Inspired by image #1
"Did you know Orcas can live 70 - 100 years."
National Geographic
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An Orca leaps the water glassed,
a sweet scene in the sunrise bliss;
O, experience unsurpassed,
an Orca leaps. .
He wished to give the sun a kiss,
leaving the boat viewers aghast;
experience to reminisce.
With sharp teeth- a killer whale classed,
then, he sinks into the abyss;
these beautiful creatures swim fast,
an Orca leaps . . .
Categories:
killer whale, nature,
Form: Roundel
The spine of a hedgehog,
The horn of a stag,
The teeth of an eel,
The dearth of a seal.
Inside us all, the killer whale,
Searching, fishing its bale;
Settling, cradling the loser,
In a bold, deluded red blazer.
Packing the great white,
Into cheeks’ thatched might,
Squid freezes the past time,
For one more near rhyme.
Avoiding the fiery apex,
Large seals call and flex,
Because our first thought,
Is the other I bought.
Dominique Webb
Categories:
killer whale, analogy, animal, i am,
Form: Rhyme
"Fathoms Deeper"
What are these strange creatures?
They swim in skins
not their own
calling us
into them
they amuse us
we are fathoms deeper
they
are a long way
from Home
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
Swimming with orca in New Zealand, 2/3/2016.
https://youtu.be/JQ3mDXF3bcE
July, 2022. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Orcas.
Billy Bain, Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/865795424/videos/pcb.10166246143865425/1057112558247174
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/killer-whale
https://www.livescience.com/27431-orcas-killer-whales.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca
Categories:
killer whale, beautiful, life, light, mirror,
Form: Free verse
sea lions crying loud
orcas don’t sleep very much ~
one blubbering mess
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Categories:
killer whale, allusion, sea, sleep,
Form: Haiku
Dragon spines and flames
Burn away you animals!
Cook your own skin!
Fry your eyes!
Dragon Kron dives through the sky
flames combust in its nose
flames burn its prey
eating it with one bite
Dragon Kron flies towards
China, Taiwan and Japan
Sometimes to Europe too
And it burns all the matter around
Like sharks swimming in independence
Dragon Kron dives in again and again
Its back spines dive like a killer whale fin
Spine by spine it dives
Categories:
killer whale, fantasy, fire, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Crashing through the ocean waves. Seals swimming,seagulls fishing, lazy penguin is delayed. A thousand feet deep under lies a killer whale who died from hunger. Searching in a submarine looks like bits of pieces of the titanic. Too much to fix, screaming voices for a water mechanic. It’s a whole new world under the ocean. Its a upside down world now in motion. Gasping for air staring at a great white shark in a cage. Fear, worrying and overthinking thoughts on how was he staged. Crashing through the ocean waves; Do you think the ocean would be right side up, a new ending world in a million years or days?
Categories:
killer whale, creation, earth, god, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Black like a rare diamond.
Perfectly sculpted.
White as a snowy peek .
Reflecting off the glistening waves.
Your beauty and grace challenge us.
Mostly free, we morn for your captured brothers.
Gliding and leaping through the blue.
Chasing your soul mates protecting your tribe.
Your song is herd for miles deep.
Echoing on the icebergs.
You are magnificent, alluring.
Teasing us with your glance.
Swim far Orca be free
Categories:
killer whale, animal, blue, ocean, sea,
Form: I do not know?
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 side swam a giant killer whale.
A fish pong round the boat was so smelly
"Hold your noses "cried out Captain Kelly
Whale then bit off a chunk
Fishing boat and crew sunk
They all ended up in the whales belly.
Written 5th August 2019.
