Tetrapods

Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. #NoticePoems

Tetrapods 
  one day they may get tired of sittingall day long just holding off the wavesand may insteaddecide to rise upon their rigid legsand leave the damp coast, the aromaof seaweed, and thosepesky barnacles,and crab-walk inlandto the farthest endof a finger valley where sunlight gets trapped between hillsand the heat rises from the warm earthand they can rest their sore stiff legs in the soft grassand at long last dry out their feetonce and for all



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Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. 
Verse novels by Holly Thompson: Falling into theDragon’s Mouth The Language Inside Orchards

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