where is the moon that
used to guide me home to breed -
gulls had no reply
they too can't see sky above ~
smudged by human stamps of smog
Categories:
sea turtle, environment, ocean, sky,
Form: Ekphrasis
In tranquil depths, the sea turtle glides,
Ancient traveler where the ocean hides.
With a shell like armor, so strong and wise,
She dances through currents, beneath the wide skies.
A journey of miles, through coral and foam,
In the heart of the sea, she finds her home.
Graceful and patient, a timeless ballet,
The gentle wanderer, forever at play.
Categories:
sea turtle, animal,
Form: Free verse
If there is reincarnation
and we get to choose another animal
I shall come back as a leatherback turtle
all humpback and proud
I will be eight foot long, and weigh two thousand pounds
Intimidating and formidable, I would stare down sharks
whales would marvel at my thick swimmers legs
I would swim my weight around in the sea
enjoying my days floating and eating
not doing math of any kind
Categories:
sea turtle, animal,
Form: Free verse
The giant sea turtle saved the day by being the ride for many.
He rescued a pelican, a cat, a penguin and a dog named Penny.
Their ship went down, and they were at the mercy of the waves.
If not for turtle, they would all be in watery graves.
Categories:
sea turtle, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Coral reefs are dangerous some entities say
Not to me maybe because I know of no other way
The corals are gorgeous, but can hurt your toes
I swim through these reefs loving their glows.
I am comfortable in these waters so deep
Predators are about, but I know where to sleep.
I love the beautiful waters of the South American sea.
If you want to experience life, come and visit me.
The colors will be so dazzling, they will hurt your eyes.
You will have to wear goggles, no big surprise
I am eagerly waiting to introduce you to my kind of sea.
Just book a flight to Brazil and come follow me.
Categories:
sea turtle, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
little sea turtle
racing toward the ocean waves
its new life begins.
Categories:
sea turtle, animal, life, nature, ocean,
Form: Haiku
Subtle beak peeks, blowing through a reef’s ostentatiousness
Emerging from dark impervious depths, the need to breathe
Adept adaptation caught between the blues and greens of aqua
Turtle spins in shelly quagmire where the sea and land consort
Ungainly gravity adheres, sands rasp of birth or death juju
Raking flippers grasp a slow, staid, trek, back to the water
Tortuous adversities unwind in the airy world fraught
Leaving ablutions of the ocean with its weightless thrill
Emptied gasps fill, descending once more, to polish its brown mottle
(2/16/2021)
Categories:
sea turtle, allusion,
Form: Sijo
Snotty haughty sea turtle.
Stuck up
Barely speaking to other sea creatures
Much ado about nothing
Snotty haughty sea turtle
Mean to others
For decades
Now trying to pretend you are not haughty?
Snotty haughty sea turtle
Waving now
Pretending you have a heart
Might as well go back into your shell.
Snotty haughty sea turtle.
Too late
Too arrogant.
Too you.
Categories:
sea turtle, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
hatchlings in the sand
the bale has a life at sea
birth-return to sand
Categories:
sea turtle, life,
Form: Haiku
The sea unleashes its children green
seeking a sandy shielded defense and
swimming wings for legs, scraping
their way from seaweed waters at low
tide the sea awakens...
Those crusted, frothy shells demand
their way toward the grasses as destiny
calls. Barely an eye to see, eroded like a
silver spoon, they plummet forward
jerky as a scared dog, tumbling at each
step... heavy trucks bumping over a
rocky road. As the gods would have
it they succeed to lay their eggs
on shore.
Categories:
sea turtle, animal,
Form: Free verse
wonderful slick shell,
Brown and golden, the color of a shell.
That perfect shaped shell.
The shell of my turtle i know too well.
You are the greenest.
The most bravest.
And fastest (i think)
And maybe the smartest too.
You slick and slide,
And glide on by,
The water is what you love.
And you swim in the water, like a dove in the sky.
May 29,2013
Categories:
sea turtle, humor,
Form: Free verse
When you meet
a green sea turtle
be ready for
the beans;
so if
you get beaten,
you will get eaten
Categories:
sea turtle, animals, childhood, children, nature,
Form: Verse
Small, beautiful face stares up at me
When did you become so exquisitely you (so entirely other than me)?
I've spent my life consumed in myself
You, the rock in the background of my sorrow (listening, understanding, comforting)
The waves of my emotions and actions
Rolling off you
Leaving you the same (innocent, sweet, content).
Lie.
What a lie.
Sailing through scenes of times that seem to float up from another lifetime
I realize that rock was alive--
The back of a sea turtle (head tucked inside)
Who felt every tear and cut
Who love and love and love
And grew
You are you (so fundamental and yet amazing)
With worries and dreams so unconnected to me
No longer my shadow
But always my sea turtle
Categories:
sea turtle, depression, friendship, introspection, sister,
Form: Free verse