It's time for another animal-themed poem for day twenty five of NaPoWriMo. The animal in this poem is a predatory creature from India; the rest is fairly straightforward.
Jackal Sunset
It darts across the grasslands
under the shadow of green hills.
The golden jackal searches
for food, living or not.
It chases the trails of the wolves,
leopards and the bloodthirsty dhole,
and will sometimes push its luck
when it spots a tiger on a kill.
The jackal's persistence is rewarded
as the night descends on the teak forest,
a leopard throttling a chital doe.
The jackal must wait to be served.
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Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Monday, 17 April 2017
NaPoWriMo #17: Cats in Trees
It's another India-themed poem for day seventeen of NaPoWriMo. This time, it features two of India's top predators in the vicinity of a single tree.
Cats in Trees
A teak tree in central India,
one of many in a deciduous forest.
A leopard with its kill on a branch,
its spotted fur blends into the bark.
A tiger prowling below,
unaware of its rival watching from above.
Cats in Trees
A teak tree in central India,
one of many in a deciduous forest.
A leopard with its kill on a branch,
its spotted fur blends into the bark.
A tiger prowling below,
unaware of its rival watching from above.
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