Best Reef Poems
Pacific beauty, garland of shimmering pastels
Textures and colors astound, deep in your ocean heart
Your court is larger than any kingdom on Earth
And hosts grand balls and parties,
Shimmering schools of fish dance in unison
Anemones gather by the thousands
Each more vibrant than the next
Grand plumes of algae sway like great banners
In the streets of your endless coral cities,
Lost happily in orange towers
All fathoms deep, cradled by warm currents
Erupting and tumbling and breathing,
The jealous coast watches, the winds bow down
Salt and scales glitter like stars in your sky
Oh magnificent belle of Queensland!
All Hail The Great Barrier Reef!
For PD's "7 wonders of the ancient or new world" contest
Categories:
reef, adventure, beauty, ocean,
Form:
Ode
The unceasing roar
Surf and coral,
hitting the shore
This underwater show
This blaze of colour,
roar of surf.... so
Coral reef home,
so many fish,
blue sea foam,
this is my wish............
This living breathing reef,
surrounded by sea so blue
Living breathing jewel,
you want to be it too
Crashing of sea,
exploding white foam
I want this to be my home
Mighty blue sea
This reef........
exploding foam
Rush of water,
through the coral
Small fish dart
Multicoloured streaks,
natures' freaks
This roar of colour,
sealed in blue
Deep down,
Neptunes' crown
This surf of white,
hitting golden sand
Sun,so bright
This colour ,you understand
Sealed in blue,
rich too..........
Rhythmic roar
The colour you saw
Living breathing reef,
underwater leaf
This moving swell,
coral reef does dwell
Sealed in sea of blue,
underwater paradise
Dive with me too
This brief escape,
weightless in coral sea
This magnificent waterscape,
brilliant green underwater leaf
that is part of...............
The reef
Electric blue fish dart about
other creatures,
their colour does shout
Ceasless flow,
upon this reef
Coral sea,
let us go below
for, we love it so
Pink and green,
purple and red
the brightest you have ever seen
blue and yellow
where have you been?
This reef encircles me,
crown of coral
Sealed by blue sea
Here lies the moral,
Neptunes' son...... you see
natures' son doesn't quarrel
Categories:
reef, adventure, peace, blue, sea,
Form:
Bio
Cascade of colors swirls in a fishy maze,
a tank of topicals swim the watery haze;
as a plastic diver opens his treasure,
what's inside is strictly his pleasure.
Tetra's dream of tasty bites
Swordtails dine to their delight;
albino Catfish sweeps the gravel,
as bright corals do bedazzle.
As bright guppies wiggle, wriggle
and Goldfish's fins flow in a jiggle;
a black Molly races by the snails,
as a tiny crab scurries up the ship's sail.
It's a color-wonderland behind the glass;
flowing in and out of the guppy grass.
Categories:
reef, animal, fish, nature, ocean,
Form:
Sonnet
low tide
dawn's golden shimmer reveals
a coral reef
Categories:
reef, beautiful,
Form:
Haiku
People always ask we
What's the square root of 100
Honestly I don't know
probably like 20 or somesh=t
Categories:
reef, autumn, boyfriend,
Form:
Cinquain
Blot this glassy water
With clotted blood;
Dive down, screaming;
Wish upon a starfish;
Stretch my gills and make them lungs;
Make me man, not manta;
Wipe the seaweed from my lips;
Save me, tangled, from your coral.
I have never seen the coral reefs,
Yet I am certain
It is a barrier,
Cuts the flesh of drowning sailors,
And is as deadly pretty
As a woman’s hair.
Categories:
reef, beauty, desire, hair, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
I can only imagine
How it looks from outer-space,
Our world's biggest coral reef;
A huge sapphire sparkling;
I can only imagine
How it feels to go swimming,
Alongside all those life forms;
Who call the Great Reef their home
Someday I hope to visit
this big beautiful wonder;
then something real is mine ,
There's no need to imagine.
Categories:
reef, nature, sea,
Form:
Free verse
more glorious than any painting
the coral reef puts a psychedelic trip to shame
schools of fish swim by, ...were they sapphire or cobalt?
their bio luminous look fascinates me
they are gone before I can gather my thoughts
a swarm of cherry heads my way
fierce fish with a hot pink vibe or are they more fuchsia?
my imagination in her wildest state
could have never imagined this undiscovered world
a conglomerate of something in lemon and green swishes by
was that a fish? or a bunch of them?
In fascination I await the next sight of beauty; I am not disappointed
Categories:
reef, animal, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Ultraviolet hues
in purple skies
and the turquoise waves
bow in admiration...
Here,
there are different ones,
lives beneath the tranquil
waters of a
coral reef.
A plethora of
color burst flora and fauna,
secreting itself from
prying eyes...
Protectorate of the inland's;
promoting life
in Gaia’s womb.
Sadly,
the thing it protects
the most,
land and its dwellers;
disregard such
majesty;
being taken for granted,
proof that humans
are not by any means,
the most,
intelligent life.
