Notes About The Poem
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Poetic Form: Suzette Prime
Inspired: 2024 July 07
Image: Cetacean stranding
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an act called cetacean stranding

when paired
pilot whales
choose one mate for life
a monogamous linkage
survivors will beach themselves when their mate dies
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Rodrigues Avatar
July 25, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Wow, interesting! Congrats!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 25, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Thanks, Kim, for sharing, Aloha William
Kendrick Avatar
July 25, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Very nice winner. Way to go. Congratulations on your win. Sara K..Sad..
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 25, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Thank you, Sara, sad tis. Aloha William
Faulkner Avatar
July 13, 2024 at 10:57 AM
How sad and also touching for that kind of bond must be love~
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 13, 2024 at 11:41 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
Buhagiar Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 1:15 AM
This information about whales is very interesting. You did well.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 5:53 AM
A sad defining event of nature realized...
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