Notes About The Poem
Poetic Form: Crown of Sonnets: Italian or Petrachan
Inspired: 2023 December 25
Image: Vaquitas Porpoise by National Geographic

The Population of Vaquita Porpoises Has Dwindled to Ten, but ...

Song of The Vaquitas Porpoise No 14: ABAB

... by observation like fish in a bowl,
others too, share an equal fate that's found
in other kinds, be East to the mid-pole
California's Gulf shallows curb sound.
Vaquitas, small porpoises with large dark
rings around their eyes and dark patches on
their lips. Shore swimmers have created stark
wrath of repeated deaths net tangles done.
In 2015, CBS had placed
their numbers to be less than a hundred.
A new report lists eighteen as its based
end count. Extinction less than ten years, zed.
Spanish named "Little Cow" will be a ghost.
They'd wade at standards to be seen by most.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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December 26, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Aloha once again.. This poem astutely observes the plight of the vaquitas, the "Little Cow" of the sea, in the metaphorical fishbowl of their endangered existence. The comparison to fish in a bowl and the shared fate among various species, stretching from the East to the mid-pole and California's Gulf, is a powerful metaphor for the interconnected vulnerability of marine life. .. You may wear your crown as the king of crown sonnets..
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December 26, 2023 at 11:41 AM
As I stated to you in an earlier reply, I intended to close the Fauna sonnets. Albeit the conclusion befalls on a sad note, I would vilify myself for having known of it and done nothing as a person of indifference would have done. Nonetheless, my earnest thanks for my, understandably dubious award, in light of my recent contributions. Belike my saddest, such optimism a decade be. Aloha Silent One
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December 26, 2023 at 4:43 AM
Thoughtful ode to an endangered mammal, William. Hope your poem raises awareness and action.
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December 26, 2023 at 6:21 AM
'Tis truly one that tugs the heart, Vijay, thank you. Aloha, William
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