Of all the animals I could be,
which one would fill me with glee?
No fur here with a flea,
maybe smooth skin is the key.
I would love to see,
the great big blue sea.
Cool pretty water I would love to feel,
it makes me want to real.
With friends I can play and squeal,
as a fish we will steal.
I feel like a big wheel,
even through I am just a cute little seal.
They're coming by the thousands,
here to suck your blood,
here to take a bite,
in a gluttonous biblical flood.
Hold firm and squirm,
don't be late,
or wait,
hold the gates,
then accept your fate.
There once was a seal named Neil
Whose antics did greatly appeal
Some called him fat
But don't be like that
He's not what you'd call genteel.
* The real Neil is a 1,000 kg southern elephant seal who frequents a small town in Tasmania, Australia.
Gray seals usually feed on herring and cod
Squids and eels also get the nod
But things have taken a disturbing spin
Now they're chowing down on dolphins!
This has scientists quite concerned
As humans could be next on the menu
Sometimes nature takes an unexpected turn
As animals find new prey to chew
Watch out for sharks at sea
For you may become its next meal
If you see a dorsal fin, you will flee
But don't end up in the jaws of the gray seal
Let the other guy
die for his country ...
I’m living for mine
Let the other guy
waddle in shame ...
in glory I cry
Let the other guy
sanction defeat ...
in victory I thrive
Let the other guy
rot in his grave ...
eternal I strive
(For Will: January, 2026)
A seal hunter walked on a frozen lake,
not knowing that the ice would break.
He drowned and then he froze,
sunk down before he rose.
A passing seal would say, "ooh, that's nice",
as a face peered up from below the ice.
The Seal.
It has been a long time since I was in a bay somewhere on the Algarve.
The road to get there was narrow and dusty, and
I got annoyed with my girlfriend at the time for dragging me.
away from the safety of my house and the communal
Swimming pool. It was a secluded beach where women.
could swim without the great hindrance of a bra, and to
Think she had dragged me here to get her **** sunburned.
She could have done that in my backyard.
I went for a swim, and the water enveloped me like blue silk.
And I floated with the lightness of a sea lion, it was then.
I saw here, just her head, a mermaid, and her head was
Bobbing gently up and down, she was the sea.
The home of all beginnings....
So they did exist, and not an illusion, a tale told by the lonely.
Sailors, and how typical that wondrous women are seen
by those who long for female company, but a voice
from the shore called me, the one who was tanning her ****,
was getting restless, wanted something to eat, fried chicken
Salad and a half bottle of chilled white wine.
When the heart yearns for greater love,
So blooming like a lily flower
And my soul is enlightened.
You see the sun and the blue sea
Like the beautiful Beulah land
With your tears flow like a river.
What kind of love has come,
As I find light in the dark tunnel
And three wishes are granted.
A district in the south
On the coastline it has graced
Is a well established charter
Ancient roots from which it’s based
The symbol of the city
Placed on the Corporation seal
That Latin script around the edge
Enshrines the common weal
A pair of towers at the Port
Consolidate the fort
Allowing commerce to flow forth
For there’s more tea to import
The glowing harbour waves
Drift in from the sea
They travel under bridges
Along the River Lee
Few today remember well
It was on a sunny June day
When this city seal was embraced
By the martyred JFK
Least we not forget
The motto that is his
Invoked now, forever more
‘Statio Bene Fida Carinis’
Crabeater seal has special teeth
Straining krill from down beneath
Water drains but tiny fishes stay in
Magic teeth strainer is a huge win
Do Seal Deal with much Appeal
when we would seal deal
after we ate a great meal
was with much appeal
More graceful in full blubber
than a ballroom dancer,
a seal slides down banisters
of ocean spirals
in ice-cold currents.
Smiling like a cat,
slipping into water,
swimming down and up,
for fish and krill and squid.
Sunning, sleeping on the rocks,
I could never push you over.
Seal - immovable.
Seal - so fat.
You are my love
Pure like a dove
How can I avow my deep care?
You dye my life
With drum and fife
How can I show we're a good pair?
I hold you in
My eyes and grin
How can I not love you, my dear?
You fill my mind
New hope I find
How can I not keep my muse near?
You make me burn
I toss and turn
How can I rest till I see you?
I pen a song
For you, I long
How can I hush till I woo you?
You are my rock
Key to my lock
How can I bind you to my side?
This love I feel
Is our soul seal
How can I this joy ever hide?
Seal was written for S words contest sadly I missed deadline.
hot red wax drips down
parchment charter awaits seal
gold ring descending
In service my heart as it cries for love;
What shall I do I am in remorse mode;
Beating ever sweetly covered in blood;
Tangent dreams of ever falling implode;
Eyes catalyst broken in heartache blind;
Heart can't sight where my malignant head is;
Those screams of brazen swollen eyes inclined;
Heartbroken beating no wise appears gives;
Solace passionate joys flooding over;
Challenge burden promises sprung loveless
My heart beats of joy laugher full closure;
Promise to you together we shun less;
Ourselves let us excuse and unlearn this;
May we congregate come ad-lib let's kiss;
8/20/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
9th place~ Placement in Contest
For No 1230. New Poem Only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Poem Syllable Counter Results
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Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 97
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