Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

To Be a Jellyfish

How strange to be a jellyfish
Without a heart or brain, 
A blob of see-through matter
Floating out there on the main.

Content to pulsate in the deep 
And if the chance presents,
To sting an unsuspecting soul
And make him scuttle hence.

But if that jelly's guard is up,
He's scooped up by the tide 
And plopped upon the beach
Where many other jellies died.

I guess without a brain that jelly
Wouldn't understand
That to bob beneath the waves sure beats
A sunbath on the sand.

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Jean Murray August 29, 2017 at 5:56 AM Here in Donegal we recently had lion's mane jelly fish wash up on local swimming beaches. Most unusual for us. Nicely rhymed Ilene.

Jan Allison August 28, 2017 at 11:38 AM I didn't know they didn't have a heart or brain - i learn something every day! I have only ever seen Jellyfish once on our Island and wrote a poem about itthttps://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/jellyfish_577707 Hope you are having a wonderful holiday:-) hugs jan xx