Categories:
reef, appreciation, beach, nature, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Barge Reef
Barge Reef lies isolated at worlds end by chance
Wedges of sharp rocks fill in what ocean can’t
Eighty foot waters roll at a distance out
Waves say hello on cresting white
Coral formed and bleached silent
Created from living life forms
On the wrong side of the island according to the charts
West of Barge is open seas
Liquid wonders that follow the world around
A tumbled dance
Storms pound constantly there creating havoc
Waves take naps much later beneath the deep
Descending back around
Rolling into a slumber as cool brushings over surface
Calm winds take a breath
Ships find their corner of the world in blue
Slip Into delinquency, there, slow to rise
Sun finds the horizon hot
Jellying through mist
Mystification sets in, as it morphs through morn
There, so easy to find a new day in abundance solar bound
Creaking ships never land but crash on Barge with jagged reefs
Sharp coral stand pure white on the vestibule of shards
Sojourning innocently forward
Ambling along with wood debris
To that end, begins in splinters sober float
And with it, seas fold over on the likes of Barge
Categories:
reef, adventure, beauty, creation, image,
Form:
Free verse
a massive coral reef just off the shore
of a tiny island in the South Pacific
a tropical reef filled with sea life galore
breathtaking and stunningly majestic
like an enormous rainforest on the sea floor
rare kaleidoscope of colorful sea creatures
a fishdom of seldom seen underwater life
even a crevice hiding a notorious moray eel
a reef so magnificent, an oceanic cathedral
a community of sea life in a grand display
exotic swimmers in an oceanic aquarium
gracing the reef with healthy marine life
offering much for visitors to that domain
begs it be respected and kept pristine
this grandiose basilica of the blue sea
surface floaters unable to dive appear
like bobbing corks on a fishing pole line
static observers, yet witnesses to divine creation
while skilled divers invade the watery nation
the abode of sea inhabitants extraordinaire
a face goggle view has its rewards
though surface viewers covet those of
the divers who can fathom the deep
viewing the ocean floor’s beauty mark
a kingdom of oceanic life of divine art
surface views are provided with small
portions of the reef freshly harvested
but a rare experience is squandered
because of the inability to dive deep
a lack borne with shame and regret
those who dive deep gain profoundly
by interacting with the life of that watery den
while those fear of depths are deprived
as others dive and find rich treasures
that the surface viewer never discovers
being a surface viewer can be humiliating
causing awareness of one’s shortcomings
taking what others gained at great effort
with risks that only success could unfold
gracing the lesser with hard-earned gold
Categories:
reef, 7th grade, adventure, fish,
Form:
Free verse
The unceasing roar
Surf and coral,
hitting the shore
This underwater show
This blaze of colour,
roar of surf.... so
Coral reef home,
so many fish,
blue sea foam,
this is my wish............
This living breathing reef,
surrounded by sea so blue
Living breathing jewel,
you want to be it too
Crashing of sea,
exploding white foam
I want this to be my home
Mighty blue sea
This reef........
exploding foam
Rush of water,
through the coral
Small fish dart
Multicoloured streaks,
natures' freaks
This roar of colour,
sealed in blue
Deep down,
Neptunes' crown
This surf of white,
hitting golden sand
Sun,so bright
This colour ,you understand
Sealed in blue,
rich too..........
Rhythmic roar
The colour you saw
Living breathing reef,
underwater leaf
This moving swell,
coral reef does dwell
Sealed in sea of blue,
underwater paradise
Dive with me too
This brief escape,
weightless in coral sea
This magnificent waterscape,
brilliant green underwater leaf
that is part of...............
The reef
Electric blue fish dart about
other creatures,
their colour does shout
Ceasless flow,
upon this reef
Coral sea,
let us go below
for, we love it so
Pink and green,
purple and red
the brightest you have ever seen
blue and yellow
where have you been?
This reef encircles me,
crown of coral
Sealed by blue sea
Here lies the moral,
Neptunes' son...... you see
natures' son doesn't quarrel
Categories:
reef, imagination, inspirational, nature, uplifting,
Form:
Ballad
Take a stand and save the world
Recycle that plastic bottle
Help clean up the ocean
And join in the battle
Reduce your use of single use
Commit to end the waste
Reduce the ocean garbage patch
Deliberately make haste
The coral reefs are dying
All around the world
In twenty years they might be gone
If we remain unconcerned
So take a stand and pick it up
Buy yourself a reusable cup
Categories:
reef, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
Turtle cruises the reef,
turquoise warm in the sun;
tendrils of coral stretch to
sup filtered light.
Butterflyfish and Tang
intermingle amid coral polyps,
that are plentiful appetizers
for this party.
As sponges get their rays,
a seahorse uncoils and jettisons itself
just overhead of a yawning mussel.
I giggle to myself as an angelfish kisses
my goggles and swim beneath the belly of turtle;
awed at the Crayola chroma essence
that delights my spirit.
Categories:
reef, environment, fish, ocean, poems,
Form:
Free verse
death strikes from the cover of shadows...by poet.
tight schools of sunfish
swim atop a coral reef...
sharks stalk stray shadows
(Haiku)
03/03/2022
H Forms - Traditional Nature Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
"How Many Syllables"
Categories:
reef, angst, anxiety, beautiful, fish,
Form:
Haiku