A Gold Mine in my Backyard

Sometimes you just have to wonder

 

 

 

Gold Mine in my backyard

 

There must be a gold mine in my backyard

As I glance upon the land

I can almost see

The picks and shovels leaning against the tree

From the marking of these shallow holes

I’m not sure if they found gold

Carefully shifted in a pan

 Full of holes to pass the sand

Water runs freely to make a case

It’s hard to imagine, what is at stake

I guess I need to lend an ear

To the new profound engineer

Since I don’t remember, giving the rights

For the excavation on this sight

In the inspection I did see

A round object that intrigued me

A shining, beautiful, little pearl

That was dug up by, this persistent squirrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Wildfleour]

Hmmm....you got me thinking on this one...........hmmm.............

I like the twist here. It was really amusing.

Good form and choice of words. Well painted and described.

A good piece

[justjenn_2u]

I am glad the squirrel found it, not the engineer! Mother Earth, funny how society wants to build every thing up so we have not a single place of shear serenity left.

Nice poem with a humorous closure.

[THERISA]

Love the way, you treated the squirrel as a claim jumper upon your land. Leaving unfilled holes, where s/he has abandoned after failing to find that elusive nut. As previous reviewers have mentioned, your poem flow and carries the reader until the very end. Get ending for the poem too. Thank you for sharing this poem with us.

Therisa

[Jessica L Auster]

You have a way with endings. I liked this poem. It had a great rhythm and rhym scheme.

[Annalisa]

The ending was cute, and the rhyme was nice... but it was kinda dull. I mean, it's okay...but... I dunno. Also, there was a typo in the line "For the marking of these shallow holes", change For to From.

[Tania Leigh]

This is great.....I couldn't help but chuckle at the end.

The flow and rhyme were excellent --- a great poem for spring!

[Pleiades]

Your poem really made me smile! Simple yet the story was great and the poetry following.