Adam and Eve were stick figures
Drawn by god in their infancy
Amid Green Triangle trees
And a yellow circle sun
A blue River Ribbon Flowed out of Eden
A sable Serpent was easy to draw
(the red forked tongue came later)
The plot thickened, an apple, ruby red
And a gray rock, for Cain to find
About the Author
Peter Cooke is an emerging poet who works at a middle school, in the Library, and facilitates an after school poetry for club for kids. Though as yet unpublished, he has the honor of winning first place prizes in several poetry competitions at the Benton County Fair. He is trying to keep his raging ego in check.
