sea otters of every width, age and size
Were at the crest of the hill at sunrise
Ready to jump into Indian Sea with umbrellas too
Throwing in coolers and towels after me and you
We sea otters are a playful bunch for sure
Laughing, we know there is no cure
Or way of stopping us once we find
A cliff to jump off of, or a hill to climb
We love hitting the water cold and hard
It is our fondest pastime, we land like lard
jiggling and wiggling in pure sea otter delight
getting everything wet, landing hard and tight
Categories:
otters, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
And now we are two otters
Set peacefully adrift
In kelp strands entwined
By anemone gardens
There is just you and me
Upon emerald waters
The simplest gift
Is your hand in mine
And I am safely harbored
From the perilous sea.
Categories:
otters, animal, love, ocean, romance,
Form: Rhyme
bow riding
Dall's porpoises play
sea otters, orcas
and bald eagles
every day
herding salmon
otter find another boat
and some porpoise
otter love you more
like I did in Alaska
otter mend this net
love slips through
reel it in carefully
and stack it meticulously
(setting it should
never ensue disaster)
a listless drifter
I have been
tempting storms
and rocky shores
otter live this life on porpoise
like I did then
choose a destination
sail to better shores (oh, give me a home
where the sea otters roam
and the bow riding
Dall's porpoises play)
otter love you more
like I did in Alaska
Categories:
otters, love, self,
Form: Free verse
Of many times we have in life,
Like some within the water.
A charm it seems, but darkness rife,
The mean and precious otter.
When first you glance, how beautiful,
And cute from feet to ears,
But deep inside, not viewable,
Is more than it appears.
The otter, such savage beast,
which kills it’s own for fun.
It rips and claws until deceased,
And leave it when it’s done.
Then don’t forget the way it stalks,
To torture baby seals.
And off away it gladly walks,
With other otter meals.
So in your world, just be aware,
Of cute but full of strife,
And gaze upon the otters there,
That swim about your life.
Categories:
otters, animal, divorce, evil, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Otters
Obscure sea mammals found
off the Pacific coast,
opting for kelp forest
on California's cold
ocean waters, amongst
other marine life that
once faced near extinction.
(Pleiades)
4/4/2021
Pleiades O Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kim Merryman
Categories:
otters, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Verse
Did ya know sea otters hold hands when they sleep
So they won't drift apart, their wedding vows to keep
Now that's a stretch
Didn't know that I bet
This leaves me stunned and makes me freak
Categories:
otters, cute,
Form: Limerick
Are otters so odd?
In Old English
Their name means 'water'
And it really ought to
As they live near the river or sea
Are otters so odd?
They sing like canaries
With clear voices
So happy and merry
Their high-pitched sopranos
A treat for you and for me
Are otters so odd?
They're really so cute
When they stand up
They look so much like
Little 'fish pups' --
(You almost expect them to bark) --
But they've whiskers like cats
Except for one thing:
Some of those whiskers
Jut out from their eyes
Which is quite a surprise
Are otters so odd?
Some might "Yes" nod
But I see not the need
For either a rod
Or an 'otter-swatter'
Categories:
otters, animal, cat, dog, voice,
Form: Rhyme
English Sonnet
Along the walk the suits and sneakers stroll,
so many faceless smiles that tell a lie
and don't reveal the true and costly toll,
instead with righteous glare they will deny.
We walked one time along this very shore
to skip a stone and watch the otters play
and vowed not to become what we abhorred -
a knight and a sweet damsel we would stay.
But that was all so very long ago
so as a storm blows in from o're the pond,
and suits hide safe behind their parasols,
it's for the simpler times I truly long.
Just like the otters we will splash and dive
and naked in the rain we will survive.
Categories:
otters, life,
Form: Sonnet
Did ya know sea otters hold hands when they sleep
So they won't drift apart, their wedding vows to keep
Now that's a stretch
Didn't know that I bet
This leaves me stunned and makes me overeat
Categories:
otters, love,
Form: Limerick
Lapis lazuli blue waters
copper stones sunset kissed
night sky
Wild and playful river otters
twirling round in a tryst
float by
Visual no. 5
Name: Kimberly Shaw
Contest: Memento of Waters
Date: March 7, 2015
Categories:
otters, blue, river,
Form: Verse
sea otters of the pacific coast
Sea otters
Of the dark green seas
In the kelp forests of fisco bay
On cold pacific shores
Sea otters come alive
Frolic play with jested vigor
Spontaneous games throughout the day
Rhapsodies of symphonic joy
Diving swirling swimming
Deep amidst the swaying kelp of the Frisco bay
Lying on their backs
Bellies to the open skies
On the surface of green blue seas
Clams in little hands
Crunching with such delight
Through briny long haired whiskers
Such bliss is hard to know
But for a selected few
- See more at: http://allpoetry.com/poem/10820589-sea-otters-of-the-pacific-coast-by-Ronald-Tirino#sthash.x6aMLezH.dpuf
Categories:
otters, blue, introspection, voice,
Form: Bio
Otters are so cute
Could I have him as a pet?
I love animals...
Categories:
otters, animal, beautiful, , cute,
Form: Haiku