Eight-line Poems 2

Exoskeletons

Exoskeletons

In the land of insects where the bugs do fly,
the lawn’s a mighty forest and the deserts magnified;
so huge are the obstructions and catastrophe so vast,
survival needs great stamina and armoured outer cast.

The creatures there like tanks go lumb’ring to and fro,
their carapace so clumsy and their faces made of stone,
they spin their webs and beat their wings,
they chirp and grind and holler, in alien chorus sing.


Line count: 8
Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 09.26.24
Prompt: Article regarding the appearance of insects.