Sing a ballad of the sea,
Men ponder at whales' brains,
"What do you believe?"
Whale watching is a hobby,
Grey nomads splash their cash,
Digital selfies on charter boats,
Until appears Little Miss Moby,
Under boats she breathes,
Smashed the lot, into the sea,
Whale selfies gave her the blip,
"Bug off, men!" she thinks,
Ahab's ghost got drowned again,
Maybe there are eidetic memories,
Quite newsworthy, song of the sea!
Categories:
moby, humor, ocean, sea,
Form: Free verse
Who dares rouse Leviathan,
the Giant beneath the heaving deeps?
This world now teams with Ahabs
whose heaping anger never sleeps.
Each one wants to hook its jaw
and each to press its tongue;
to try its rich and fragrant oil
and see it bound and beached and dumb.
Poor soul captains on fragile ships
vainly sharpening the barbless spear.
The Whale scoffs beneath the waves,
rising to teach all wisdom through fear.
Soon the Brute will breach and blow
and send each Pequod down below.
Categories:
moby, anger, bible, christian,
Form: Sonnet
It’s like I am in a life raft,
the lone survivor of a really bad sea poem.
“Ship ahoy,” exclaims a parrot in my head.
Reluctantly I start rowing toward a new salty tale.
What else can I do?
I’m out here surrounded by talking fish.
Perhaps one day
I will learn to translate a few bubbles,
make a few waves
before old Moby gets me.
Categories:
moby, poetry,
Form: Free verse
DICK
Big whale Dick
Poor soul red hollows
Death, harpoon, strikes
HARPOON STRIKES
Harpoon strikes
The whale wails
A little water added to the brine
SEA BRINE
Whale's blood
warm as your daughter
Your harpoon kills her sibling
SIBLING
My whale brother
Is your meat so soft?
Your fat lights Faroe.
MOBY
Mariners
Mars and Venus
Moby Dick.
Categories:
moby, death,
Form: Haiku
When Moby became famous
Because of the book
He decided to go
For the Hollywood look
He was living the dream
With fast cars and loose women
With a pool full of champagne
In which he could swim in
At a book signing one day
Someone scoffed at his weight
That was the moment
That decided his fate
After looking in the mirror
Moby decided to diet
Despite all the warnings
It would be best not to try it
Now the papers are plastered
With pictures of poor old Dick
Looking like a skeleton
Rumor is, Moby's sick
A giant of the seas
That was once his home
But take a look at him now
He’s all skin and bone
He was spotted at a museum
Cold and alone
Standing around looking
Like a huge xylophone
Alas Moby Dick
Has only himself to blame
He let his ego run wild
During his fifteen minutes of fame
Categories:
moby, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
He
Didn't swear
On "Bible"...
But "Moby Dick"
No!
From the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes"
Categories:
moby, dedication, funny
Form: Lanterne