Canebreak ABC’s Red ants, black ants marching all together, through a canebreak by the river in the lovely summer weather. Many-colored butterflies drift or dream or flit among tall stalks for the very fun of it. A caterpillar wriggles and a cricket creaks a song, surrounded by the river cane, thick and green and long. Dragonflies a-dazzle with […]
Jun 27, 2022
The Canebreak
Filed Under: Children · Tagged: animals, Canebreak, children's fiction, imaginations, make-believe, Manos, mysteries, rhyme

Mar 4, 2020
Canebreak Critters
This is a reprint from a few years back. I remember when I read it to my Cozy Critters and they were wondering what sort of animal would begin with the letter Y. Canebreak ABC’s Red ants, black ants marching all together, through a canebreak by the river in the lovely summer weather. Many-colored butterflies drift or dream […]
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: animals, books, Canebreak, insects, Manos, meanderings, mysteries, rhymes, summertime, women authors