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6/14/2025 for One In Five Poetry Contest

Of Killer Whales and Men

I'm born to kill.  My name betrays
brutality in each grim ton.
I'm all my moniker portrays.
I'm born to kill.

But can I stop what I've begun
as my great appetite obeys
a blood urge?  Can it be undone?

Will once I learn to change my ways?
Will I break through to see the sun,
so, my genes won't say all my days -
I'm born to kill?

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Woods Avatar
July 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Interesting perspective! I also chose this picture. I love that you speak for the whale in your poem... so clever! Xo
Crandall Avatar
July 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thanks Crystol!
May Avatar
July 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Very nicely penned, Congrats on your win
Crandall Avatar
July 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thanks Joseph!
Crandall Avatar
June 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thanks Arthur, glad you liked it!
Vaso Avatar
June 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
poetry that makes us think, I like!
Crandall Avatar
July 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thanks, Arthur, glad you liked it!
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