Larry Bradfield Poet Quatrain

A Frog's Life

Friend, it ain't so easy bein' a frog
I lie for hours with my eyes wide open
All the while smellin' this old midewed log
Watchin' for bugs, just watchin' and hopin'

You may not know it, a human and all,
But bugs is gettin' scarce and dang near rare -
What with poisons at your beck and call -
And I'll find my lunch, but who knows just where

I fin'ly see a bug in my left eye
But a snake's watchin' me in the right one
He don't see the hawk watchin' him go by -
It is hard to tell which of us is done

Now I see a kid on the river bank
With a brand new gun, a Sears twenty two
He's anxious to give that trigger a yank -\
One of us is plugged, I'm wonderin' who

Just eatin' lunch ain't what it used to be
Next thing you know there'll be a barkin' dog
This peaceful swamp ain't peaceful as you see
Friend, it ain't so easy bein' a frog


10/16/2016
For contest Personification

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Afzal Nusker October 19, 2016 at 11:01 PM Hilarious! After all it's not so easy to be anything at all. Congrats on your win with this well written poem, Larry.

Charlie Smith October 16, 2016 at 8:23 PM Good one Larry, good luck in the contest... Larry Bradfield October 17, 2016 at 11:08 AM Thanks, Charlie

Paloma P October 16, 2016 at 6:13 PM Fun read, Kermit would be green with envy. :) Nicely done prosopopeia. Larry Bradfield October 17, 2016 at 11:09 AM Thank you. Glad you liked it!!..Larry