Fiddler crab
rambles sideways
through sea oats
along the dunes
in its circadian lilt,
turning dark
in the day, light
as evening falls.
His foreboding claw
ready to attack
or seduce.
He knows his time
is short,
that size matters,
that waving it
always gets
attention.
His burrow
warm, inviting.
– Jonathan K. Rice
Jonathan K. Rice edited Iodine Poetry Journal for seventeen years. He is the author of two full-length poetry collections, Killing Time (2015), Ukulele and Other Poems (2006) and a chapbook, Shooting Pool with a Cellist (2003), all published by Main Street Rag Publishing. He lives in Charlotte, NC.