Best Seals Poems
I left "yesterday" lying on the beach.
Like a shark-torn, screaming seal.
A big red jagged hole in its side,
where a hopeful glide used to beat.
As for "free," it's sailing for gilded clouds
far beyond the ripping reef.
Where soft horizons swallow the blue
and spit back a frothy pink.
Two Silly Seals Limeridk
8/26/2023
Two silly seals were whooping it up.
Scarfing down,booze,cold ales and stuff.
Things got so dicey,
She,in the sea, icey.
His tears fall for her on moonlit nights.
He wants her back,to make things so right!
I once was a SEAL, an operator
I filled my country’s foes with cool dread,
Send countless terrorists screaming to hell
Where no virgins awaited the dead.
I met my own end many years later,
And a strange one it was at that.
Had a heart attack at a company game,
And died clutching a baseball bat.
I found myself inside of a great hall,
Filled with warriors from all the ages.
We drank and feasted, fought and caroused,
Celebrated life to the blue blazes!
A one-eyed God presided over it all,
And often joined our great revelries,
And more than once I took to my soft bed,
A stunning, strong, sweet Valkyrie.
But time went by and winter settled in
And stayed for three very long seasons.
Odin’s grins vanished like fog in the sun,
We pressed him to know of the reason.
He said ‘My friends, it is nothing you did
That makes me not want to drink or talk.
But the Doom of the Gods has now come home,
‘Tis the Eve of our fall: Ragnarok.’
I turned and looked to my fellow men,
Whose faces were still, and warrior-grim.
Mighty Odin, he then shuffled out,
And the great festive hall grew dim.
I said, ‘Well, if it’s really has come to this,
We should all of us be ready to stand.
At least this time we know in advance
Our enemy’s full battle plans!’
The morning came on Vigrid’s cold plain,
The Gods rode out as one to the fight,
They were dressed for war but fated to fail,
A predestined, and quite tragic plight.
But we all strode out before Loki’s horde,
And gazed out upon vicious Fenris,
And I turned and said the king of the gods:
‘Relax, my men have got this...’
CONTINUES IN PART II.
Odin looked confused, and Thor did too,
But none of us bothered to wait
Ten thousands years of warrior souls,
Charged the dark foe right out of the gate.
My boys they shot out Fenris’s eyes,
And the old 7th cav, they rode in
Slashing hard with drawn, curving sabers,
They cut off the monster’s four shins.
The wolf he roared, and his great mouth flared
Blood-read teeth set in wide-open jaws…
But a slew of TOW missiles leapt from the lines
And streaked into the beast’s gaping maw.
The wolf he collapsed, trailing gray smoke,
But Fenris’s life had yet to be spent
So the samurai charged, long katanas drawn
And his flesh they chopped up and rent.
Up came Jorumgandre, the world serpent
Expecting a loud chorus of screams.
Instead he went up in a fiery rage,
Bombed by a hundred B-17s.
A breaching charge set against his flank,
Tore a great, gaping hole in his side
And the Boys of Dunkirk rushed in headlong,
Shooting up his guts ‘till he died.
Then Surtr drew near, his big sword aflame
Ready to bash, to burn, to lay waist
But along came the treads of Patton’s brigades,
And shelled his ankles to make them break.
Surtr fell back and was lost to a swarm
Of plaid Highlanders dense, in a charge.
And when they sheathed swords, all that remained
Was a corpse, quite unusually large!
Finally came dread Loki, marching along
At his back the great host of Muspell.
But from the rear came Puller and US marines,
And to that dark horde, they brought hell!
As they fought, the Berserkers, they charged
Norsemen delivering the last blow,
The horde crumbled quick, turning to flight.
Leave Loki standing alone in the snow.
He turned to run but I shot out his knee
And then dragged him to the gods in chains.
Thor just shrugged, and Mjolnir he swung
And dashed out the deceiver’s brains.
It was the only blow the gods did land,
Most were too stunned to lift an arm.
