I actually read this poem aloud and included the audio at the top of the post.

Todays twitter poem came together quite unexpectedly and turned into a creative poem about a person whose job is to track sharks.  I was thinking of Discovery Channel and Shark Hunters when I wrote the poem which consisted of 10 random words (in blue) from the following followers:

@coyotesqrl (ferocious), @SurfCityJay (job), @danielklotz (cable), @blm03 (cold), @wizzardsblog (yoda), @BlazingMinds (industry), @shaboom (plums), @Dr_Dalek (wasteland), @rockalong (zeal), @summerbreeze80 (expropriator)

Tagging The Shark

Diving off the ship with nerves of steel
His task at hand and done with zeal
The ocean water he was about to feel

The vast blue sea so very grand
The furthest thing from a wasteland
There he spotted his target just as planned

Still holding the cable line
A cold chill running up his spine
Just when he thought he would be fine

A ferocious beast of fin and teeth
That swam under him, just beneath
Chum floating around him like a wreath

Simply a job, just tag and run
Terror swept over him as he aimed his gun
Icy cold waters, his nerves nearly undone

This industry is like no other you would concur
Hoping for calm like Yoda the Jedi master
To avoid what could be a huge disaster

Little darts shot through the dark
Finding the path to their mark
The dorsal fin of the great white shark

They were amazingly accurate shots
Hitting exactly the right spots
The color of plums little rubber dots

As if the monster were an expropriator
His life almost taken for being an invader
He would board the ship sooner or later

Tagging sharks is scary and dangerous work
He tugs on the cable then with a jerk
But the scenery and wonder is quite a perk

-Poem by Dragon Blogger


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I am a dedicated father and husband who works an IT job during the day and has as passion for blogging and poetry. I have been writing poems for more than twenty years and I write at least 1 new poem or haiku per day and publish it on this blog since it started in September 2008.

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