Becoming Bait

Catfish reeled
Flops gasping on deck
Ship hands watch…
Fish eyes stare….
Captain pierces catch with spear
Tops off chum bucket

 

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Shadorma is a 6 line poem (sestet) of Spanish descent with no set rhyme scheme. The shadorma is a syllabic poem with the following structure: 3/5/3/3/7/5

 

Prelude to The Haymaker

Lightning flash shoves cloud
Swirling wind scythes foam, sea roars
Thunder booms kick start

 

Target of Crossfire

Hurricane like bomb
Razed home we found, framed, & wired
—In tent bullets rain