Eight-line Poems

Frog Poem 21

Frog Poem 21

Frog bounds upon the earth
in the bounteous joy of being,
his tadpole mind ecstatic
with his metamorphosed world,
from pond to vast expanse of air,
his vision now horizon,
his life reborn forever.

And man still wonders at his death.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.13.21
Prompt: Frog Jumping Day.
Note: This is numbered 21 because it is actually the latest in a series of frog poems. All but this one date from about 1970. The number is a guess, since I have lost all but one of those poems of my youth. It is sure to be a slight exaggeration but reflects the year of this one, at least.