Invasive Species Feed on Easy Rhymes at Lake McDonald: an Ovillejo poem by Jake Sheff

Invasive Species Feed on Easy Rhymes at Lake McDonald: an Ovillejo 

An Ovillejo poetry composed by Jake Sheff 

How do grizzlies ask for lunch?

“Thanks a bunch!”

How do fish get books we banned?

Secondhand.

What do glaciers wear for shoes?

Mixed reviews.

Summer proves we need not choose

Shady business practices:

Lakes have ears; ‘twas ever thus.

Thanks a bunch, secondhand mixed reviews.

Bio of the poet: Jake Sheff is a pediatrician and veteran of the US Air Force. He’s married with a daughter and crazy bulldog. Poems and short stories of Jake’s have been published widely. Some have even been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology and the Pushcart Prize. His chapbook is “Looting Versailles” (Alabaster Leaves Publishing). A full-length collection of formal poetry, “A Kiss to Betray the Universe,” is available from White Violet Press. His chapbook, “The Rites of Tires,” is due to be published later this year by SurVision in their international “New Poetics” series.