Croaking Poems - Poems about Croaking

...Am I really this old, so many ghosts beckoning? —Michael R. Burch Sleepyheads! I recite my haiku to the inattentive lilies. —Michael R. Burch Stillness: the sound of petals drifting dow......Read the rest...

...These are original haiku by Michael R. Burch and his translations of haiku by the Japanese masters Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, and others. Am I really this old, so many ghosts beck......Read the rest...

...A morning coincidence, to school we laughed and skipped - A cloud that drifted through the sky, from my mind it slipped. For many years and then forever, I would forget That happy race with th......Read the rest...

...A deeper silence diffuses rapidly around Nature waiting for its awakening, a shine less, discontent and wandering star gleams with a scarcely light so murky and feeble; then dissipates itself in ......Read the rest...

...Sitting alone she whispered: “I wish I had Poetry” A passing butterfly Offered her wings A setting sun Its “orange-ness” The passing breeze Its scented story......Read the rest...

...palm tree island verdant fronds frogs croaking at the ready smell of orchids my body sighed loudly i felt all the tension leave my back......Read the rest...

...Card playing pig in a poker’s square Coaxed violin and butterflies in the air. Standing on a baseball, next to a croaking frog We wondered if he had changed everything down in the bog. For he w......Read the rest...

...where is he? have you seen him? the whispers are quiet we are interested, yet terrified I am ushered into a room it is frogfather’s daughter’s wedding he is granting requests I begin trembli......Read the rest...

... "I read the news today, oh boy" - Beatles apocalyptic revelations spinning 'round inside my head/have me tossing keep me turning wide awake upon my bed/so much hating too much lying chaos just ......Read the rest...

... Written: December 28, 2023 ______________________________________ flounder in fictional field —squeals and squeaks Whimpers and growls Sylphic swaying, of flames spewing......Read the rest...

...the fish are jumping the big green frogs are croaking the shade trees beckon ......Read the rest...

...Your Christmas tree looks like it is made of real frogs! I told the witch. It is, she assured me. They are standing on circular risers. Want to hear them sing? I don’t think that is necessary, I s......Read the rest...

... Even lonely nights flee from silence. They too have their notes to lend, how robust are the songs in chorus ......Read the rest...

...Dog and frog rhyme. Cats hate dogs, but sometimes they’re friends. Frogs and hogs and also logs. The frog hogs the logs. Hog is also a pig. Pig and frog are friends. Pig and hog are......Read the rest...

...Hey! Hey! Hey! We are going to Timbuktu today! Sing croaking this is a frog family known as McCray They pack their red Volkswagen into the ground It won’t move a bit, steering wheel cannot move ar......Read the rest...