The Little Turtle

The Little Turtle
 
There was a little turtle.
     He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
     He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.
     He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
     And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.
     He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
     But he can’t catch me.
 
by Vachel Lindsay
 
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born on 10 November 1879 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet. Nicholas Vachel Lindsay passed on at 52 years of age on 5 December 1931 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America.