My Favorite Palindrome

The words that read the same way:

front to back.

Like mom.

Like dad.

Like kayak.

Some others you may know:

Like radar

And madam.

Perhaps you’ve heard of “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama”.

Or maybe you’ve met “God’s dog”.

I recall another.

My dad’s name was Bob.

He loved to point out that,

“It’s spelled B-O-B.

Spell it backwards; it’s B-O-B.”

We always laughed.

Next to him,

I have another favorite palindrome.

It has feathers.

It’s gray

And yellow.

With orange

And white.

He was found one day

Another state away.

Since then,

He’s rarely out of my sight.

Originally, 

He was named BB.

That’s the same front to back,

Obviously.

But recently,

It dawned on me,

His nickname follows a similar track.

Because we also call him

Beeb.