Laura's challenge this month was to write a poem comparing a snake to something fresh---in eight lines or less. Since I'm currently evacuated due to Hurricane Dorian, I could see no other choice but this:
Hurricane slithers
the coast, rain-venomed
tongue lashing inlets
and bays. A ruddy-banded
snake, it neither uncoils
nor shutters an eye, yet crawls
the map, striking land,
swallowing towns.
Hurricane slithers
the coast, rain-venomed
tongue lashing inlets
and bays. A ruddy-banded
snake, it neither uncoils
nor shutters an eye, yet crawls
the map, striking land,
swallowing towns.
----Sara Lewis Holmes (all rights reserved)
I can't wait to see how snakes inspired my poetry sisters!
Poetry Friday is hosted today by Poetry for Children.
