Part of a Poem and a Free Coloring Page

To accompany my epic coloring book, I wrote a poem. Each stanza will go next to a picture.

Here are some snippets of the poem- the stanzas next to some possible blog readers. Can you guess which stanza goes with Professor Batty? Jono? BAH? Bobby Lee? John Francis?

1.

When he got the owl

I mentioned "addiction,"

but he just laughed;

it inspired his "fiction."

2.

His behavior continued

getting weirder and weirder.

I wanted him to shave,

but he just got bearder and bearder.

Wearing masks in the night

and feeding birds on his tongue-

regurgitated food!

His ideas were far flung.

3.

But I started to get worried

about death and strange things:

if he died, would the bird follow him?

and haunt me and my siblings?

4.

And then he took up with

a sweet old Sage Grouse.

and I began to consider

if he should be my spouse?

There were worse men out there-

who didn't have a birdhouse

already in their beard,

but was it really so weird?

5.

They were cute for a while,

until he got too obsessed.

He stayed on the couch

and the house was a mess.

The chickens were on him

every day and every night.

No one was there

to sympathize with my plight!

Every time I got up to go to the loo,

he would say,

"What are you going to do?

Can you get me a drink

or a spoon of Nutella?

I've got chicks on me, you see.

I'm a really nice fella.

But I can't move a muscle

or the chicks will get cold!

You understand, don't you?

I can't lose my hold."

6.

Then he went and got a turkey!

7.

And then there was the day

when things really went south;

the hummingbirds were there,

attacking his mouth.

8.

The swans came and

lived with us.

He didn't think it queer

to have a whole nest there,

living in his beard.

9.

As time went on,

he got a dreamy look in his eye-

a peace dove on his shoulder,

I did not know why.

10.

Then he cheered up

as the weather got colder,

a full sized swan

in his beard and on his shoulder.

Free coloring page! Share it with your friends. The Birds in Beards Coloring Book is coming April 1.