Short Pelican Poems

Short Pelican Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Pelican by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Pelican by length and keyword.


Premium Member Pelican Bay

Pelican Bay


My rookery home

                Nursery rocks     oil covered

Parents               dressed in black
Form: Senryu


Mother Pelican Bleeds

three starving children...
ripping flesh loose from her breast
she does what it takes

*Louisiana State Flag
Tim Ryerson
7/18/2015
Form: Senryu

The Pelican

The Pelican, the Pelican
Can he catch fish
Yeah, hell he can
For a silly bird
Who looks absurd
It’s surprising
Just how well he can
© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.

Parking On Pelican Pier

Parking on Pelican Pier (Not so original monoku) contest 




             Pelican Pier here I come...Landing to eat Tuna Tuesday treats
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Pirate Queens Toothache

A Pirate queen on the Dixie Queen 
Had a toothache truly bad and mean 
They docked for a day 
In Pelican Bay 
Sorry choppers now happy and clean
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Sometimes Not a Great Notion

Sometimes a great notion
is to jump into the ocean.
It can be a good idea, 
but it's not a panacea. 
The concept doesn't suck,
if you're a pelican or duck.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Pelican Pete

A pelican called Pete, Whom tuna, would not eat; Flew down to hot sand, Some sand crabs to land, Now Pete has some very blistered feet!
Form: Limerick

Pelican Soup

Pelican Soup

I will not partake of your Pelican Soup,
Not even a drop or a very small scoop.
This culinary dish is quite absurd,
A consommé of a large billed bird.
© Kevin Shaw  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member pelican or unicorn

pelican or unicorn? Hard to choose.
Just pick one said my cousin, you can’t lose.
Pelicans interviewed in threes and twos.
Unicorn came in wearing my husband’s shoes.
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member The Gift of Life

Pelican sighed with relief as she landed next to water
She had been thirsty for a time, but now she was saved
Water rose to the occasion, giving pelican the gift of life

Premium Member Haiku 8 - Pier Sentinel

aqua water swirls
salt sprayed air licks dry sea oats
quick pelican gulps
Copyright, September 18, 2014 Faye Lanham Gibson
Form: Haiku

Pelican

A pelican, tellican
where the fish all are,
A pelican, catchican
fishes near and far.

With a giant scoopican
dive upon the pond,
With his huge beakican
store them for later on.
Form: Rhyme

Alcatraz Lighthouse

Behind a fence no public view
First built in eighteen-fifty-two
Destroyed by quake, rebuilt anew
Keeps ship from crashing on it’s rocks
Named for island’s bird, not a few
Spanish word, Pelican, of flocks
Form: Rhyme

Haiku 2 - Nightingale Serenading, Pelican Gliding, Hummingbird Nuzzling

lonesome nightingale
serenades the airwaves
searching for his soul mate

lone pelican gliding
against the evening sky
so effortlessly

blown in with the wind
hummingbird nuzzles a bloom
and is blown away again
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Child To Pelican

How is the water? Asked the cute little one in the hat.
The pelican did not know what to answer to that.
It was full of fish, and tasty, but was it hot or cold?
He listened for other clues, a wise pelican, old.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Not So Original Monoku Challenge

unrehearsed _ emergency stop @ pelican (f)lights crossing 


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Contest: The Not So Original Monoku Challenge
Sponsor: Timothy Hicks (inspired by Linda)
Placed 1st
Form: Monoku

The Harbor

The Harbor

                                                         A pelican sits
                                                 atop a pierpost dozing
                                                ships moor for the night
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Coastal Sunrise

Sun
Peering
O’er the sea.
Prismatic waves
Reflect painted sky.
Colorful ripples dance,
Pelican silhouettes glow
With halos of pink, orange, gold.
As the orb climbs higher in the sky,
Bright light casts its gleam as stars and moon fade
Form: Etheree

Premium Member The Not So Original Monoku Challenge

young pelican lands awkwardly breaks a leg while being filmed
Written: April 01, 2016 Inspired by: Timothy Hicks Contest
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Giant Sea Turtle Saved the Day

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.
Form: Rhyme

Pelican

Tom wanted to make a hornet a pelican
And so I wondered just how in the helican!
I forgot that in this town he's "The Man"
So whatever he wants no one can ban
And all have to go along with his plan
Even though it should be tossed in the can!
Form: Rhyme

Like Sailing

boat hovers pelican sails on the air effortless ~ like the freely floating ship cresting above the curling ocean wave smoothly showing perfectly designed craft
10-2-2020 Double Tetractys 4 Poetry Contest 3rd place
Form: Tetractys

When

when I was young 
I went to sea
I met a pelican
she needled me

when I was brave
I  went to field
I saw my shadow
she turned to me

When I was lost
I journeyed within
I found a love
she sang with me

when I was tired
I sat me down
I left this house
she carried me

Premium Member Collection of Birds

Happy pelican
eating an enormous fish
see his pouch bulging

Merry kingfisher
waiting on his pole for fish
he darts and spears one

Full of joy and fun
the skylark warbles in glee
delight in each note

Fearsome eagle drops
plummeting down like a stone
striking hard he kills
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Pelican Bay

They came and arrested me.
Crime of passion they say.
Now, I'm doin' life at Pelican Bay,
never gonna see another free day.
She cheated and lied
then she died, while sayin'
she never loved me. 
I'll live with the pain of the crime,
every minute of my time,
at Pelican Bay.

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