Friday, May 02, 2008

ferocious


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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
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20 comments:

jadey said...

Keith this is a great post. What we see as ferociousness here is her natural instinctive way to feed herself. I love the picture.

anthonynorth said...

'Nature red in tooth and claw', as was said. But also a remarkable balance.
You feel the former here. Excellent.

Lucy said...

i love how descriptive this one is. Grrrrrowlll Keith!

Greyscale Territory said...

Love the haunting tones in your pic and your powerful words accompanying it.

Gemma

Tammy said...

Hi Keith!

Your poem went so well with that picture. Wow!


Love the new look and colors. :)

Stan Ski said...

Ferocious by nature can be beautiful - ferocious by choice not always so.

shubd07 said...

Oh so just can't do without your "twist in the tale" endings !!!
The 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 .

paisley said...

bwahhhhhhh... very scary keith... i think they are exceptionally beautiful tho don't you????

Robin said...

Reading this I couldn't help but fear for the deer this is your new cursor.

gautami tripathy said...

Scared or not, you did great. I like the picture too!

dog and (wo)man

ratanaong said...

Love the picture
Love the picture words
Love the focus by both writer and panther!
Great work!!

KB said...

Fantastic! love the picture too

Rambler said...

very well pictured..
I was reading this and every line reminded me of deforestation and its next victim

shubd said...

"Her glinting eyes a cold and steely grey

Watched him as if he were helpless prey...."


says 'A Tigress' from Netadownitis ... :P

Marja said...

Wel done Keith I can see the panter approuching and jumping.
Beautiful animals though

Suma said...

is that a panther we were speaking about? sounds like so many i know....

I loved that pic...poweful, menacing, ferocious indeed!!!

Constance said...

"Another night
Another kill
Another victim"

Just another day at the office. *g* love it.

totomai said...

yes, i guess its her natural ability to kill and look for a victim. she isnt a beast i guess after all

Selma said...

Such magnificent creatures. Such magnificent killers. This was unnerving. Brilliant!

one more believer said...

...painful... but we all gotta eat... i cannot imagine running into her on a moonlit night...