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Morning!

Birds singing…

Phone ringing!

Open your eyes.

to today’s surprise,

a gorgeous sunrise!

Don shoes and pants.

Step around fire ants!

Feed birds, water plants.

Bye, birds! Parting glance.

Taking a shower, getting dressed…

Phone ringing… don’t get stressed!

Hucksters calling; I’m not impressed.

Morning walk… escaping these pests!

Cloudless sky, sunshine… mind rests.

Sitting down to eat breakfast, stress-free,

anticipating world news updates on TV…

Politicians debating… can’t seem to agree.

Storms, fires, wars, crimes… Goodness me!

Ads played loudly, repeat, repeat endlessly…

Enough! Time for a wildlife documentary!

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Copyright© 2025 by Cheryl Batavia

This is a ziggurat poem, a fun form invented by Paul Szlosek that I like to play with occasionally. His website is Paul’s Poetry Playground. Ziggurat poems are often written about humorous topics. The poem has the shape of a ziggurat, or step-pyramid. Each verse has lines with the same end rhymes.

The title is the first verse and has one word. The second verse is 2 lines of 2 words. The third verse consists of 3 lines of 3 words. The fourth verse has 4 lines of 4 words, and the fifth verse has 5 lines of 5 words.

I broke the rules by adding a sixth verse to this poem. 😎

Wishing everyone a beautiful day… informed, productive, but inspired and entertained as well. 💕