Bat Patrol
By Georgia Heard
Quickly and quietly,
the bat patrols the night,
sending an invisible song
echoing like ripples on a pond,
chasing moths around a streetlight.
Quickly and quietly,
the bat patrols the night.
Georgia Heard, "Bat Patrol" from Creatures of Earth, Sea & Sky. Copyright © 1992 by Georgia Heard. Reprinted by permission of Highlights for Children/Boyds Mills Press.
Source:
Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky
(Wordsong, 1992)