an act called cetacean stranding

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Poetic Form: Suzette Prime

Inspired: 2024 July 07

Image: Cetacean stranding

when paired
pilot whales
choose one mate for life
a monogamous linkage
survivors will beach themselves when their mate dies

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/25/2024 6:52:00 AM

Wow, interesting! Congrats!

Hilo Poet
Date: 7/25/2024 6:58:00 AM

Thanks, Kim, for sharing, Aloha William

Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/25/2024 6:19:00 AM

Very nice winner. Way to go. Congratulations on your win. Sara K..Sad..

Hilo Poet
Date: 7/25/2024 6:23:00 AM

Thank you, Sara, sad tis. Aloha William

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 7/13/2024 10:57:00 AM

How sad and also touching for that kind of bond must be love~

Hilo Poet
Date: 7/13/2024 11:41:00 AM

Mahalo, Michelle, I'd sensed that their silence needed a voice of awakening to their shared loves for a lifetime, and life for love, Aloha William

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 7/8/2024 1:15:00 AM

This information about whales is very interesting. You did well.

Hilo Poet
Date: 7/8/2024 5:53:00 AM

A sad defining event of nature realized...