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Best Whales Poems

Below are the all-time best Whales poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of whales poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Island Spirit
Island Spirit

Palm trees are swaying island style
Within the gentle trade wind's flow,
As Egrets glide on salty air—
Then land where verdant grasses grow.
Breathe in sweet scents...

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Categories: whales, adventure, beauty, nature, ocean,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member a crow command -
I be a common salty once
          no captain's bars, did bear
     ...

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Categories: whales, adventure, courage, history, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Narwhal Song
~The Narwhal Beckons Before Dawn~

   If I could sing a song,
   It wouldn't be just any song.
   I would...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whales, abuse, character, dance, deep,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member New World Order
The Rulers wield their silver shields,
             wear golden coronets
while warders guard the prison...

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Categories: whales, drug, society,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I shall find a way or make one
(Inveniam viam)

Far beyond these eerie things, where limits have no scales
Fish are replacing gills, with turbine aerated tails 
Sea level’s losing all meaning, for the...

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Categories: whales, dark, dream, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Orca's Revenge
A fishing boat left the port of Kinsale 
The rain was lashing and blowing a gale
Fishing grounds were in sight
Then they had a great fright
Along...

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Categories: whales, fishing, humor, sea,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Island Aloha
Island Aloha

Tall and lovely palms are swaying island fair
within the tropical gentle trade wind's flow
as elegant Egrets glide on salty air—
then softly land where verdant...

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Categories: whales, animal, beautiful, memory, places,
Form: Rispetto
Sailing Mystic Seas
I've sailed across many mystic seas
while hazy moonlight washed over me.
I watched glittering stars shine till dawn,
then closed wearied eyes and stifled a yawn.

By shadowed...

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Categories: whales, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Imagine a Dead World
Imagine if all the krill 
Beneath the ice shelves were dead.
Millions plus millions of krill
Fodder for ocean’s creatures:
Penguins, walrus, whales.
In the end all will die...

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Categories: whales, creation, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dancing Cells
You come to me through breathing nuances of your soul
Pinpricks of laughter, tears, and excitement
Memories buried deep within
Trickles of blood
Moments of loss

My body warms
My heart...

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Categories: whales, appreciation, butterfly, community, dream,
Form: Free verse
Come With Me
Come With Me
(shortened version )

Come with me,
 hear the wind, feel the wind,
catch the wind that binds us all;
come with me, I’m calling you across...

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Categories: whales,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Fishermans Brush With Death - Sea Shanty
One fine day I was fishing at sea
Two big blue whales swam up by me
They flicked their tails sent up a spray
All I could do...

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Categories: whales, boat, fishing, water,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Subtle Sounds
Listen to the subtle sounds
surrounding Mother Nature.
And you'll hear water chuckle
as it gurgles over rocks.

Hear the drone of hummingbirds
or the songs of humpback whales.
And the...

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Categories: whales, beauty, feelings, inspirational, nature,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Do You Have a Song?
When Whitman said
make your life a song,
had he spoken to old whalers?
Did they tell him of nights becalmed
on a pacific salty sea,
when no sound of...

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Categories: whales, allegory, love, old, old,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Herring Gull
I am known as a sky rat, or a beach thief,
most call me a seagull and a nuisance.
I love to fly across the ocean freely,...

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Categories: whales, appreciation, beach, bird,
Form: Personification

Book: Shattered Sighs