Your Neighbour’s Geese
The snakes that aren’t there, are they there?
Or do they just enjoy a scare?
Unless you plant a bamboo fence,
Your hedgehogs may have no defence.
Your neighbour’s geese may interfere
Unless you rent a herd of deer.
Relations can get rather tense –
Your hedgehogs may have no defence.
Unless you plant a gooseberry hedge
Your neighbour’s geese may have the edge.
With snakes and geese there’s no pretence;
Your hedgehogs may have no defence.
Or do they just enjoy a scare?
Unless you plant a bamboo fence,
Your hedgehogs may have no defence.
Your neighbour’s geese may interfere
Unless you rent a herd of deer.
Relations can get rather tense –
Your hedgehogs may have no defence.
Unless you plant a gooseberry hedge
Your neighbour’s geese may have the edge.
With snakes and geese there’s no pretence;
Your hedgehogs may have no defence.
This poem is copyright (©) David Thompson 2026
About the Writer
David Thompson
David had a long career in translation, editing, interpreting and publishing with the United Nations in New York and Bangkok and then with WHO in Geneva, returning to live in England some years ago. He wrote his first poetry collection (Days of Dark and Light: Recent Poems, Hobnob Press, 2021) mostly during lockdown. His second collection (Where The Love Is) was published by Hobnob Press in 2023.
