Sharks

You must be extremely cautious not shed a single drop of blood
into the ocean. They are everywhere. They are always hungry, circling.
They are waiting for some wrong movement, for some rash statement.
That is when they will attack you with their sharp teeth of prejudice and
correctness.
So be careful not to drop a single false word into the ocean of
words, into this ocean of poetry.

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Peycho Kanev is the author of 10 poetry collections and three chapbooks, published in the USA and Europe. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Rattle, Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Front Porch Review, Hawaii Review, Barrow Street, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review and many others. His new book of poetry titled A Fake Memoir was published in 2022 by Cyberwit.