An invitation to write a science poem–yes please! And the serendipity of our caterpillar sighting at school today made the perfect topic for the “whimsical science poems” at #verselove that Brittany prompted.
Life Cycle?
Caterpillar crossing
scrunch by scrunch
to the oohs and aahs
of its first grade audience
And then they notice the poop
on the picnic table and our eyes rise up
Fireworks explode
in a tree full of caterpillars
hanging
like tinsel
on a 1960’s Christmas tree
Will they be there tomorrow
or will they be
bird snacks
before
chrysalising
into blossoms
flying
egg laying
a new crop
of caterpillars
A life cycle continued
or broken?
Thinking Through My Lens 
Ooo! What kind of caterpillars are they? I love the wonder of first graders.
Whoa, that is quite a lot of caterpillars! What was the result- bird snacks or chrysalising?
Unfortunately, bird snacks! 😢
Oh no!!!