Rose Frog Poems

the hapless toad
who croaked a verse
and moved the trees around him

did sway the branches
sway the leaves
at the most profound of meaning

and too did cry 
the...

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A springtime fawn found a placid pond and knelt down for a drink.

She bent her knees into the mud,
And placed her velveted chin 
parallel to...

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The frog king, enthroned on his stump in the swamp,
Throatily cheered the processional romp.

The dragonflies darted and buzzed overhead,
And kept at safe distance the pink...

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A rose once grew where none could see, Shielded inside my old Oak tree. As the days passed swiftly by, it grew and grew so...

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THE DAY FERGUS THE FROG CROAKED
 (A Children's Rhyme by Joan Donnelly Ellis Oct. 2015)

Fergus the Frog was lazy and fat and a worshipper of...

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In small villages,  near the castle,
lived a fair maiden with her father, a blacksmith

She had fallen deeply in love with the prince,
but couldn’t get...

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I hope Inside this sorrow
It will give me strength to Love
Dark jewels In my weakness
Through rainbow colour mist galling dewdrops
Wishing a thousand miles away dreaming

In...

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I have my friend frog,
in my pocket tucked away.
Because if my mother sees him,
she won't let him stay.

He smells like the fish gut,
I have on...

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Walking yourself
into the woods 
Trees on either side 
The scent of primroses 
upon the ground 
In the crisp cool air 
my summer breeze 

You sat...

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they shout the truth in simple hues
in hopping waves of black and blue
they drop from clouds when heroes die
with blood etched throats they agonize
why must...

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