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Ode To A Toad

By Anne-Marie W., Concord, MA

I was out one day for my usual jog,

(I go kinda easy, rarely full-hog)

When I happened to see, right there on the road

The squishy remains of a little green toad.

I thought to myself, where is his home?

Down yonder green valley, how far did he roam?

From out on the pond I heard sorrowful croaks,

Could that be the wailing of some of his folks?

I felt for the toad and his pitiful state,

But the day was now fading, and such was his fate.

In the grand scheme of things, now I confess,

What's one little froggie, more or less?

This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.

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publicdomain said...
Dec. 18, 2011 at 11:18 am:

Poor froggy! Nice poem :)

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RoseOzera said...
Nov. 26, 2011 at 9:37 pm:

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! XD That was basically fantastic! :D hahahaha!! I wish I could write such wonderful poetry! :)

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ThePeaceDaisy said...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 3:06 pm:

Poor frog! :'( Anyway great poema! :D

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petleavitt said...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 2:25 pm:

Funni! plz check me out and comment!!

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silver47 said...
Oct. 13, 2011 at 8:48 pm:

hahaha i find this funny xD :)

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Shmelmo said...
Oct. 13, 2011 at 1:38 pm:

This made me smile. :) I really like it. Keep writing!!

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leafy said...
Oct. 3, 2011 at 8:39 pm:

*ignores slimmy heron and the spammer on here* lol I like this poem, very whimsical and made me giggle ^_^

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Slimmy herron said...
Sept. 30, 2011 at 7:56 am:

omg its a dead frog why is it sooooooooooooo meaningful acually its kinda gross that a person is sooooo interested in a dead frog

CHEESEABLE replied...
Sept. 30, 2011 at 7:58 am :

YOU ARE STUPID YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO READ DUMB PERSON

petleavitt replied...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm :

Your so rude!

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CHEESEABLE said...
Sept. 30, 2011 at 7:53 am:

HI DREW I LIKE CHEESE

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Aide T. said...
Aug. 31, 2011 at 10:49 am:

I find myself asking the same questions too. Like where did it come from? I like this poetry and I like its flow. I can relate to this.

CHEESEABLE replied...
Sept. 30, 2011 at 7:55 am :

it came form my butt

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nathanielmcd said...
Aug. 30, 2011 at 9:35 am:

Hi, that wwas pretty much THE MOST EPIC poem I have ever read, I read it because I love toads, (hate frogs,love toads) and I was excited that someone was writing about them, I can not believe that you killed him off, I was really kinda sad.

SUCKER replied...
Sept. 30, 2011 at 7:54 am :

YOU SUCK CHEESE

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HollyBell said...
Jul. 17, 2011 at 5:51 pm:

This was really good, funny and the rhyming really flowed. I loved the whole story and it just all went very well together. I think this would go perfect in a childrens book of poems (I used to have a great big book called Animal poems for kids and this would be fantastic in it) Great job!

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ElleNicole said...
Jul. 17, 2011 at 1:29 pm:

Way to be quirky. I like this, your poem kinda reminds me of Shel Silverstein poetry. Who I love. I hope you do make children's poetry or something.

Check out my work?

CHEESEABLE replied...
Sept. 30, 2011 at 7:54 am :

YOU ALL SUCK

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inkers said...
Jun. 25, 2011 at 1:03 am:

This was very cute! There's a deeper meaning here -- I love it. Very well done.

Cheeseable replied...
Sept. 30, 2011 at 7:52 am :

I HATE YOU

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lonleywriter said...
Mar. 29, 2011 at 6:27 am:

lol, i loved this xD

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MidnightRoyale said...
Mar. 7, 2011 at 5:34 pm:

This is a great poem! :D I love it! It's so true. It seems like such little things don't matter, but they do. <3 I love your formatting, how you chose your wording. This poem is fantastic!

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hannah123claire said...
Mar. 3, 2011 at 8:11 pm:

hay you poem was in our reading book awsome work keep it up

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SideraCaeli said...
Dec. 31, 2010 at 5:10 pm:

This reminds me of a children's book :) You should make more like this :)

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MeanPeopleDead said...
Nov. 17, 2010 at 9:40 am:

WHAT IF IT WAS JEREMIAH?!

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Gabiiiii said...
Oct. 26, 2010 at 7:19 pm:

Hahahahaha.

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Crispy said...
Oct. 26, 2010 at 7:26 am:

Awww poor froggie. I loved this poem because it was cute and made me laugh. A good change from all the poems about love and pain.

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dylanlalala said...
Oct. 4, 2010 at 6:26 pm:

Wow!

I loved this cute little poem! The only thing I didn't like was that toads aren't green! Frogs may be, but toads definitely aren't. You can't be inaccurate when writing about nature... Good job, though!

OddInsomniac replied...
Nov. 17, 2010 at 4:02 pm :

I do believe they are a shade of green, have you not seen.

be it frog or toad, it's just an ode!

ha! I rhymed!

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apocalyptigirl said...
Sept. 12, 2010 at 10:23 pm:

awwww poor frog how could u be so heartless????? LOL jk this is great; i had to be a pain for a second there though...;)

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OneGodForever32 said...
Jul. 30, 2010 at 7:03 pm:

I like this! :) I love serious and deep poetry, but but a quirky cute poem is a nice break every once in a while! Nice job!

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AvengedJasonFold said...
Jul. 8, 2010 at 6:10 pm:

I literally LOLed when I finished the poem. I liked it--hilarious ending :) reminds me of a poem I wrote about crickets drowning in a pool the other day.

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Lanier42 said...
Jun. 16, 2010 at 2:33 pm:

haha. this is kind of funny, but if you are that type of person, you could turn it into some philosophical something-or-other with lots of hidden meanings. great job =D

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Safeleo said...
May 25, 2010 at 1:27 am:

This is so cute! please post comments on my work.

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BlueInk94 said...
May 3, 2010 at 7:48 pm:

this is cute...!

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mkgirl395 said...
May 3, 2010 at 5:06 pm:

Wow! This is so clever ;D

you made me feel for the toad as well :P

thanks for writing this!

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battle wart said...
Mar. 23, 2010 at 5:05 pm:

whats the mesage in this poem?

sadie912 replied...
Nov. 17, 2010 at 6:10 am :

there doesn't have to be one ?

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Harjuki Barbie123 said...
Jan. 30, 2010 at 8:25 am:

Nice Poem., you did real good,, others shouldn't reply if it aint positive.................

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BobBobBobBobBob123123 said...
Apr. 11, 2009 at 9:43 pm:

lol

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happyface said...
Mar. 4, 2009 at 2:44 am:

>.> No yomama.
Good poem.

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yomama said...
Jan. 5, 2009 at 11:56 pm:

im confused did you smoosh the frog or
^^toad^^

experienced replied...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 10:46 pm :

i was feelin kind of blue and this cheered me up a bit funy and well written

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