This blog is evolving!
Yesterday I asked bloggers if they wanted to illustrate any of my poems. I have already taken up some of your offers - thank you. However, I still need more images for my existing poems and today I went hunting for a toad!
Not literally of course but to illustrate a poem written this March which was "inspired" by an item on Usksider's blog: http://usksider.blog.co.uk/2007/03/13/bloody_exhibitionists~1899369
Of course I could have used the image from the item but I thought it too raunchy.
However, another blogfriend, David, recently posted an image of a solitary frog. I asked him if he was sure that it was a frog and he wasn't 100% sure so I searched for an answer via the internet. This was the response:
One of the most common questions is, "What is the difference between Frogs and Toads?" Answer: Most are surprised to hear that all Toads actually are Frogs!
This will no doubt cause a ripple on the mirky waters of the pond that is BCUK. But for the time being the following "frog" has been given the title of "lesser-spotted blog toad". I suppose I could have simply changed the poem title or been bold and published Usksider's amorous duo!
A Toad's Eye View
T'was early March
O joyous spring
When flowers grew
And birds did sing
My latest lover
Came to call
I loved him so
Warts and all
He was so sweet
The best I'd had
He invited me back
To his lily pad
Beside the pond
Our passions stirred
When all at once
A noise we heard
The moment lost
The passion stopped
My lover sighed
And off he hopped.
©Marian Barker
Image courtesy of http://davidw2007.blog.co.uk/
Thank you David! Click on the image to enlarge.
As I said this is an interactive blog and my poem evoked the following response:
Ha! Excellent! Well done, I enjoyed that. John 14/3
Here's my 'alternative' version:
"My love for you dear Froggie is deep,"
Said the rampant Toad;
"I'll clutch you 'till I make you weak
Then cart you down the road."
"My lily pad is quite a place,"
He quoth to his lady fair;
"Come experiment on my master bed,
I'll love you there with flair!"
She joined him for a passionate night
Their lust it knew no bounds;
Then in the early morning light
Came the baying of the hounds.
"Oh ho!" said Toad and with a quake
He gave a mighty shivver;
Hopping off his lady love
He floated down the river...
©John Page
So you see poetry can be loads of fun 
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2007-07-20 @ 18:18