Norman MacCaig – Oct 19, Iyengar Level

I also love frogs. The only frogs I saw in Kauai, sadly, were flattened on the road. And there were quite a few…Sharing this piece because rosster crowing at 1:00pm (which they do), didn’t feel quite right, ha! I love the bravery and the image of ballet dancer’s legs.

Frogs

Frogs sit more solid

than anything sits. In mid-leap they are

parachutists falling

in a free fall. They die on roads

with arms across their chests and

heads high.

I love frogs that sit

like Buddha, that fall without

parachutes, that die

like Italian tenors.

Above all, I love them because,

pursued in water, they never

panic so much that they fail

to make stylish triangles

with their ballet dancer's

legs.