Nature Turtle Poems

Snapping Turtle

Brawny and mean
The reptile is seen
Oozing out of the mire
Like a prehistoric dinosaur.

The snapper stares
While smelling the air,
Keenly attentive
For lurking predators.

A thick, muscled neck
Poised...

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I am turtle
and I roam.
From town to town,
carry my home,
upon my back
and that’s a fact.

A more patient creature
you’ll not see;
my best feature,
is to patient, be.
I...

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We had been on the road for about thirteen hours by then
So the traffic that we saw was a most unwelcome sight
A turtle, on his...

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Two turtle doves sitting in a tree
So happily in love and carefree
From a pretty song and dance to be 
To a nestled home for all...

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I am turtle, sage and wise;
I may not be speedy but I surprise,
with a gleam in my clever eye;
I’ll always finish, I covet no prize.

Great...

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Box turtle, box turtle,
Won’t you play with me?
I found you in the shady woods
Just underneath that tree.

Box turtle, box turtle,
Won’t you come outside?
Don’t stay all...

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A sunlit water garden
turtle sits upon a rock
in contemplation
Koi swims by, an invitation
turtle slides in slowly
ah, cooling aqua


1-26-2022
Bite Size Poem no34 Poetry Contest
Line Gauthier...

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little sea turtle
racing toward the ocean waves
its new life begins....

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There within the shell of splendor floats
Waves carry armored ancients on their backs
Isolated oceans dream of waters tropical
Much warmer are the wanderings of warriors
Gurgles without...

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There within the shell of isolated splendor
Tranquility oceans float them all about
To dream of waters tropical much warmer
Armored against the best and worst of hell
Yet...

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A turtle walking through the grass
Making each step with measured gait,
Allowing time and doubt to pass,
And taking time to pause and wait. 

Making each step...

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How lovely is this turtle! So peaceful!
His course is well designed by nature's whim
He crawls, like a green creeper, so blissful
He can walk and skulk...

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Turtle in a shell
Peeking out from underneath
It explores nature...

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Takes his time in sunshine,
Tentatively stepping.
Tranquil summer follows,
Trailed by its vivid blooms.
Too sweet fragrance abounds!
True value takes awhile,
Typical of rainbows.


Written on April 26, 2021
For: Pleiades...

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Heralding the beginning of the day,
a turtle dove coos softly
from a tree branch nearby



Date written: 10/25/2019...

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