Death Tiger

Rampaging tiger, once gentle girl, spare us our lives!
Reduce us not to blood-spray with your lethal knives!
                   Lop                         not
                 our                            red                            
               and                             raw                necks
             with your  wicked          and         brutal
            claws and glinting           wry   fangs!
          You                are             kindly
      and               not a               bad
    monster       with a                 sly
and         voracious                    gut!
                   Have                       for
                  our                           wet                     tears
             some                             wee                   pity!
        This                                     we beg, O rakshasa!
   Please,                         .             remain vegetarian!
   

And a soul resonates only with my tear

Author's Note

Dedicated to my pal ShiftingTiger on AP.com! She happens to have been afflicted by some sort of teenage lycanthropy, so we try to give her moral support and vegetarian encouragement whenever possible.

Reviews

[blue angel]

I'm so glad I found this one. I love concrete poetry, or shape poetry. Oh, so we got us a shape-shifter. The tiger is always ready and willing to emerge from the depths and pounce upon its prey. The shape reminds me of an astrology symbol. The Chinese tiger symbol, perhaps? I like it a lot. Thank you for sharing it. Respectfully, blue angel

[Johari]

Very clever... or should that be cleaver? Loving the presentation and the final line made me chuckle.

[andrew mitchell]

a brilliant write matched with an impressive format, a shape shifter! i enjoyed. WOW!

[Moonie]

Okay, hmm, first off, great poem, if that can't make someone leave meat forever then nothing can. I was on the verge of opting a vegetarian lifestyle too, but alas, the gluttony of my soul prevents it... lol
Secondly, I was referred to your poem by Anto, who wanted to help me out with my first concrete poem. I must say your asterisks method is pure genius!! And we have (actually he coined the term) decided to call it the Cambion Method... sounds pretty nice, eh?... :))

[Cambion]

thanks for looking, and for your kindly praise : )

[ANTO]

Yes The Cambion Method - I hope it doesnt sound too much like birth control my friend - it was short notice xD
How are you dear Mr C. ?

[ANTO]

This is the lady that we try to impress these days - a school marm (see moonskittles below)

[~]

:) very witty and classy. I enjoyed reading it.

[Sami Khalil]

Unique, different and detailed. Excellent, sir...:)..............

[Cambion]

Thanks for reading and for your kind words!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)...........................

[Fran Marie]

A very neat piece of poetry, quite the layout In detailed design...also a great dedication for your friend..

[ANTO]

Poetry goes Tarantino here my cool friend. I'm sure your friend will get a kick out of your thoughtfulness and your wit that has been inspired by her valued friendship.
I'm laughing inside because I am thinking how you may have cussed once or twice (or maybe you went Zen on its a*s and constructed it under joss-stick and ringing bowl).
I like your style Mr C.

[Cambion]

I constructed the form with asterisks and then opened a list of 3-letter words to start filling in the space. Add in some luck and presto! Of course I owe the inspiration to that poem of yours I saw earlier today. Fun stuff, thanx for the idea!

[ANTO]

Now THATS what i call using your noggin. Very cool my friend indeed.

[Vanesa Markovic]

There is going to be no sophistication in what I'm about to say, be warned.

This is so incredibly bad-a*s. From the words to the structure.
BADASS.
-VM

[Cambion]

I'll take unsophisticated praise all day, my friend. Thanks for your kind words; they mean a lot to me.

[Matching Socks]

Very cool. Sweet dedication too.
Vegetarian? :)

[Cambion]

Well, ideally vegetarian. Occasionally a forum troll goes down the hatch. I don't even know what stops a weretiger... catsbane? The mysteries of the universe! She's a good kid tho, I hope she finds a new girlfriend soon (breakup recently for her, tryin' to cheer her up :)

[Matching Socks]

You're sweet to do that. :)