Best Sea Turtle Poems
Below are the all-time best Sea Turtle poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of sea turtle poems written by PoetrySoup members
Green Sea TurtleThe sea unleashes its children green
seeking a sandy shielded defense and
swimming wings for legs, scraping
their way from seaweed waters at low
tide...
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Categories:
sea turtle, animal,
Form:
Free verse
My green sea turtlewonderful slick shell,
Brown and golden, the color of a shell.
That perfect shaped shell.
The shell of my turtle i know too well.
You are the greenest.
The most...
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Categories:
sea turtle, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Sea TurtleSmall, beautiful face stares up at me
When did you become so exquisitely you (so entirely other than me)?
I've spent my life consumed in myself
You, the...
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Categories:
sea turtle, depression, friendship, introspection, sister,
Form:
Free verse
Sea Turtlehatchlings in the sand
the bale has a life at sea
birth-return to sand...
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Categories:
sea turtle, life,
Form:
Haiku
The Green Sea TurtleWhen you meet
a green sea turtle
be ready for
the beans;
so if
you get beaten,
you will get eaten
...
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Categories:
sea turtle, animals, childhood, children, nature,
Form:
Verse
Sugar ShackMy love, please take me back
To your sweet sugar shack
Sitting on the soft sand beach
Paradise is within reach
Rolling waves crest, so dreamy
Briny air, wafting...
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Categories:
sea turtle, ocean, paradise, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Before & After the LullAmber-brown sea oats stand tall -
whistling as ocean breezes gently
blow them in unchartered directions
Voluminous waves impact into jetty rocks
inducing sea urchins to lose their...
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Categories:
sea turtle, seasea, sea,
Form:
Verse
Constanza for a LoggerheadThe sand is swept with gleams of light,
pale moonbeams burst where wavelets crest
about sea turtles seeking nest.
Soft seas are flat and calm tonight
beneath the light...
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Categories:
sea turtle, beach, natural disasters, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
sea turtle, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form:
Rhyme
The GuttingMy father hauled a dead sea turtle
from a beach in the Florida Keys
...
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Categories:
sea turtle, boy, childhood, family, father,
Form:
Free verse
Freedom Sees - Part 2
"Freedom Sees - Part 2"
Platoon magic legion
Hammerheads
beautiful, graceful escorts
leading the way
hear their call, silently swishing
dorsal fins
cutting through the
fall-out murky pall,
they need no
blood and...
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Categories:
sea turtle, adventure, daughter, freedom, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Waiting for the sunrise
Waiting for the Sunrise
Mystery lies in the grains of sand
As they are washed upon the shore,
Life’s hourglass has turned the page
And the sun goes down...
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Categories:
sea turtle, beach, beautiful, moon, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
The Boy Who Swallowed The SeaI once had a friend
who swallowed the sea,
with a thirst so great
it was awesome to see.
Gulping down water,
in large mouthfuls he drank.
Then into the sea,
I...
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Categories:
sea turtle, child, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
A Glimpse of HawaiiA tunnel of branches with leafy green shade
Arc over the winding quiet road
On our windward island’s side
Heading toward the north shore
Where giant waves treat surfers
To...
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Categories:
sea turtle, nature, placessea, green, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Newborn Loggerhead Tiny sea turtle; creeps its way across white beach sands to sea.
Newly hatched reptile, learning to swim into his new life; he’s free.
One day,...
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Categories:
sea turtle, animal, nature, poems, poetry,
Form:
Sijo
Beyond The BreakersTo the naked eye all you can see,
is the breakers coming ashore individually,
but as I dive in one of them and start to tread,
my imagination...
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Categories:
sea turtle, beach, ocean,
Form:
Light Verse
I AM The PondI am the gold fish
Swimming in the pond
I am the blue bullfrog
Bellowing in the pond
I am the yellow tadpole
Feeding in the pond
I am the fluorescent...
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Categories:
sea turtle, naturelife, blue, blue, life,
Form:
Free verse
Unforgettable ParadiseLife is so different in the islands
Slow moving beauty beyond just the earth
Wailing waves climb like a roller coaster, pleading for surfers
On the North Shore,...
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Categories:
sea turtle, beautiful, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
The Extinction of the Sea TurtlesThe Extinction of the Sea Turtles
By Elton Camp
Human villainy is a cause for alarm
It causes much environmental harm
If the sea turtle should become extinct
To deliberate...
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Categories:
sea turtle, nature, sea, beach, sea,
Form:
Rhyme
For You, I WillI am nothing...nothing...nothing
I am nothing but human
just an ordinary human
I can't whistle, perform great feats of strength
I have noddle arms at best
Magic eludes me like...
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Categories:
sea turtle, love,
Form:
Free verse
Ormond BeachSpanish moss draping old oaks
Sea bird sanctuaries with lookout platforms
Storks, pelicans and seagulls cry for attention
Hammerhead sharks cruise the Gulf Stream
Hurricane-vulnerable, small cottages
Home to stock...
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Categories:
sea turtle, home,
Form:
Verse
Tortoise DelightDo you have any idea how much “doo” a giant sea turtle can do?
How much tortoise “surprise” it can present to you?
You think cow plop...
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Categories:
sea turtle, childhoodsea, sea,
Form:
Rhyme
SelfEsteem Security Depositswith thanks to the Environmental Defense Fund:
Advice from a permacultural ecosystemic:
PENGUIN
Dive into life;
Avoid undiving into dying, stagnating in reverse-time ruminations.
Appreciate days;
Depreciate decomposing night-dreams.
Take long walks
off...
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Categories:
sea turtle, blessing, culture, earth, health,
Form:
Prose Poetry
LostWhen I lost a tear in the ocean, it was gone forever. With that tear, I soared the
darkness that the water hid. I felt...
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Categories:
sea turtle, lost love, sealost, lost,
Form:
Free verse
Pet-Sit PanicsWhere were you when the lights went out.
In my world I work in little clumps.
Today I worked outside for instance.
I planted a few...
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Categories:
sea turtle, animalshouse, house,
Form:
Quatrain