Notes About The Poem

AN EVERYDAY STORY  of a suburban garden

Freddie the Frog

amphibian
    family ranidae
as tadpole  dart&play
then losing gills& tail
metamorphosed
     frog-thumbnail

one to our small 
       pond arrived
leaped& to the bottom
                           dived
so friendly    so  tame
Freddie
   became his name

never sure why he
            chose our place
to sejourn
     his summer  base
mornings sleeping
     'neath the reeds
siesta  in sublazed weeds

by night
  dining on slugs&snails
by dawn
     back without fail
when summer
          drew to a close
hibernating
   somewhere near
        in dormant pose
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Sands Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 5:42 AM
Sweet Freddie sure likes it there and found a home. I enjoyed this. Well done Brian :)
Strand Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 6:22 AM
Yes'he' has not yet arrived this spring unless I cannot see for looking
Rodrigues Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 4:17 AM
What! He never made it into a little boy’s pocket. Enjoyed, Brian.
Strand Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 6:20 AM
This is a old timers story Kim,all girls as grand kids
Radice Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 4:01 AM
A very simple title belies a very skillful write.
Strand Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 6:19 AM
Always a delight to see the first frog of the seson Cheers Gary
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