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Categories:
killer whale, fishing, humor, sea,
Form: Limerick
black and white landscape
a colony of penguins ~
standing and waddling
in the oceans depth
lives a black and white giant~
orca killer whale
seal on an ice flow
oblivious to danger ~
head butting whale strikes
egg laid by female
emperor penguin stands guard~
female goes hunting
not in Africa
elephant and leopard seals~
sea is their jungle
hourglass dolphins
smaller than a bottlenose~
keen bow wave riders
home is in the air
the wandering albatross~
a ten foot wingspan
in the frozen south
a species of royal bird~
the emperor penguin
the antarctic terns
fly over a silver dish~
krill is on the menu
thick and warm white coat
a camouflaged artic fox~
unseen in the snow
top of the food chain
carnivorous white giant~
fearsome polar bear
Categories:
killer whale, bird, nature, ocean, snow,
Form: Haiku
Blinking my eyes, not wanting the light,
missing the familiar warmth and darkness
loud wail ; half angry, half astonished
My voice?
Careful hold, familiar yet strange
a croon that has been a part of me for so long
The voice; my light in the darkness, my path to follow
“Hi Momma’s Darling!”
Momma? Momma!
One whom I have been a part of
By me through good and bad
Hand tight in hers when mine went limp,
guiding me,
left at the right time
Pushing me to my limits,
“Limits? They are far away!”
Always ahead of me, clear path.
But a weed, two stones; not all roses
Swim the harshest water,
Ride the best horse, not the highest
Need a best friend? Try the killer whale.
Momma.
Categories:
killer whale, childhood, daughter, family, mom,
Form: Free verse
~Whales~
(Acrostic)
W hales are one of the largest an most beautiful magnificent marine mamals in the world
H ave been hunted for centuries for oil, meat, other raw materials.
A nd some of the species are endangered, and they're going extinct
L ife span varies among all the different species that
E xist, it be, blue whale, Orcas or killer whale, bowhead, humpback, gray or sperm whale, and they
S wim by moving their muscular tails(flukes) up and down, and not like fish left to right.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2011
November.2.2015
Categories:
killer whale, animal, appreciation, beautiful, sea,
Form: Acrostic
What kind of animal would you like to be?
I would like to be a seaturtle from the sea.
Maybe an eagle that soars through the air,
A symbol of our freedom,that we share.
What about an owl with large yellow eyes,
That hoots,that is so very wise.
A large gray wolf that runs in a pack,
To hunt its prey with an fatal attack.
A large african elephant with a trunk so strong,
That never forgets,no matter how long.
A killer whale that hunts,with a single bite,
A creature that is covered in black and white.
A cheetah with lightening fast speed,
A very cool cat Indeed.
No matter what kind of animal you like to be,
They all are God's creature's,Guaranteed.
Categories:
killer whale, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Bon voyage. Out to sea. A luxury cruise.
Out to sea. Things UNKNOWN about this sea.
Cruising away with warmth in tow
One serene ocean was seen
While venturing out alone on deck
An orca had been noticed, a
KILLER WHALE in its natural home.
A habitat mostly UNKNOWN.
Bon voyage killer whale
BE AT PEACE
Categories:
killer whale, boat, fish, sea,
Form: Free verse
Who could ever even ponder such a creativity
All across the lands and throughout every sea
And let us not forget His Hand in the sky above
With every single detail pointing to His great love
From the tiniest little ant who is as strong as can be
To the very smart killer whale who rules the entire sea
From the common honeybee as they pollinate the land
To the dominate bull elephant in loudly making a stand
Each creature having a very unique talent of it's own
With most parents watching their young until their grown
And all the feats and migrations that they each perform
Even knowing when to shelter before an approaching storm
We could learn a lot just by looking at His wondrous Creation
But instead it is being destroyed in almost every single nation
To begin to see His Glory and the Love His Creation does bring
You need only listen to the early birds and the praises they sing
Categories:
killer whale, creation, god, nature,
Form: Rhyme
I have seen the sea be a mill pond,
seen it like a mirror
where mountains reflect
unshimmering there.
And herring skittered
on the surface to escape
the mouth of the killer whale.
But I have seen the sea
off Newfoundland's Cape Ray
when waves were mountain high
and on reaching the wave top looking down
into a vast valley of iron coloured water,
The grave of many a man.
To me the sea is a changing thing
like life and breathing in
and the salt moistened air in my face
forever gives life to me.
Categories:
killer whale, nature, ocean, sea, storm,
Form: Free verse
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