Amplifier: Linking poet and audience

 

Brought to you by Everypoet.com
 

 

The Tree Frogs

The cable slinks black through the high grass,
venomous as any viper.
One hand holds it clear, wary
while the other rows the mower
in short strokes,
hewing clean suburban swatches
of respectability.

I edit out the frantic hops
caught in my periphery,
and think of Darwin,
satisfied that my gloveless palm
will hold, thick, unbroken.


Oct. '99


home

 

Amplifier Home Directory of Poet Sites Login to your account Sign up for your own free poetry account Register for an ad-free option Frequently asked questions Everypoet.com home Find a poet Critical and general poetry discussion forums Haiku generator, other word fun Search everypoet.com Archive of classic poems