Squirrels

Scurrying,
Chasing,
Chattering.
Scampering,
Scrambling.
There is a lyrical rhythm
to their movement
through a backyard canopy of trees,
to their high wire dance across a busy street.
Nature writing poetry
in the skittering
and scratching
of backyard squirrels.

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Author: Jill Crainshaw

I am a professor at Wake Forest University School of Divinity and an ordained PCUSA minister.

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