Shark Week Serenade
It’s Shark Week—let the ocean roar,
A celebration through the tide,
I plunge where blue horizons soar
And let my fascination glide.
Sharks in spotlights, strong and sleek,
Legends in the swirling brine,
They prowl the depths we dare not seek,
With power ancient, fierce, divine.
I marvel at the hammerhead,
The tiger shark in graceful sweep,
The gentle giant’s silent thread—
In every fin, my passions leap.
This week, the world will tune to see
Their mystery, their daring lore,
But I have loved them silently
Long before the cameras bore.
Reefs and kelp beds come alive,
Rainbow fish and jellies, too,
Yet sharks, relentless, fierce, survive—
Ocean’s guardians, proud and true.
With every episode and tale,
I feel my heart swept out to sea;
O sharks, beyond the spray and gale,
Your wild spirit lives in me.
Categories:
tiger shark, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Dark water swimmer
If I were a deep-sea diver, I would swim to the Azores
were the water is not so cold; meet up with dolphins
that remembered me from my time on ships when
waving to them from the deck
They would feed me sardines since I’m too slow to catch
anyone alone
When I meet a tiger shark, I will bow my head, show
respect and call him my lordship; messages will be sent
“Don’t touch this man, as he is not a seal.”
I will go ashore in Madeira, get drunk in a bar and when
they arrest and try to deport me, I will tell them the sea
is my home, and they will take me on a helicopter and
push me back to my forever home
This will be witnessed by all creatures of the ocean, who
will say: “Now look, there swims a hero.”
Categories:
tiger shark, beach, blessing, confidence, fun,
Form: Blank verse
In the darkness thrives
Our inner most lives
But chances robs flies
Like winged tigerskarks
In the light swings chandeliers
Clinging dragons Shangri-La
Story pictures of passion fears
Purpose-driven ceiling fans Mardi Gras
Darkness. dies
Light cries
No more passion rights
Dragon fly tiger shark drones
Universe shutdown
Good night
2/8/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr
Categories:
tiger shark, absence, allusion, universe,
Form: Free verse
The tiger shark had a good twenty more years of living to do.
Of living to do, of living to do! (This is the refrain). Refrain from singing it.
But because she eats everything she sees, the tiger shark died today.
Refrain:
She died today, she died today, the Tiger Shark, she died today.
Great singing!
It is your fault and mine. Yes,
we are to blame if we ever tossed a cup into the sea.
If we ever dropped our phone or wallet in the ocean.
If we ever lost our child on a shore line.
Because the tiger shark has no filter.
Everything goes in – TVs, stereos, horses. Everything.
Refrain:
Poor tiger shark, poor tiger shark. It is our fault! It is our fault!
Note: If you personally have been polluting the water,
you need to change that last refrain to:
Refrain:
Poor tiger shark, poor tiger shark. It is my fault! It is my fault!
Still on board here?
Why do we allow pollution? Why do we allow people to litter our beaches?
Who is going to step up?
Refrain:
A tiger shark is dead. A young one too. Dead because of me and you.
Great singing!
Now, a little more action please.
Categories:
tiger shark, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
On a Cloudy Rainy Day Yellow Cheetah Runs From Hungry Shark
rainy afternoon
a weird tiger, shark drools
at lemon cheetah
ever falls waters
from heavens puffy clouds bursts
fruits engaging bliss
lemon cheetah runs
away from edge of the lake
not a taste, shark makes
4/3/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
Categories:
tiger shark, adventure, analogy, animal, nature,
Form: Haiku
Zipping through New Hampshire’s White Mountains
Suspended by a rope through trees
Autumn colors accompany a brisk breeze
Turning your face bright, scarlet red
Don’t look down, just peer ahead
Live joyfully in each challenging activity
“What,” you say, “no engine?”
Sail planes ride wind currents
Regular airplane tows you up
Then you are cut free
To rely on navigational skills
Parasail over turquoise sea
Images below evoke wonder
Tiger Shark approaches bathers
No distress signal sent
Rev the engine
Noisy jet skis
Bound over waves
Bucket list
Now empty
Memories!
*Written October 13, 2014
Categories:
tiger shark, adventure, memory,
Form: I do not know?
I thought I had hooked the world’s largest grouper
After struggling for hours, I was still reeling
Refused help from a friend; I was a trooper
Somehow I found its resistance appealing
Hot sun on the Gulf had me in a stupor
And in my hands I started to lose feeling
It finally came into view just before dark
Was shocked to find a fifteen-foot tiger shark
He’d just been toying with me all afternoon
And he was more than half the size of my boat
I felt like a comic in a weird lampoon
My heart seemed to be rising up in my throat
Captain Ahab might have viewed this as a boon
But far too much weight did this tiger shark tote
He bolted, took off, stripped the line from my reel
And I had to cast elsewhere for my next meal
* For Thvia's "The One That Got Away" contest (True Story!)
Categories:
tiger shark, adventure, animals, seame, tiger,
Form: Rispetto
This is a TIGER...
SHARK of a different color.
The bite still deadly!
Categories:
tiger shark, animals
Form: Haiku
you're like a tiger shark
you wait for me in the dark
snapping at my feet
i bet my blood tastes sweet
devoured by gnashing teeth
it comes as somewhat a relief
you're like a vicious lion
i'm the zebra who keeps on dying
stripped of my skin and bone
is this what it feels like to be alone
you're all a figment of my mind
created because i feel unkind
you never existed you never will
afraid of me because i'm ill
you'll all go away if i put one in my head
no more thoughts when all is dead.
Categories:
tiger shark, depressionme,
Form: Rhyme
In our oceans and sea's
In climate's warm
Second to one
In it's striped form
This predatory shark
Alone in the night
This solitary hunter
With it's razor bite
Feasting on fish
Seal's and birds
This creature of nature
Number two in it's world
When we enter their domain
Aliens we are
When they attack us humans
We go to far
Retribution, is on our minds
To deal with a killing living kind
It's not like they can come on land
But if they did
Would we understand
Its blue green body
Yellow underside
Another gem
In nature's pride
Who live and die
In their watery parks
The Tiger Shark
Categories:
tiger shark, nature, sea
Form: Rhyme