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By Anonymous

   I was out one day for my usual jog,

(I go kinda easy, rarely full-hog)

When I happened to see, right there on the road

The squishy remains of a little green toad.



I thought to myself, where is his home?

Down yonder green valley, how far did he roam?

From out on the pond I heard sorrowful croaks,

Could that be the wailing of some of his folks?



I felt for the toad and his pitiful state,

But the day was now fading, and such was his fate.

In the grand scheme of things, now I confess,

What's one little froggie, more or less?




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CHEESEABLE said...
on Sep. 30 2011 at 7:55 am
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Aide_Valeria_Torres_Pitalua said...
on Aug. 31 2011 at 10:49 am
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I find myself asking the same questions too. Like where did it come from? I like this poetry and I like its flow. I can relate to this.
nathanielmcd BRONZE said...
on Aug. 30 2011 at 9:35 am
nathanielmcd BRONZE, Punta Gorda, Florida
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Hi, that wwas pretty much THE MOST EPIC poem I have ever read, I read it because I love toads, (hate frogs,love toads) and I was excited that someone was writing about them, I can not believe that you killed him off, I was really kinda sad.
HollyBell BRONZE said...
on Jul. 17 2011 at 5:51 pm
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This was really good, funny and the rhyming really flowed. I loved the whole story and it just all went very well together. I think this would go perfect in a childrens book of poems (I used to have a great big book called Animal poems for kids and this would be fantastic in it) Great job!
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on Jul. 17 2011 at 1:29 pm
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Way to be quirky. I like this, your poem kinda reminds me of Shel Silverstein poetry. Who I love. I hope you do make children's poetry or something.

Check out my work?

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This was very cute! There's a deeper meaning here -- I love it. Very well done.
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on Mar. 29 2011 at 6:27 am
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lol, i loved this xD
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on Mar. 7 2011 at 5:34 pm
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This is a great poem! :D I love it! It's so true. It seems like such little things don't matter, but they do. <3 I love your formatting, how you chose your wording. This poem is fantastic!
hannah123claire said...
on Mar. 3 2011 at 8:11 pm
hay you poem was in our reading book awsome work keep it up 
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on Dec. 31 2010 at 5:10 pm
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This reminds me of a children's book :) You should make more like this :)
OddInsomniac BRONZE said...
on Nov. 17 2010 at 4:02 pm
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I do believe they are a shade of green, have you not seen.

be it frog or toad, it's just an ode!

ha! I rhymed!

MeanPeopleDead SILVER said...
on Nov. 17 2010 at 9:40 am
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WHAT IF IT WAS JEREMIAH?!
theheartthatbleedsthecolorsofquietchaos GOLD said...
on Nov. 17 2010 at 6:10 am
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there doesn't have to be one ?
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on Oct. 26 2010 at 7:19 pm
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Hahahahaha.
Crispy said...
on Oct. 26 2010 at 7:26 am
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Awww poor froggie. I loved this poem because it was cute and made me laugh. A good change from all the poems about love and pain.
dylanlalala said...
on Oct. 4 2010 at 6:26 pm

Wow!

I loved this cute little poem! The only thing I didn't like was that toads aren't green! Frogs may be, but toads definitely aren't. You can't be inaccurate when writing about nature... Good job, though!