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This weeks prompt on Writers Island is Ferocious
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Crouched it the long grass
The Black Panther
Rules the night
The silver blue moonlight
Glistens on her coat
Of deepest black
The slightest movement
And her ears twitch
In anticipation
Green eyes widen
As she fixes her gaze
On her prey
Her lips curl to reveal
Menacing white fangs
Ferocious fangs
Then like a bullet
From a gun
She pounces
Another night
Another kill
Another victim
The Black Panther
Rules the night
The silver blue moonlight
Glistens on her coat
Of deepest black
The slightest movement
And her ears twitch
In anticipation
Green eyes widen
As she fixes her gaze
On her prey
Her lips curl to reveal
Menacing white fangs
Ferocious fangs
Then like a bullet
From a gun
She pounces
Another night
Another kill
Another victim
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Keith this is a great post. What we see as ferociousness here is her natural instinctive way to feed herself. I love the picture.
ReplyDelete'Nature red in tooth and claw', as was said. But also a remarkable balance.
ReplyDeleteYou feel the former here. Excellent.
i love how descriptive this one is. Grrrrrowlll Keith!
ReplyDeleteLove the haunting tones in your pic and your powerful words accompanying it.
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Hi Keith!
ReplyDeleteYour poem went so well with that picture. Wow!
Love the new look and colors. :)
Ferocious by nature can be beautiful - ferocious by choice not always so.
ReplyDeleteOh so just can't do without your "twist in the tale" endings !!!
ReplyDeleteThe surprise in this one was the absence of it !!
Great poem there .. could really feel the build up of the moment of kill and the 'springlike' action .
And the picture goes so very well with the poem .. loved the 'new' look too !
I am suffering from the 'net is'down syndrome..I doubt if I can post anything this week .
bwahhhhhhh... very scary keith... i think they are exceptionally beautiful tho don't you????
ReplyDeleteReading this I couldn't help but fear for the deer this is your new cursor.
ReplyDeleteScared or not, you did great. I like the picture too!
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Love the picture
ReplyDeleteLove the picture words
Love the focus by both writer and panther!
Great work!!
Fantastic! love the picture too
ReplyDeletevery well pictured..
ReplyDeleteI was reading this and every line reminded me of deforestation and its next victim
"Her glinting eyes a cold and steely grey
ReplyDeleteWatched him as if he were helpless prey...."
says 'A Tigress' from Netadownitis ... :P
Wel done Keith I can see the panter approuching and jumping.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful animals though
is that a panther we were speaking about? sounds like so many i know....
ReplyDeleteI loved that pic...poweful, menacing, ferocious indeed!!!
"Another night
ReplyDeleteAnother kill
Another victim"
Just another day at the office. *g* love it.
yes, i guess its her natural ability to kill and look for a victim. she isnt a beast i guess after all
ReplyDeleteSuch magnificent creatures. Such magnificent killers. This was unnerving. Brilliant!
ReplyDelete...painful... but we all gotta eat... i cannot imagine running into her on a moonlit night...
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