Matt, I have been writing poetry all my life and it never occurred to me that
the word “sphyrapicus” could be used in a poem.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
On Mar 10, 2016, at 9:21 PM, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
...My apologies... I'm running out of steam this evening, but wanted to share
this with you. Feel free to put any final touches on it if you wish.... Matt
ODE TO SAP
Permutations of Sphyrapicus
May require a double abacus
Before one ends another begins
Not one species concept wins
Dead horse? Guffah! I retort
The horse is merely on life support
For decades it has been this way
But few dared enter the murky fray
The whole lot of them do interbreed
Of that I think we all concede
So... (changing up this pattern of mine)
Must we draw these species lines
And put a bird on just one side?
If a bird looks like the both of them
Is it required that I decide?
'Cause for this 'sucker, the line is wide...
