Nothing says grace like a swan
But I don’t have a picture of a swan
So here is a poem about a duck.
Waddling through the grass
Wiggling my feathery ass
Who says I am an ugly duck
Quack-Quacking noisily as I go
Waddling my ass to and fro
Falling over like a dis-graceful duck
I take to the air in flight
I flap flap with all my might
Gliding over skylights I cluck
The breeze sets me disgracefully free
Soon other disgraceful ducks join with me
As we fly in formation how beautiful we look…….
©Alison Jean Hankinson
Quack Quack. Honk Honk. Happy New Year…..
For d’Verse….
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Duck-tastic
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Funny!
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Haha! How gracefully you have dispelled the ASSumptions about our friends, the ducks. Swans are nasty, mean birds at times… not so full of grace. Ducks bring humor with them, and politely honk their horns if we are in their way. Besides… name one cartoon character modeled after a swan! Pffft! Ducks rule. (Until the rabbits arrive.)
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Geese and ducks are the bomb. Swans – beautiful but like most supermodels, rather vapid and hateful. You did an excellent job on this Alison!
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iI have to agree with that! The swans that visit our moorings are so aloof but the ducks come looking for food and are so comical they cheer me up no end. I love it when they sit on the roof and quack! And such a funny waddle.
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Nice start with swans only to switch to ducks and end with their beautiful flight.
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chortle- I love ducks geese and swans…and seagulls…… easily pleased….
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This made me grin….love the opening lines, and then the description of the less than elegant duck, with whom I relate very deeply. Smiles.
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LOVING this! The use of the word “dis-graceful” as related to a duck versus a swan… so smiling I am.
I’m reminded of how I always smile when I see ducks on the Charles River here in BOSTON, ducking their heads down into the water for food and their rears stick up and you see their tails waggling and their hind feet peddling like mad to get their heads down to grab their food. I ALWAYS smile and either say aloud or in my mind “Bottoms up!” 😊🙃
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Hi! I nominated you for Leibster Award. Pls visit https://angelareych.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/the-liebster-award/
Thanks so much. Have a wonderful day ahead. God bless you 😊
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Ha.. I have seen a swan on land… and it walks like a duck too …. 🙂
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I had to think of ducks waddling down the Red Carpet for the Golden Beak Awards!!
Dwight
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Delightful! I love how you play on the relative lack of grace waddling on land, only to end on the entirely graceful flight of a flock!
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