Monday, April 9, 2012

JAPANESE BEETLE: An Original Animal Mask Poem

Here is another of my new animal mask poems about little creatures. It is a quatrain with a rhyme scheme of AABB.

JAPANESE BEETLE

My love is this beautiful red, red rose.
Of all the blossoms, it’s the one I chose.
It has silky petals, leaves of emerald green.
It’s the yummiest flower that I’ve ever seen.


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Japanese Beetles on Roses
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6 comments:

  1. Charles WatersApril 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM

    Love reading your site, love reading your Animal Mask poems. Love you. That is all.

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  2. Elaine MagliaroApril 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM

    Thanks, Charles! I hope our paths cross again one day. It was a pleasure meeting you in Orlando.

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  3. Linda BApril 9, 2012 at 11:14 PM

    I like the play on Burns, Elaine. And, like Charles, I love all your mask poems. They're always so clever in the wording.

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  4. Linda BApril 9, 2012 at 11:51 PM

    So, I wrote a poem for you, Elaine. Thanks for having so many 'mentor' poems to learn from!


    I was kept warm, quite safe and fed
    and then surprised to hear the call
    to leave home because I wasn’t meant
    to stay there very long at all.

    I began to push, to dry and move
    the side door open, then it gave a sigh
    I wiggled and jiggled till I was out
    And I became a butterfly.
    -Linda

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  5. Bridget R. WilsonApril 12, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    Hmm...growing up we never had a problem with Japanese Beetles on roses. They always got on our grape vines.

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  6. Jai SApril 14, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    Elaine and Linda - fabulous poems :)

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