Collected Poems for Children

FromCollected Poems for Children Skunk Skunk's footfall plods padded But like the thunder-crash He makes the night woods nervous And wears the lightning-flash From nose to tail a zigzag spark As warning to us all That thunderbolts are very like The strokes he can let fall. That cloudburst soak, that dazzling bang Of stink he can let drop Over you like a cloak of tar Will bring you to a stop. O Skunk! O King of Stinkards! Only the Moon Knows You are her prettiest, ugliest flower, Her blackest, whitest rose!Hughes, Ted is the author of 'Collected Poems for Children ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780374314293 and ISBN 0374314292.