“That what you fear the most
Could meet you halfway”
–Victoria Williams, Crazy Mary
we live both predator and prey
our expectations threatening–
attack, suppress, retreat or stay,
we live both predator and prey
to welcome or to turn away
each action, choice, a reckoning—
we live both predator and prey
our expectations threatening
Sherry at Earthweal this week challenges us to think about our relationship with sharks, or the idea of sharks. I chose to focus on the fear, a good stand-in for many of our anxieties about living in and being part of a connected world.
Ever since Laura at dVerse posted her prompt with a link to eight line poetry forms, I have been fooling around with some of them. This poem is a triolet.
K. 
I love the form and execution here Kerfe, it’s just right for the theme: ‘we live both predator and prey’ – prey to our fears, and instilling fears in others.
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Thanks Ingrid. We are both, but some are more one than the other.
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True!
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Well done, this triolet of truth. We are both predator and prey. So well said. Thanks for writing to the prompt, Kerfe. Always lovely to read you.
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Thanks Sherry. I always appreciate your strong advocacy.
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I love your art! From a distance it looked like an eye – it’s beautiful…
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Thanks Evelyn.
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We are in that position, though the predator is often other members of the same species, another psychosis to add to the list.
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So true. Our own worst enemies.
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We are, and we drag everything else with us.
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Sadly, yes.
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Great use of repetition and rhyme in your eight-line poem, Kerfe!
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Thanks Kim.
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Love your triolet Kerfe … it perfectly sums up life!
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Thanks Kate.
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a pleasure Kerfe
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thanks for the videos, too, Kerfe
the triolet is a fine form for emphasizing our reactions ~
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Glad you enjoyed them. Its a song that continues to have new meaning for me.
I’m really liking these 8 line forms. I tend to ramble on and it helps focus my thoughts.
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Such a delightful poem!!!! Love the duality throughout it!!!
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Such a delightful poem!!!! I love the duality throughout it!!!
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Thanks! Life consists of opposites.
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Great use of form and repetition it really brings the message forth. The lines just roll of the tongue.
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Thanks. Poetic forms always help to focus my thinking.
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I like the repetition in this form–both predator and prey. And the artwork, too.
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Thanks Merril. Repetitive forms help me focus. I need it right now.
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Yes, I can understand that.
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We often don’t see how threatening WE are… don’t see the predator side of ourselves. An interesting style to choose for predator and prey – lulls one into thinking it is soothing 🙂
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That’s so true Margaret. Thanks.
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