How fast can your move backward
while in a crouched position
with your eye in the viewfinder
of a manual camera?
Faster than you would think,
when you realize an alligator,
who was your intended subject,
charges our of the water
up the bank at you,
at full speed.
2/25/06 19:30
Hilton Head Island, August 1988.
(Raymond A. Foss)
More Poetry from Raymond A. Foss:
Raymond A. Foss Poems based on Topics: Water- Hearing their whispers (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
- Hearing the martyrs, the heroes (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
- Awkward Seasons (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
- Sow Peace (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
- Live Peaceably (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
- Listening to their grief (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Water PoemsBased on Keywords: island, august, faster, intended, camera, crouched, realize, position, charges, alligator, manual
- Book III - Part 03 - The Soul is Mortal (Lucretius Poems)
- Out Of The East (John Freeman Poems)
- Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. - Canto III. (Matthew Prior Poems)
- Of The Nature Of Things: Book II - Part 03 - Atomic Forms And Their Combinations (Lucretius Poems)
- Rhodon And Iris. Act III (Ralph Knevet Poems)