MOLE POEMS: Variations on a Theme

 

Every now and then, I like to write poems about a particular subject in a number of different ways. I have arranged the following three mole poems in the order in which I wrote them. The first poem is a “things to do” list poem; the second and third are mask poems.

THINGS TO DO IF YOU ARE A MOLE

Make your home

in the damp darkness

underground

unknowing of snow

and stars

and summer breezes.

Live among roots

and rocks

and sleeping cicadas.

Excavate tunnels

in the moist brown earth.

Listen for the soft music

of seeds sprouting,

worms wiggling,

rain pattering on your grassy roof.

Spend your days in a world

of unending night.

MOLE ANSWERS AN INTERVIEW QUESTION

I live in the earth.

I burrow through soil.

A claw-footed creature,

In darkness I toil.

I excavate tunnels.

I really DIG dirt!

I’m a fine engineer.

I do hate to be curt…

But I’m here on the job…

I can’t stop now to chat.

I’m a hole-digging mole.

I’ll just leave it at that!

MOLE

Psst! Psst! HEY! I’m right down here.

I’m a busy little engineer

Building tunnels underground.

You rarely hear ME make a sound.

My life is lonely…one of toil.

I claw my way through darkness soil.

The sun’s is not a face I know.

I live where seeds begin to grow.

Dear Mother Earth is my good friend

And through her big brown heart I wend

Digging tunnels right down here.

Listen! Listen! Cup an ear.

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