The Poems of Jean M Leary

Little ducklings
Nine in number
Tufts of yellow down
Followed Mama
As she jumped
Right in the pool.
Entrance easy
All went swiftly
Swimming

Round and round.

Next came exit
Not so easy-
Mama led the way.
The first five
Had no trouble
But the others-
Left to manage
On their own-
Did fling themselves
With such abandon
‘Til all made
It safely home.

– jml (2010)