Eight-line Poems

Mantis

Mantis

It’s so easy being green,
here amongst the leaves,
to be silent and unseen;
you’ll not have time to grieve,
these folded arms will spring,
as samurai swords unsheathed,
to my embrace will bring,
and ease my hunger’s need.


Line count: 8
Rhymed ababcdcd
For Express It In Eight, 08.03.22
Prompt: As per illustration.