My Prey

Trisha E Rayfield 1980 (Bellflower)



Like a coiled twisted vein of the tree
Rolled down undone
Sharpening my knife I could see
What is now going to become.

My hunted are the huntress
Come about what's on it's way
The flock up in the sky so high
Bend low turning into my prey.

About this poem

About the eye of a hunter.

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Written on April 29, 2022

Submitted by PixieLove24 on August 10, 2022

Modified by PixieLove24 on January 15, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 239
Words 50
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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