Short Whalers Poems

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


Premium Member Whalers Fate

seamen pulling hard
powerful harpooner strikes
Nantucket sleigh ride
unyielding force of nature
sea claims sailors forever
Form: Tanka


Sperm Whale

Creature of deep seas
Battle scars from giant squid
A rare appearance
Stay well hidden from whalers
Inspiration of Melville.


A. Green
© Amy Green  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Hinomaru - Japanese Flag

rising blood red sun -
   spatters mount Fuji as
   whalers fly flag









I wrote this poem to try to write what a country's flag might
represent to an individual.  I love whales and dolphins so this
is what it represents to me.
Form: Haiku

The Skeleton Coast

Morning fog was parting  for the day's performance,
and an audience of just me sat cross legged,
waiting for ghosts.
They appeared slowly, one by one.
Old whalers, freighters and, fifty yards out, 
slate grey bones scarred with burnt sienna,
a young trawler.
A Cormorant dried its wings on the wheelhouse,
primary feathers spread, glistening ebony,
tattered like a tramp's raincoat.
The surf  whispered warnings.

February 4th 2016

For contest 'The Sea shore' sponsor- Craig Cornish
© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
sea

Premium Member Ancestral Voices

To the discerning eye of Inuit travelers, hunters and whalers, the inukshuk communicates pivotal counsel on safety and danger.

                                                                guiding posts
                                                                ~ marbled voices of
                                                                ancestor spirits



Published in my photo/haibun anthologies ~PRIMITIVE~ 2019 and ~ANCESTRAL VOICES~ 2019

AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Form: Haibun


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