Square Poems 32: Badger Acrostic Poem by Kim Barney

Kim Barney

Kim Barney

I was born in a bank - - my mother went there and made a deposit

Square Poems 32: Badger Acrostic



Born blind, furred, and helpless,
A white stripe down his face.
Digs in dirt for his prey.
Great predator of snakes.
Eats mostly small rodents.
Runs as fast as it takes.

Square Poems 32: Badger Acrostic
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: animals,life,nature
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
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I attended Snow College years ago, and our mascot was the badger. I always thought that was kind of a tame animal until I met one in the wild and discovered that they can be quite vicious.

Badgers are the number one predator of rattlesnakes in some states. Mostly they eat rodents such as gophers, marmots, moles. voles, mice, etc.

Some people think that coyotes and badgers hunt together, but they do not. Badgers hunt alone, but sometimes coyotes will observe them hunting and hang around to see if they can catch something that escapes the badger.


I call these square poems because they have the same number of syllables per line as there are lines in the poem. For example, a four-line poem would have four syllables per line, and a five-line poem would have five syllables per line.

This poem has six lines, so it has six syllables per line.

Square poems do not have to rhyme, and they do not have to be acrostics.

To see my other square poems with lower numbers from here, just keep clicking on the 'previous poem' button.

To see square poems with higher numbers, just keep clicking on the 'next poem' button.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kostas Lagos 11 December 2020

This is a fabulous acrostic! Badgers are quite wild animals

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Jim Hogg 26 July 2020

Always good to see poets willing to challenge themselves with restrictive forms. Entertaining as well as educational.. thanks..

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