This is a poem from my first, self-published chapbook, DANCE GROOVE FUNHOUSE, available now! Read details to the right to order one for yourself! (Shameless self-promotion) Amy
THE LARK
SATURDAY MORNING
Lazing after lush, lazy sleep I am
awakened by a lark
perched beneath my bedroom window
serenading me of the day to come
Thank you, God, for this blessing
the wakeup call from heaven
Birdsong on a Saturday morning
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
Working 9-5
Long into the night, I tossed and turned 3 a.m.
again
The alarm will grant me 6:45
Then it starts
That stinking bird
Sackful of crap that will undoubtedly be dispensed
on my windshield
If only I had
an airgun
© 2010 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Sharp Little Pencil 
Debbie
lol! I think I wrote a poem about those birds singing way too early before! ha! Thanks for sharing, Amy, and best wishes for your chapbook!
Sharp Little Pencil
And your chapbooks are in the mail, Debbie, thanks again!
The Lark is included in that one. It’s a BUNCH of poems, and not “one to a page” because I can’t bear the thought of killing a tree when some of the poems are short enough to fit two to a page. I format like The Pennysaver – no scootch room!!!
So funny that you wrote on the same theme. Send me the link!! Amy
leesis
oh Amy this one cracked me up…brilliant! Thanks for the laughter 🙂
Sharp Little Pencil
I write so many rants, I have to toss in a crack-up once in a while, right?! Glad you smiled. 😉 Amy
Sherry Blue Sky
Hee hee……..love it.
Sharp Little Pencil
To any and all who are light sleepers… LOL, Amy
miskmask
I adore the morning version of your Lark’s greeting that you’ve shared here. Quite lovely, and warms the heart.
Sharp Little Pencil
Yeah, the morning version came AFTER the later version.. funny how that worked! Glad you liked it, MIsk!! Love Amy
uponthewingsofnight
I am one of the many happy recipients of your chapbook. It is one that will stay in my collection.
Sharp Little Pencil
I’m so glad you have one, because it’s out of print unless I get a groundswell of orders… ha ha ha. It was OK for a first collection, and entirely handmade by me. I’m looking to upgrade production, perhaps do a Kindle version (there’s now a Kindle upload for PC, so I don’t have to buy a damned ‘nother piece of hardware). Bless you for your nice words, Brett. Amy