Poems by Douglas Florian

Poems

• The Boa Read Poem Log in to favourite

  Just when you think you know the boa,
  
  There’s moa and moa and moa and moa.
  
  

• The Giant Water Bug Read Poem Log in to favourite

  The giant water bug can lug
  
  His eggs upon his back.
  
  He gives them extra care up there
  
  And guards them from attack.
  
  The mother glues them to the dad,
  
  And on his way they stay.
  
  But does he ever get a card
  
  Or gift on Father's Day?

• The Termites Read Poem Log in to favourite

  Our
  
  high and
  
  mighty
  
  termite
  
  mound
  
  arises
  
  far above
  
  the ground,
  
  and just as
  
  deep, grows
  
  underground.
  
  Our nest is
  
  blessed to be
  
  immense.
  
  It gives
  
  us all a firm
  
  defense, superior
  
  to any fence.
  
  It
  
  shields us from our
  
  enemies.
  
  It keeps us
  
  cooler, by degrees.
  
  From floods and droughts
  
  it guarantees.
  
  A prize
  
  nobody will assign in
  
  architectural design, but
  
  still our hill suits us just fine.

• The Ticks Read Poem Log in to favourite

  Not gigan-tic.
  
  Not roman-tic.
  
  Not artis-tic.
  
  Not majes-tic.
  
  Not magne-tic.
  
  Nor aesthe-tic.
  
  Ticks are strictly parasi-tic.

• The Mayfly Read Poem Log in to favourite

  A mayfly flies
  
  In May or June.
  
  Its life is over
  
  Far too soon.
  
  A day or two
  
  To dance,
  
  To fly—
  
  Hello
  
  Hello
  
  Good-bye
  
  Good-bye.