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Nolcha is providing us with quirky prompts throughout the month of April, as April is national poetry month. Join in by clicking this link!

https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/optional-quirky-prompt-2-pooper-scooper/

Today our prompt if we choose to accept it is to write a poem about cleaning up after our pets, humans, whoever, as it is national pooper scooper week!

Here is my effort at today’s prompt!

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I don’t have a pet now, but when I did, he’d run through my house every day like a whirlwind. Here is my poem in honour of my dog, Nitro.

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In the quiet dawn, the house lay still,

But soon would burst with chaos and thrill.

My furry friend, so wild and free,

Turned the home into a stormy sea.

With paws that pitter and patter and race,

They dashed through each and every space.

The kitchen floor, the living room,

All fell victim to their playful boom.

A trail of fur like fallen leaves,

Discarded toys beneath the eaves.

The sofa cushions tossed askew,

A half-chewed slipper, once so new.

Yet amidst this whirlwind of delight,

I find myself in endless plight.

With broom and mop, I chase their trail,

In a never-ending, Sisyphean tale.

But oh, the joy that fills their eyes,

The bounding leaps, the playful cries.

So though I sweep and scrub and mend,

I wouldn’t trade my whirlwind friend.

For in their mischief, love is found,

A bond so pure, it knows no bound.

So let them run and let them play,

I’ll clean their messes, come what may.

In the end, it’s all worthwhile,

For a happy heart and a loving smile.

With every sweep, I find my peace,

In the whirlwind’s wake, my love’s release.