Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 177

Author:: Robert Lee Brewer
Publish date:: May 30, 2012

For this week's prompt, write a poem about something small. It could be a small baby, small town, or even a small gesture.

Here's my attempt:

"Crick"

Out back are bullfrogs and crawdads,
dragonflies and back swimmers, and
even a fat groundhog working
its way through the weeds. It ain't no
river, but it's still full of life.

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