Sperm Whale Poems | Examples

Cricket in the Summer

Pinkie's ova dried up in summer.
Her sackcloths made beach days a bummer,
till she caught a sperm whale—
an Aussie bowler, "Gale"—
who had spun her like a newcomer.

No Joyriders

When parents tell their offspring 
the definition of a fling
they also include
the story that may sound crude
about the birds and the bees
and Tarzan from the trees.
Children claim that they exaggerate
When  they elaborate 
on the story
about male guts and glory.
Some kids need them to simplify
and not to horrify
the tale
about the sperm whale.
The teens who love arachnids, sports
and shorts
quickly understand 
when their parents demand
a ban on joyriders
and jumping spiders.

Demon from the abyss, clothed in angelic white

Mesmerising every soul, as a milk-white opal 
Opening its crooked jaw, showing the void within 
Birthed from fire and lust, in the bitter waters 
Yet, by its breath, it filters pale light from darkness 

Demon from the abyss, now clothed in angelic white
Imprinted with hieroglyphics and astral signs 
Concealed by the fathomless waves from every eye 
Killing every pearly soul, binding every star


Inspired by the sperm whale from the famous book Moby-Dick (whom the book is named after), and the sea giant from Manichaean cosmology.

sperm whales

What happens when someone falls out of love?

Is there a single, frozen in amber, sanctimonious moment when
you decide you’re too good for whomever - the falling-out moment
- where imperfections are revealed like a magic trick?

“Huh,” you find yourself saying, “Weren’t you cuter, half-an-hour ago?

Or is it a slow, drip, drip, drip Chinese-water-torture-like seepage?

Maybe breakups are written in the stars, you know, Mercury drifts into
retrograde and suddenly there’s empty air where your lover used to be.

I’m not in a breakup, but I like to be prepared - these are just questions.

like

Isn’t every male whale a sperm whale?
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A song for this:
If I Didn't Have You (Live) by Tim Minchin

The Windmills of Babel

Build them wider, taller
let us reach for the sky

when we run out of bird's 
we'll clip angels on the fly

90,000 lb. sperm whale
wandering, searching for 
his misplaced tail...

but elite global outlets will 
never fail....only us commoners
stuck in the dark, our vehicles
needing, only one gear~ Park!

Seamen Shantey

Skinny-dipping with you is a thrill
For a man who is over the hill
But just one squiggly squirm
From a small dangling worm
And a fish will dart in for the kill!

A Sperm Whale with a mouthful of krill
Can swallow more than you ever will
Only octopus arms
Could adore all your charms
But for you, this is only a drill

30.VII.19

(as per Jan's request, written for
Tania Kitchin's Two Sea-themed Limerick poetry contest)
Syllables Per Line:  9 9 6 6 9 0 9 9 6 6 9 
Total # Syllables: 78

Lust

Trump wanted to be a sperm whale
But Bill Cosby kept flipping him tail
Although both are deranged
The climate has changed
Now trans genders send them Email

A Marry Time Tale

A Bo'sun in the pub was wheezing
From Wanda Mann's underhand teasing
An organist by trade
And accomplished milkmaid
Her fingers were quite busy squeezing

The Bo'sun recalled a sperm whale
That spouted away in a gale
Wanda knew how whales blow
And performed it just so
The Bo'sun would buy her more ale

The Bo'sun was never a sinner
And saw her a champion winner
He took her for wife
She took up her knife
And swallowed his sausage for dinner

The Bo'sun now lies underground
His widow is fooling around
Like an octopus
She will grab men thus
Explaining she's on the rebound

A widow must have food to eat
A sausage is filled up with meat
Just one dram of rum
And seamen will come
To give Wanda a cream-filled treat

But the Bo'sun's fate still lingers
Like Wanda's octopus fingers
'Tis said on her plate
She'd resuscitate
A galley of real humdingers

Now the Bo'sun's fate took a toll
On many a poor seaman's soul 
When out on a date
Remember their fate
Keep your sausage out of the roll!

Animal Attraction

Be aware of the Cougar, the big mountain Cat
Now I know you like mounting, but your just a Pussy Cat
I sometimes think you’re Horsey, and like a good jump
Perhaps therefore a Mare, with a lovely Ass as a rump
Anyway, rather than Rabbiting on and Ferreting around without any luck
I wish I could Rooster up the courage to ask you for a Shag (f__k)
Anyway I’ll keep on admiring your Boobies for I’m a Horny Toad
Hoping you’ll Goblin Shark my Dik-dik has you empty my Polecat of it’s Sperm Whale all over your Beaver below.
If I’m Puffin out of steam, at least you’ll have your Armadillo handy to finish yourself off.
Seriously, your animal attraction knows no bounds

Fully Vapourised

When a sperm whale dozes it is time to polish the attic. Moving domes is great in a tidal spaw. But terrible wastage of westward water can poison even the smallest of sappier tree. Wow. Blooming bloomified bouncing bookshelves . How quite astonishing really. It is often noisy in a train bin. And sessions are considered to be seasons so always dance lightly over any singing cutlery abandoned on a rising floor. Pins playing pea pie pianos. *** dusk dropped *** delivering design xxxx vaporisation *** z.

Whales - the Acrostic Style

~Whales~
(Acrostic)


W hales are one of the largest an most beautiful magnificent marine mamals in the world
H ave been hunted for centuries for oil, meat, other raw materials.
A nd some of the species are endangered, and they're going extinct
L ife span varies among all the different species that 
E xist, it be, blue whale, Orcas or killer whale, bowhead, humpback, gray or sperm whale, and they
S wim by moving their muscular tails(flukes) up and down, and not like fish left to right.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2011


November.2.2015

Soul-Searching

Incubation was not 
complete. The thirst of
thoughts will find a
convoluted shell-
wrapping up the kernel.

Throw a stone on the 
sinner. This was on
me. I will accept the 
rocks to open up-
a fountain.

There was a silver screen 
for the lovers. You will 
not regret for the raw
emotions. A sperm whale 
in the sea will spew-
a streams of profanities.


Satish Verma

Sperm Whale Dementia

Sperm Whale Dementia.

Here I am an old Sperm whale,
A swimming in the deep,
Sucking on the Crill, inhale, 
As fearless I do leap.

And then I come to surface,
And clarity does seep,
Dementia nursing home this place,
Me poor old bones do creak.

Back beneath the water,
A swimming in the deep,
Happy as a tadpole,
More Crill to maybe eat.

Back up to the surface,
Who is that woman here,
She says she is Molly Brown,
A rellie so sincere.

So come visit sweet Molly Brown,
I may be far away,
Or surfaced with a puzzled frown,
A sperm whale here today…

Don Johnson 22-aug-11

Sperm Whale

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


A. Green

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