The Leopard
from my published anthology, Ornamental Expressions: The Yellow Butterfly, published by Pegasus.
At a Glance
- • A poem on the beauty and menace of a wild leopard, addressed directly to the animal, ending in the speaker's hopeless wish to be its friend.
- • Author: Shafin Rahman
- • Form: Short rhymed stanzas, direct address
- • Collection: Ornamental Expressions: The Yellow Butterfly (Pegasus)
- • Subject: A wild leopard
Though a normal cat
Would be just as good
How I wish that
It could be you
The look on your eyes
Gets men hypnotised
Yet under the skies
You go disguised
You appear best
When you are angry
With a habit of revenge
Why wont you be?
And your sense of style
Is so beautiful
That though your in the wild
I wish to be with you
But with a broken heart
Longingly I stare
My hopeless want
To be a close friend
About Shafin Rahman
Shafin Rahman is a poet, published in Tales From A Harrogate Caravan's poetry section.
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