Carpe Diem Poem by Sheena Blackhall

Carpe Diem

Rating: 5.0


Carpe Diem
In Afghanistan, a group of men
Are playing Buzkashi
Players on horseback or yak
Battle to drag a headless goat to a hole

The goat must be hand held
Or gripped by a leg
Horses and men may suffer shattered bones
Buzkashi is a very popular game

Carpe Diem
In Australia, hunters seek salties,
This is a sport that's much enjoyed by men
Bus-long crocodiles hiding in rivers,
Billabongs, lagoons
If you're fit, you can outrun a crocodile
If not, they can attack and eat their visitors

Carpe Diem
A Greek girl, Danai Kyriaki. dives for octopi
She looks for their silvery eyes
She seeks out dusky holes where the creatures nest
She hunts out swaying legs
How to Hunt an
After she spears and drags one from the water
Tentacles wrap round her wrist, along her arm
When the fight is won,
The tentacles drop from her wrist
Showing a tendril of sucker shaped bruises
Livid on her skin

Carpe Diem
Tomorrow, I face the challenge our world faces
Forget horse battles, crocodile, and octopus
Do I dare step out where an unseen enemy lurks?
A killer that can transform itself at will?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Close
Error Success