Tiger Shark

In our oceans and sea's
In climate's warm
Second to one
In it's striped form
 
This predatory shark
Alone in the night
This solitary hunter
With it's razor bite
 
Feasting on fish
Seal's and birds
This creature of nature
Number two in it's world
 
When we enter their domain
Aliens we are
When they attack us humans
We go to far
 
Retribution, is on our minds
To deal with a killing living kind
It's not like they can come on land
But if they did
Would we understand
 
Its blue green body
Yellow underside
Another gem
In nature's pride
Who live and die
In their watery parks
The Tiger Shark

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 5/14/2009 12:38:00 PM
Hey, you wrote about a shark too! Awesome. I must admit, the only thing I am afraid of in this life (bisides losing my children) is SHARKS. *shiver* love, Kristin
Login to Reply
Date: 5/7/2009 1:35:00 PM
Dear James, This is a magnificent POEM YOU are extremely Talented Easy to read and relay YOUR storyline Perfectly Superb Write Thank-Y ou for YOUR Gracious Comment on "Aqua Rose" ALWAYS...HG
Login to Reply
Date: 5/6/2009 7:36:00 AM
Great write about a terrifying creature. They are very common in the Gulf of Mexico and I hate having "encounters" with them. Caught a 15-foot tiger shark once. For nearly half an hour, I was trying to get it to the surface. It was "playing" with me. As soon as I could see it, it barreled forward and stipped my fishing line. Your poem does the tiger shark's predatory nature justice. Excellent work! Love, Carolyn
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2009 3:01:00 PM
Light lyrical, danger made magical with delight ... I salute your love of nature and your write.
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2009 3:00:00 PM
Light lyrical, danger made magical with delight ... I salute your love of nature and your write.
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2009 1:51:00 PM
James excellent poem with an excellent point - I find it rather odd that man the greatest killer of all Gods creatures has the arrogance to presume judging another creature for killing when they simply kill to survive - We kill for sport and sadly enough often we just kill to kill with no reason at all - God Bless, mj
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2009 1:40:00 PM
im afraid of the tiger shark yet i cant help admiring its beauty---wonderfully penned------sharks with feet we can meet in the street-lol-smile;-)charma
Login to Reply
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Hide Ad