The Seagull’s 181st Seguidilla

The poetic gull is more
Handsome than his his-
Torian counterpart because
Of what they produce;
It’s quite absurd to
Think it the other way a-
Round as some birds do.

Jake Sheff

Jake Sheff is a pediatrician and veteran of the US Air Force. He's married with a daughter and a crazy bulldog. Poems and short stories of Jake’s have been published widely. A full-length collection of formal poetry, “A Kiss to Betray the Universe,” is available from White Violet Press. He also has two chapbooks: “Looting Versailles” (Alabaster Leaves Publishing) and “The Rites of Tires” (SurVision).