Pantoum: Jetty

Jetty

He's waltzing on slick rocks -
a boy on the edge of water.
Splashed with salt spray,
he spirals on toes electric.

On the edge of water, he's
in the crash and slam of surf.
He spirals on electric toes;
dancing beyond my cautious reach.

In the crash and slam of surf,
he's balanced on the edge of earth.
Dancing beyond my cautious reach, he's
on the threshold of tentacle and claw.

Balanced on the edge of earth,
splashed with salt spray,
on the threshhold of tentacle and claw,
he's gloriously waltzing on slick rock.

-Andromeda Jazmon

Trisha at Miss Rumphius Effect has been running a series of poetry challenges highlighting different forms of poetry. This poem is written in the pantoum style, with a pattern of repeated lines. Read more about pantoums here at poet.org and try one yourself.

The Friday Poetry round up is over at HipWriterMama's today. Go read some great poetry!