PREDATORS (Epigram)

There are many of them in this world...

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Thick skin, big body and sharp teeth, they slay

These greedy animals hunt for their prey

 

Their goal is to get all what they want

In the darkness of the night they usually hunt

 

Crocodiles and snakes, they attack like storms

How big are those reptiles as compared to the worms?

 

Now modern predators are in tuxedo’s and suits

With shiny eyeglasses or well-polished boots

 

These greedy creatures scattered in this world

They always make the biggest stories ever told…

Author's Note

Epigram

Epigrams are satirical poems ending with either a humorous retort or a stinging punch line.

Used mainly as expressions of social criticism or political satire, the most common forms are written as a couplet: a pair of rhymed lines in the same meter.

Practitioners of this poetic expression include John Dunne, Ben Jonson, William Blake and Robert Frost.

Credits to: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/epigram.html

Reviews

[Aethereal]

I enjoyed your poem so much that I decided to use some of your words to write my own rendition which you may keep as a song-poem gift: It’s in 1/0/1/0/1/0/1 seven syllable meter using exact rhymes: Sing along:

Predators

Animals hunt down their prey,
then with tooth and claw they slay.

Some get all the game they want
in the darkness where they hunt.

Crocs and snakes attack by storm
fiercer than a hornet swarm.

Modern predators wear suits,
Eyeglasses, and polished boots;

they want silver, gems, and gold,
and slaves who are bought and sold.

[Dhaye]

Thank you, Ae. =)

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Ain't that the dang truth… well said young lady. Those are modern day wolves in she eps clothing.

[Dhaye]

Thanks, cowboy.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

You are most welcome.

[MsJewel]

I applaud you for writing in these forms. They can be so challenging and yet you have made this one look easy. I love the last two lines - so true - there are different types of predators.

:) Julie

[Dhaye]

Thanks, Ms. Julie.

[Antonio Valentino]

when it comes down to it.. there's prey and there's predators..

what can you say, you need big teeth to catch your dinner..

oh and btw.. even for the prey... its all in the hunt isnt it

nice stuff here poetess :)

[Dhaye]

Thanks you.