Femme Fatale
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Terza Rima
Terza Rima is a verse form composed of iambic tercets (three-line groupings). The rhyme scheme for this form of poetry is "aba bcb cdc, etc." The second line of each tercet sets the rhyme for the following tercet, and thus supplying the verse with a common thread, a way to link the stanzas. The only time the form changes is at the conclusion of the poem, where the Terza Rima ends with either a single line or couplet repeating the rhyme of the middle line of the final tercet (like d or dd). There is no limit to the number of lines in Terza Rima.
A black widow spider spins a silk thread
into a near-transparent dream catcher
filling her with joy and her meals with dread.
A very cunning, deadly flycatcher
ready to pounce and mummify her food
she lies in wait like a body snatcher.
Any damaged web gets quickly renewed
with her sticky silk, resetting her trap,
so struggling insects remain firmly glued.
She secures victims in a woven wrap
ensuring they remain alive and fresh
until she sups, draining them of their sap.
Liquefying bugs entangled in mesh,
she flaunts a scarlet hourglass belly patch
and fangs that inject poison into flesh.
Males must escape sex soon as they detach,
for to this femme fatale, they're a fair catch.
(Terza Rima)
11-09-2020
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2020
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