Monday, June 5, 2017

Polliwogs (Monday Poem)


by Kristine O’Connell George


Come see
What I found!
Chubby commas,
Mouths round,
Plump babies,
Stubby as toes.
Polliwogs!
Tadpoles!

Come see
What I found!
Frogs-in-waiting—
Huddled in puddles,
Snuggled in mud.


From The Great Frog Race and Other Poems 
by Kristine O’Connell George
1997, Clarion Books

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