Welcome to Poetry Friday! This week we are hosted by Bridget Magee, Here.
Thank you Bridget for hosting. Also, I’d like to congratulate Bridget on the release of her new poetry anthology for kids, 10*10 Celebration 10 in 10 Different Ways. In it, you will find the work of many poets who write for kids, including many Poetry Friday friends.
Two of my poems about science, about the phenomenon of surface tension, are included. One is about the Water Strider, which is, as many know, a bug that can walk on water. I found the photos below free on Pixabay. This picture actually shows visually what surface tension is. The water looks like a trampoline.
THE FLOATING WATER STRIDER Skates on the pond; it never sinks. Water is helpful to bugs when you think how molecules huddle together to float the six legged strider like a little bug boat. ©Janice Scully 2021
Surface tension also makes a raindrop possible because of the forces that hold water molecules together on the uppermost surface of water.
WHY RAINDROPS ARE ROUND Water rains down from clouds to the ground-- plump silver droplets bounce all around, each housed in a shiny watery skin, keeping its treasure tightly within. ©Janice Scully 2021
I hope everyone gets a chance to read all the diverse poems, 100 in all, in this collection.
Thank you, again Bridget, for including me along with the work of so many poets I admire, and for hosting today.