Doodle Bug
by Yusuf Azzam, Home schooled
Winner, Foundation – Year 2, written poetry
A doodle bug may sound cute.
But it is a real brute.
It forms a funnel in the sand.
No ant can withstand.
The ant falls
Down
*****Down
**********Down
Snap
Goes the doodle bug
Shooting poison into the ant
Freezing it still
Sucking it empty
Just like a juice box
I am so grateful I am not an ant.
‘A vibrant and inventive poem that cleverly transforms a tiny insect into a theatrical force of nature.’
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