After the rainstorm—
a symphony of frogs!
A plague-like multitude,
a croaking catalog
of amorous amphibians,
hop-plopping in the grass
after a good soaking.
So glossy wet with gratitude—
they are green and obscene
and glamorous.
Somewhere there is a
great god of frogs
who conducts this cacophony
of guttural, semi-permeable
pornography.
Among other things, Daniel Klawitter has been an actor, a labor rights activist, the lead singer/lyricist for the Indie rock band Mining for Rain, and a poetry book reviewer for NewPages.com. His poems have appeared widely in journals and magazines, both online and in print, in Australia, the UK, and the U.S. Daniel has a BA in Religion Studies with a minor in Theater Arts from the College of Santa Fe and a Master of Divinity degree with a justice and peace studies concentration from The Iliff School of Theology in Denver. A member of the Colorado Poets Center, he is the author of two full-length poetry collections: A Poet Playing Doctor (2015) and Plato Poetica (spring, 2017), both published by White Violet Press, as well as a chapbook of children’s poems entitled Put on Your Silly Pants: Poems for Children and Very Immature Adults (Daffydowndilly Press/Kelsay Books, fall, 2016) which won Honorable Mention in the 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for Children’s Poetry. You can read more about Daniel at: poetdanielklawitter.wordpress.com
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