Animal Toad Poems

sat a toad by a pond
pondering
of some words 
words of wonder
wondering
then he croaked them
gave his voice
voicing 
and looking up 
saw an audience
rejoicing

and the animals
with a...

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There once was a piano that wanted to be
Anything other than of white, black keys
She loved her parents and her fabulous family
But she lacked love...

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The fuzzy toad couple came hopping across the pond
I was amazed when I saw the last lily pod they’d been on
There were four footprints of...

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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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Mister Toad was relaxing with coffee,
His toes were warming up in the sun
Autumn cider was brewing
He was planning some leaf jumping fun

That is Mister Toad...

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Tippy Toed Toad loved the rain more than anyone I ever knew.
The only thing he would love better than one shower would be two.
His spots...

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Last night we saw a frog just sitting 
Right there in the road.
At least we thought it was a frog;
It might have been a toad.

No...

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Though I'm ugly and I'm old,
And I'm fat and I'm bald,
And I'm grey and I'm cold;
I've still a story to be told …

I've never been...

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The croaking toad
The spitting toad
Is ill
Time and wind pass
Like poor cowards.

Nothing is forever
Life will remain beautiful
Put a little salt
‘Cause we must fill up the shovel
Where...

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Stork wheels his best friend up and down the road.
Someone makes fun of him. It is a simple ugly toad.
He is my pal, and I...

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Do not worry little one, a toad said with a smile.
The dragon protector will be along in a little while.
The baby dragon was grateful the...

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I was walking the yellow brick road
When I stumbled upon a fat toad
With feathers for skin
He favored a hen
His face looked like a freakish ode...

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hiding from its prey

      a toad changes bright of skin--

  master of disguise



For Regina Riddle's Nature Haiku Contest
5/22/2020
~Creatures of...

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Geraldine and Lampert, frogs
Rendez-vous'd at dawn, in swamp
Bathing in the warming current
They concur: We must tell stories!

To themselves: ("I'll make one up!")

Geraldine found first a...

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Happily Never After (the Second Curse of the Horny Toad)
by Michael R. Burch

He did not think of love of Her at all
frog-plangent nights, as moons...

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