The Woodpecker Poem by Kim Barney

A few weeks ago I remembered that I had written a poem about a woodpecker when I was in the tenth grade and had also drawn a picture to go with it. I knew the poem was in a notebook in my basement somewhere, and I spent a couple of hours looking for it and could not find it.
Today I was in the basement for a totally different purpose and there was the notebook right in plain sight! I would have had to walk past it more than once the other day.
The tape I used to hold the picture (which I also drew on my own) in place on the page with the poem is dark and discolored with age. It was clear tape when it was applied. Remember, I wrote this poem in tenth grade, which was many, many years ago!
I was surprised to find another poem of mine in the notebook, called 'Kindness'. I had forgotten all about writing that one. It has already been posted to this website.
The clock in my camera is incorrect. It is still set for the time in Recife, Brazil, four hours later than Utah time right now.

posted 12: 27 a.m. Utah time 15 Dec 2015

Correction: (5: 19 p.m.15 Dec 2015) When I submitted the poem I said it had been done in eighth grade, because the notebook was almost identical to one I turned in that year. However, a more careful inspection of the notebook today revealed that it was done for my speech class, and tenth grade was the only year I had a speech class, so I apologize.