Water world

[billy]

The dog said the rain had stopped;
flooded worms,
streak out on lake paths,
Coxless fours in formation
tiny oars plunge,
with each forward ripple,
boats nudge towards the finish.
We walk on, looking for slugs,
tacking across the bay.

no crit really there may be something wrong with it but i think it's great as it stands (me not being on gramma an' all) just a really mnor nit, would it better as "the dog says the rain has stopped" which would fit in with the tense in the next lines? putting "the rain has stopped" in quotes. great job loved it.