One More.
Potence of nature
as sunlight warms water
shows swarms in shallows
of tadpoling life
all writhing to alter
wriggle for hop
so limbs metamorphize
turn tads to frogs
by mysterious
alchemic force
causing one more wondrous
reason for awe.
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Fay Slimm. (
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I remember as a schoolboy how someone would bring in a wodge of frogspawn and teacer would find an aquarium where it was plonked and over the weeks we watched the hatching tadpoles turn into tiny little frogs. Wonderful.
There was a pond in a field along the lane where we used to watch and catch common and crested newts amid the frogs. I suppose the newts dined upon the tadpoles but we never gave that sort of thing a second thought.
Isn't it great when poetry spurs memories. Thank you Fay.
Glad my few words brought back happy times for you Dusky - I can see in my mind's eye that pond where newts lived with tadpoles and young fingers caught them before they changed to frogs. Thanks for sharing those memories dear friend.
A creative poem of nature ❤️ Just brought to my memory that time when I recited a poem about tadpoles in elementary school. Thank you for this beautiful piece of work!
Ah - so good to know the read brought back some of that tadpole recitation dear Judy - - thanks for sharing your memory with us here.
I'm liking one more of your poems Fay - this one!
Frogspawn at school = that tapioca stuff! Maybe an age-related thing, depending on when we were at school?
Yes frogspawn was one great surprise of my young mind too Orchi - - the number of taddys it produced was ever awesome and to see them turn into frogs - - so glad you enjoyed the read..
Did this in school too. It was so exciting for us. This brings back lots of school memories, biology, science.
Can bet that all schools once had that lesson in watching tadpoles turn into frogs dear Rosina - - I do hope they still do as it is truly exciting.
beautiful words Fay on the wonder that Nature can bring to our lives.
Andy
Yes I trly agree wonder of nature becomes us in this day of mod cons - - many thanks Andy for your visit and comment on what is but one reason for awe.
my word Fay, what a delightful trip down memory lane you just took me on .. back to tadpolling days in Dallington & down Kingsthorpe Mill .. and then later to my biology class with Miss Weaver .. and moving forward in time to those happiest days when I took my own kids tadpolling too ... what could possibly be better than the simple things and nature eh' ..................... x
Yep you cant better it can you mon ami ? - - those times when as children then parents we caught taddies and then watched goggle eyed as they changed into frogs............. great lesson in wonder and awe I agree. - - thanks for those valuable memories....................x
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