Discovery
by Pat Simmons
Our feet make a crackling
crunching sound
as we walk.
We stop
and
crouching down,
discover another world.
A world of mini workers
caring for our environment.
Beetles breakfasting,
Meandering munching millipedes,
Snails, showing off their spirals,
Earthworms turning the soil.
Lives under leaf litter
A secret space.
- Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #1
Pat says: Ever since I was a child I’ve loved mini beasts (some would call them creepy crawlies). During my career in children’s services as a child care educator, teacher and trainer I delighted in sharing my passion with children by taking my ‘minibeast family’ to child care centres.As a writer, they still inspire me and, yes, I still have a collection of critters including stick insects and rain forest snails.
Australian Children’s Poetry 
Good poem, Pat. Well done!
This is lovely, and hopefully will inspire kids to pay attention to insects, those vitally important but so often neglected creatures! Well done, Pat. Virginia
Lovely poem, Pat. Completely in sympathy with you and the creepy-crawly workers…
A lovely get-together of two of your passions – poetry and ‘creepy-crawlies’.