Toads Poems - Poems about Toads

the toads do not dive they plop into the scummy pond pale green bellies floating beneath them like airbags they paddle and back-stroke through the weedy water as slow as inflatable boats when i visit them i turn into a kid lobbing pebbles into the spawny drink to watch them scatter they remind me of fat men hastily departing a swimming pool it is a joke i prank...

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the toads do not dive they plop into the scummy pond pale green bellies floating beneath them like airbags they paddle and back-stroke through the weedy water as slow as inflatable boats when i visit them i turn into a kid lobbing pebbles into the spawny drink to watch them scatter they remind me of fat men hastily departing a swimming pool it is a joke i prank...

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Charlotte was confiding her secrets to the teeniest tiniest toads. they sat and listened with interest. None of her stories was old. their silence and lack of suggestions was more important than gold. Charlotte loved sitting by the pond and sharing with her sweet tiny toads....

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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 a handsome prince As far as I can tell; Unless I lost my memory During a witch’s evil spell! I started my spawned life in a pond, In that valley, there beyond, I haven't always been...

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Once we shared the same swizzle stick and paper plate, ate the casserole no one else wanted, but then there were the toads. The Atlantic flushed, hands were washed, the toads stayed to be reasons why. I filled a storage unit with them, at night I hear their forlorn croaking. I’m hoping they'll evolve, become less noxious. You kept your toads also, and wrote to say, their...

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LITTLE CHILD read the dictionary: a poem about all things! Strains of marigold those shadows of dancing old! Ashes to ash all-in-all a mental addiction burning wells of poetry all souls a poem Cut yourself with A's and create imaginary gardens with real toads real change -- the only poem And Life is brazenly amazing leaving no time for thought. is what i heard. :: 12.28.2021 ::...

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In the midst of fiery crises I miss cool, shady oases O, Fountain, spring forth your fresh water revive my land to evergreen O, Abdim's storks, will you perch my neem? O, white-feather, flaunting egrets harbingers of rain, and night croaking toads, I've missed your glad tidings again In the midst of hot desert dunes I miss monsoons and rows of sorghum demarcated by a sorrel hedge I...

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I'm a frog, you're a frog, Everyone's a frog-frog, On a log, in the bog, Hiding from the dog-dog....

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Horny Toads Grandpa knew everything, that was needed to be known, always. I stayed every summer, from the time before I remember, until the time I pray, never to forget. We worked in the garden. We dug holes, and planted seeds. Everything was new to me. Miracles were in the garden. Tiny things that most miss. an ant,...

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Toads are in your eyeballs! Wow! Let me see. They are invisible, he told me, glaring. Okay, I agree. But they are there right? Not now, he says, with a huge scowl. You scared them off. I have five minutes, I say. Tell me how it happened. His arms are crossed now. He stomps off. What did I do? I...

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Story of frogs, toads, salamanders and newts Crocodiles, seals, beavers with flutes. These cold-blooded moist skins Amphibians with twins Live on land and sea in custom wet suits...

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Wash Those Froggies, Wash Those Froggies, Dirty Froggies Get Eaten By Moggies. Don't Be Mean, Get Them Clean While You Read Your Magazine....

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When I'm licking toads I regress into a dream Glory is bestowed you won't believe what I have seen We travel this same road don't know where it may lead The greedy overload take much more than they need When I'm licking toads I slip inside a dream After a smoke I think I know what this all means. When my...

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sweet rainy season alike voice of toads in ponds ...

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I never understood the saying "It's raining cats and dogs". It would make a lot more sense If it was raining toads and frogs!...

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