Hey, Bug Poem by Lilian Moore

Hey, Bug

Rating: 4.5


Hey, bug, stay!
Don't run away.
I know a game that we can play.

I'll hold my fingers very still
And you can climb a finger-hill.

No, no.
Don't go.

Here's a wall - a tower, too,
A tiny bug town, just for you.
I've a cookie. You have some.
Take this oatmeal cookie crumb.
Hey, bug, stay!
Hey, bug!
Hey!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: bug
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 07 February 2016

Great poem for children. I know I left a comment on this poem once before, and there were many other comments as well. For some reason PH has deleted them all before introducing this poem as Modern Poem of the Day. I wonder why they did that?

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Neran Sati 20 September 2015

How touchy poem on solitude and love for life, beyond limits!

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Edward Kofi Louis 07 February 2016

Solitude with the muse of nature. Thanks for sharing.

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Nix 07 May 2021

When I was 5 in 1987, I spoke this poem from memory at a school Eistedford. So lovely to memorise it again with my own 5 year old! Insects, a child's wonder world!

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Rajnish Manga 07 February 2016

Sweet and small, the poem also shows the love of man with the nature around him. Thanks.

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Jayatissa K. Liyanage 07 February 2016

A very trivial moment, blooming in to a huge poetic flower. Wonderfully done!

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Roxanne Dubarry 07 February 2016

You like bugs! You like to feed them oat meal cookies! Most people just step on them, walk away and forget all about them! It makes you not only a good poet, but also a good and caring person!

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Kim Barney 07 February 2016

Okay, I just looked on her other poem and I guess it was there that I left the comment on an earlier date instead of on this poem. Sorry.

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