Under your feet they scurry <br />Nine hundred thousand or more <br />With head, thorax and abdomen <br />And legs of six or more <br />Some furry, some of hard shell <br />Some looking like demons from hell <br />Some innocent of their structure <br />Others deadly and beware <br />Four hundred million years of life on this land <br />Long before the thoughts of man <br />They crawl and they fly <br />Some are small and some are sly <br />Some have names exotic and beautiful <br />Silverfish, Walking stick and Humpbacked bristletail <br />Some from cocoons unfold <br />Beautiful, colourful, strange and enchanting <br />These are insects of the world <br /> <br />26 June 1978<br /><br />David Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/insects-of-the-world/
