Day 4: "Earthworm and Crow"

This was the Day 4 prompt for April PAD: http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/April+PAD+Challenge++Day+4.aspx. For today’s prompt, I want you to pick an animal; make that animal the title of your poem; then, write a poem. You could be very general with your animal title (“Bees” or “Lion”) or specific (“Flipper” or “Lassie”). You could even be very silly with something like “Tony, the Tiger,” I guess (that tiger on the cereal box).

"Earthworm and Crow"

(I thought picking 2 animals was better suited for the purpose of my poetry... to bring out their traits in a binary sort of way!)

The wriggly little thing did quick

To build up clouds of soft soil

The moment a crow drew near him

In cawing expectation for food.

The excavation by the sharp beak

Drilled away in Parnassian hits yet

Nothing was smarter or simpler

As the worm dug inside the earth

Threading away at the mucus moistness...

Meanwhile, the crow perched unafraid

A hatha yogi meditating as long as needed!

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