots of possibilities--bugs, worms, birds, even Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater. (Could the apple in the Garden of Eden have been a pumpkin?) Have fun deciding whose voice you'll use for this poem.
Joy,
ReplyDeleteMany of us must confess to eating the insides if we like pumpkin pie. Or perhaps, we've toasted the seeds. I don't think I've ever been tempted by the outside, although perhaps I didn't know of a special way to prepare it.