Sting in the Tale
- Details
- Written July 2010
The grizzly bear
gnaws a prickly pear
While dashing cheetah
claws a spiny anteater;
Hedgehog prickle
strokes with gentle tickle
But great white fin
pokes at crocodile skin.
claws a spiny anteater;
Hedgehog prickle
strokes with gentle tickle
But great white fin
pokes at crocodile skin.
Stinging nettle feels like molten metal
While antelope horn
peels off bark at dawn;
peels off bark at dawn;
Mosquitoes bite
in the dead of night
in the dead of night
Betraying trust
with a dagger’s thrust.
with a dagger’s thrust.
Porcupine quill
writes the bitter pill
While a viper's fang
frightens off harangue
The journalist’s jab
makes for tabloid blab
makes for tabloid blab
But a poet’s pen
wakes up quiet men;
wakes up quiet men;
July 2010
Farcical rhyme on some forms of writing.