Snow Fleas
Melting snow where trees grow
Reveals more than long soggy trails
Antifreeze-filled snow fleas
More precisely known as springtails
Numbers grow, blacken snow
As they jump from the dampened trails
Harmless things, have no wings
Warm snowy days reveal springtails.
Naturette Poem. A poetry form I invented to write about a tiny detail of nature.
The 8-line poem has the following rhyme scheme and syllable count:
6AA
8B
6CC
8B
6DD
8B
6EE
8B
A Picture and a Poem 