Short Humpbacks Poems

Face of the Flatirons mountain range
Awakens
To the pre-dawn of the Colorado sun
A charcoal sketch
Scribbled to life from a meadow of pale paper

I wade waist-high in the waving grasslands
A whale watcher

There! There!

Gray humpbacks
Arched and
Breaking the blue surf of clouds and sky

The breach

A union of silence
Between Soul and God

I on the outside
The universe within

I was the mystery
Riding the mountain....

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You said that I should see a whale -
a giant from the southern seas
swimming song-lines up the coast, 
and so I came on board your boat
to wait and look.

You told me humpbacks follow
ancient ocean-routes
beyond their icy water-home, 
bellies full of  krill,
for  corroboree 
up north. 

Aha! I see her!
Just like the sea is the sudden whale!
She’s breaching, grey on white – 
a fluke – her tail! It’s huge! 
Slap! Smack!
I saw a whale today....

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Gently riding crests of waves across the ocean bay
Cumulus clouds sail high above on a beautiful sunny day
The anchor is dropped and we've lowered the sails
Our camera's are handy as we look for whales
The humpbacks are here for the plankton and krill
We patiently watch and sit perfectly still
These gentle giants are a treasure to see
So we must protect them and our deep blue sea
For time's of the essence and we cannot wait
We all must do more before it's too late...

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