My body is flat
I can shock enemies
What am I?
An ocean ray
A sting ray
I am not as large as a manta ray
But I am deadly toward my prey
Categories:
manta ray, animal,
Form: Free verse
glorious orange flashes toward me
she looks so ominous due to being shark-colored too
i feel relief, as I realize what she is
a harmless manta ray
giant of the ocean
Categories:
manta ray, sea,
Form: Free verse
FATHER & SON
The indoor soccer arena
was under the glide path
of the western approach
to the international airport
The still-clever father
made a snide macho comment
to the gold ear-ringed teenager
with the thick-muscled legs
“Uh huh”, said the kid
mentally reducing the angle and
speed of an attack on goal
as they crossed the parking
lot in the surreal fog of a
lake effect thaw
Breaking low ceiling,
its wings broad with flaps, the big
silhouette of a descending jet liner
was moving so slowly that it just
seemed to hover like a large
manta ray suspended in the lift
of a mild ocean current
“Nice”, said the man
“Yeah” said the kid,
who followed the plane over the
shining bald head and the
“gee wiz” gaze of his thickening
father and, just for an instant,
for the very first time, he thought
of his dad as a man
who could love
Categories:
manta ray, father, love, son, ,
Form: Free verse
TALKING WAVES.
The sound the waves make on the shore
Seem like they’re trying to say,
“I’d never seen this rocky beach
Until I did today.”
“Before that I was out at sea,
Miles and miles away,
Racing with the ocean,
To talk to you today.”
“I’ve seen the cliffs at Dover,
And the road to Mandalay.
I even passed Australia
To get to you today.”
“I’ve seen the gentle humpbacked whale
And a giant manta ray,
I even saw a penguin
In a cold Antarctic Bay.”
“But now we’ve had our little chat
I really must not stay,
I’ve got to talk to someone else
A thousand miles away.”
Categories:
manta ray, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Island, I can see you - distant fine pearl.
We drop harbor anchor, music greets us.
Leis are given by a native grown girl.
We walk ocean street not using road's bus.
Hostel makes us welcomed showing no fuss.
Time includes glass bottom boat and day's swim.
We watch manta ray, intrusive old cuss,
thinking someone might soon try to spike him.
Aviary sanctuary, slope's rim,
bison grazing, cycling city's alleys,
total living, sharing life to stein's brim.
So " manana," we will make more sallies.
We will charter boat and troll as Zane Grey,
catching huge fish, I can write book someday.
Categories:
manta ray, travel,
Form: Rhyme
A huge manta ray flies up high
Just over the horizon
Sharing the sky with black baby
Puffins, what's beyond?
The sun sitting in the east waiting
To chase away the night
And remove the cool of the morn
Give manta ray its flight
Imagination can run frenzied
When cobalt clouds design
But soon their image dissipates
Lavender ice aligns
Fog down in the hollow coats trees
A misty way to start a day
Oh! The beauty now cast from light
Released by the sun's rays
A magenta appears upon the cloak
White light warms icy clouds
Then a red fire ball emerges
And pine limbs no longer shroud
Categories:
manta ray, beauty,
Form: Rhyme