MystyrMystyry
12-10-2012, 06:47 AM
I saw something strange at the midnight hour
A lizard iceskating upon a frozen leaf
Thence at a minute past the budding flower
Gobbled by a snail - the garden thief
A frog in the pond burped before his dinner
A Moth who mistook a glint in an eye
For a sparkling candle - Mr Frog the winner
Burped again as a damselfly smiled by
The stars twinkled as if suspended by strings
And the rabbit twiched nose and ears
Hopped into her burrow to pack some things
A holiday for the critter - first in years
A spider climbed to the top of its silv'ry thread
To retire to his cobwebby old library
'It always pays for a fellow to be well-read'
Holding books in legs long and hairy
The gnomes unfroze and commenced a dance
The ritual hunting of a blue butterfly
Smooth choreography in their Tai Chi trance
Once interrupted by a flash in the sky
Lightning there came, followed by thunder
As rain in torrent flooded the gazebo
Garden tenants ran for shelter to be under
Many washed away by the river flow
Frantic rabbit quick battens down the hatch
Lizard leaps to cower beneath a rock
Spider sprays webs for a protective thatch
Frog braces himself and takes stock
I saw something strange in the midnight hour
Nature at its wildest over the world
Fiercely unleashing all its pent up power
Landscape swept as its force unfurled
A lizard iceskating upon a frozen leaf
Thence at a minute past the budding flower
Gobbled by a snail - the garden thief
A frog in the pond burped before his dinner
A Moth who mistook a glint in an eye
For a sparkling candle - Mr Frog the winner
Burped again as a damselfly smiled by
The stars twinkled as if suspended by strings
And the rabbit twiched nose and ears
Hopped into her burrow to pack some things
A holiday for the critter - first in years
A spider climbed to the top of its silv'ry thread
To retire to his cobwebby old library
'It always pays for a fellow to be well-read'
Holding books in legs long and hairy
The gnomes unfroze and commenced a dance
The ritual hunting of a blue butterfly
Smooth choreography in their Tai Chi trance
Once interrupted by a flash in the sky
Lightning there came, followed by thunder
As rain in torrent flooded the gazebo
Garden tenants ran for shelter to be under
Many washed away by the river flow
Frantic rabbit quick battens down the hatch
Lizard leaps to cower beneath a rock
Spider sprays webs for a protective thatch
Frog braces himself and takes stock
I saw something strange in the midnight hour
Nature at its wildest over the world
Fiercely unleashing all its pent up power
Landscape swept as its force unfurled