Up Came a Tiger

Ronald-Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)



Over the prairie,
The dew freezes,
The rain settles.
Under the woods
Animals eat berries.
The shelter is snowy and deep.
I lay a trap.
I’m cold up to my neck,
Chilly weather to trek.
I stepped and crept.
Zero degrees.
A hero to freeze.
I caught a deer,
I did sneeze.
I caught a cold,
I did fear to be old.
Up came a tiger
Who scared my deer.
I fought back
So near.
I shot the tiger
To brace and stagger.
I was bit once.
I bled an ounce.
The tiger did pounce.
A grizzly bear came
In the clear.
The tiger saved me
From a tear.
A joyful expression,
I was the exception.
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Submitted by RonaldBunch on March 26, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHHIEEJEKKLJMJLLNOOPJAQRR
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 538
Words 116
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 31

Ronald-Bunch

ronaldbunch.com He did volunteer work, goes to church, reads, and likes long walks. He's a self published writer and poet. He's getting his GED and will graduate at Grand Rapids (USA) community college. Activity: Ronald Lee Bunch published his poetry book called I Am A Man As I should be on create space September 1st, 2014 (Paper Back) and August 31, 2014 (Kindle Edition) Audio book is now available at amazon. Interests: Writing, reading, walking. Favorite book types: Fantasy and writer/author biographies. Some of the books he read: Mainspring (Clockwork Earth #1), The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia), The Holiness of God, The Outsiders, Clash of the Titans, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2), The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic, Crossfire, Outland, Krull, The Red King (Star Trek: Titan, #2), Icerigger #1, Spellsinger, Flinx's Folly (Pip & Flinx #9), Battle Surgeons (Star Wars: Clone Wars, #4), The Silmarillion, The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, David Copperfield. more…

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