Yesterday
was one of those perfect early spring days,
the kind of
day so vivid
the colors
announce themselves with exclamation points
Green!
Pink!
Purple!
The
daffodils were so yellow (Yellow!)
that they
put to shame anything else that dared
call
itself yellow.
It was that
kind of a day.
I was
weeding the flowers beds
and pulled
up a particularly stubborn clump-
weeds,
roots, dirt-
and revealed an
earthworm.
The soil was
still cool,
and the
earthworm was still sleeping
when I suddenly and rudely removed his blanket.
I imagined
him yawning,
rubbing
his crusty eyes,
and saying,
“What the hell?!!”
I apologized
and quickly
covered him back up.
I wondered if the earthworm later
told his wife, “I just had the weirdest dream…”
submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Accessible Poetry
(inspired by the poetry of Billy Collins)
submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Accessible Poetry
(inspired by the poetry of Billy Collins)
15 comments:
Oh, I love the ending. You cleverly swapped the viewpoint there from poet to subject - something Billy Collins does so skillfully.
This is so cute and funny! It makes me want to go outside and garden a bit.
I love the colors of spring, yellow with exclamation points ~
The earthworm story is delightful, ha, ha ~ Perhaps he did ~
I love that colors announce themselves with exclamation points. Such a darling ending!!
This made me smile! I love how you turned it about...
I need to try this again!
Bravo Miss Mouse
If I walk outside right now, read your poem to the skies ... will Spring arrive? It's worth a try. Loved this Mouse!!
ha what a fun write...and interesting thought as well as to what an earthworm might think of us stealing its blanket...smiles....
Oh, you make me feel sorry for the worm, as you will see when you read my submission. (Pink!)
An excellent challenge, Ms Mouse. It took me a long time to decide what to do.
K
Ha! Sleepy earthworm would not have liked the sleet we had here today.
I LOVE him!!! You did an awesome job with this...smiling here..."What the hell??!" Love that!
Hahaha - that's a fun one!
Right in the spirit of Collins, the punch line, the humor within the ordinary. You nailed it, Lola. Soon I will be digging, and I hope I don't spade any worms in half, such a drag. Peace, Amy
I love the narrative properties here and the beautiful description of yellow.
right on, the earthworm would TOTALLY say WTF, human?
I absolutely adore this poem - especially "I had the weirdest dream". Love it, Lolamouse!
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