From Poetic Asides:  “For today’s prompt, write an animal poem. The poem can be about an animal, just reference an animal, or well, however you’d like to handle writing an animal poem.”


there is talk about the end
strange phenomena
dolphins washing ashore
flocks of birds falling like hail
vanishing bees and bats
all unexplained
like an illusionist’s trick
perhaps mother nature’s
grand sleight
of hand.

the humans
marvel filling stadiums
each night
standing room only
with thunderous applause
and hope when mother needs a
new volunteer from the audience
they aren’t
next.