30 Hope Poems: 7. Eastern Box Turtle
Day 7 of my National Poetry Month project of 30 Hope Poems focused on native plant and animal species that are protected under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.
Hopes for an Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle (Mass Audubon)
forest floors inupland woodlandsmuddy shallows ofopen wetlandskindly soulsto help with travellifting overasphalt and gravela shallow holeto lay a clutchsoil and grass tocover eggs up
worms to eatand caterpillarsberries, mushroomseven flowersferns and mossfor making domesthe right to stayin a natural homeponds for lazingon summer dayssoil for burrowingas autumn fades
©2020 Holly Thompson All rights reserved
The Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) is listed under the Massachusetts Endangered Species act as a species of Special Concern. See Eastern Box Turtle in Mass Wildlife’s Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program.
Write!What species are Endangered, Threatened or of Special Concern where you live? What information can you find about them? What hopes can you imagine for them? Write your own hope poem and post in the comments to share.
Holly Thompson (www.hatbooks.com) is an author who lives in Japan but grew up in Massachusetts where she is now sheltering during the coronavirus pandemic, getting outside to walk and observe wildlife whenever she can.
Hopes for an Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle (Mass Audubon)forest floors inupland woodlandsmuddy shallows ofopen wetlandskindly soulsto help with travellifting overasphalt and gravela shallow holeto lay a clutchsoil and grass tocover eggs up
worms to eatand caterpillarsberries, mushroomseven flowersferns and mossfor making domesthe right to stayin a natural homeponds for lazingon summer dayssoil for burrowingas autumn fades
©2020 Holly Thompson All rights reserved
The Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) is listed under the Massachusetts Endangered Species act as a species of Special Concern. See Eastern Box Turtle in Mass Wildlife’s Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program.
Write!What species are Endangered, Threatened or of Special Concern where you live? What information can you find about them? What hopes can you imagine for them? Write your own hope poem and post in the comments to share.
Holly Thompson (www.hatbooks.com) is an author who lives in Japan but grew up in Massachusetts where she is now sheltering during the coronavirus pandemic, getting outside to walk and observe wildlife whenever she can.
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