The Einherjar had slaughtered all before them,
Not a single god had come to harm!
CONCLUDES IN PART III.
Odin he said,’This was not what fate told.
We were supposed to die on this field.’
I shrugged and said,’There was a change of plans,
So listen up, cause here’s the deal.
The norns, you see, could he hex to whole thing
So I sent my best-looking men down,
To treat the three ladies to dancing and drinks,
A regular old night on the town.’
‘And if know them true, they’re all still in bed,
After keeping those ladies up late.
And the webs the norns cast, they fell to Earth
And to dust they did all melt away.
It’s better this way, we all did agree,
Though mythology might be annoyed.
But we aren’t losing friends to nonsense like ‘fate,’
So we broke it, and gave you back choice.’
‘We do not believe we should lay down and die,
Nor could we let y’all think the same.
So we do what we do, we altered the rules,
And made the dark ones play our game.
And your prophecies knew not our modern tech,
Nor the lessons we learned from the horrors…
To think that a wolf, a snake, and a giant
Could beat a species born into war!’
We turned and headed for the great hall
The gods still far too stunned to relate
They’d come ‘round in time, surely enough
We’d all drink, carouse, and celebrate.
And as we walked off I heard the words spoke
From the Thunderer, still shaking his head
‘It may not be what we thought was in store,
But then again, at least we’re not dead!’
And the Norns settled down with their new loves,
And soon were surrounded by kids.
I went back to the hall, found my Valkyrie,
But can’t tell you the things that we did.
And for centuries more tales with will sung,
Great stories and epics will take stock,
Of the Doom of the Gods that didn’t quite come,
Of the SEALs who stormed Ragnarok.
Seal Team Six righted a terrible wrong.
Their valor lives on in legend and song.
Any jihadi soon learns chances are slim
bint helwas in Jahannum are dying to meet him.
Arabic: Bint helwas - beautiful girls; Jahannum - hell.
You hear their playful squeals,
splashing with amphibian glee
The adolescent barks and cub yipes
permeate the Antarctica spring
And the adults all give husky, baritone growls
Mindful parents whose sea passions
are now also aroused
High sun, ice melting ... underwater coves
meant for webbed feet torpedo chasing
Games of hide-and-seek
among the semi-frozen reefs
Fish catching mastery
amidst the giant icebergs
Songs of the seals,
for miles and miles around can be heard
Attracting even their fierce polar bear enemy
Song of the seals,
sung with nature’s triumphant decree
Singing songs of survival to the vast, symphonic sea
caught in frigid traps
seals struggle against the sea…
population culls
*Strong waves hurled seals against rock walls, killing some.
seal heads bobbing
watching the shore
in the cold northeastern sea
I think sometimes when I'm underwater
when I come up
one will be facing me!
Love
seals hearts
together
with God’s favour*…
Trust!
*Psalm 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation.
July 25, 2018
do you remember those seals
the malleable anchor
i told you i would learn to sculpt
chiseling the seal you wanted
you threatened to fill the bath
a freezer for the fish
buy a place in the country with a pool
far away you would say
from any neighbors prying ear
where we would all learn
to balance balls on our noses
where we would clap together
to those loved songs
we always listened to
running down the highway
you don't do you
perhaps we ran too far
i never learned to chisel
you never acquired your seal
we never gathered pets into our lives
evidently, we only attained half memories
San Blas 91 The Patient Stones
Seals
Two seals bobbing a beach ball
Back and forth, our eyes thrill
The performers catch a silver fall
Head over fins they bow and shrill
connie pachecho
8/24/17
Just realized four different types of seals
Harp seals, harbour seals, navy, and imbeseals
Last one's in office
Talk about nauseous
Okay guys, tell me bout your 4 year ordeal
As you sneak your way into the kremlin
The name that you should be rememberin’
Is ‘teeny dick’ Putin
But please don’t just shoot him
The West wants that fella dismemberin’
starlight and raven waters....silence white of eyes
shadows nearing shore