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Fin Whales

Fin Whales are listed as, endangered
and are the second largest animal, on our planet
they swim in, California, Coral Triangle and Artic waters
and the ridge on their back, is nicknamed “razorback”

They have an unusual feature, as their lower left jaw
is just black, and lower right jaw, is bright white
They circle schools of fish, with their white

Categories: whaling, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form: Rhyme

Ghosts On the Water

ghosts on the water
Captains courageous
Out hunting for whale
Ghosts on the water
Still under sail

Whales are all gone now
Time goes so fast
Ghosts on the water
Still a'fore the mast

Yesterday beckons
But no one can see
The ghosts on the water
Still sailing the sea

Hunting for schools
That no longer exist
Ghosts on the water
Sail on in the mist

Captains courageous
Out hunting for blue
Souls lost

Categories: whaling, 10th grade,
Form: Lyric

Gentle Giants of the Sea

'Thar she blows!' the cry goes up
a breaching whale is seen
The longboat's manned and low'red
the lookout's eyes were keen

The hunt begins, the whalers chant
the oarsmen strain and pull
The whaling ship won't turn for port
'til her holds are full

The boat seems small, the men seem weak
beside the mighty whale
but it's gentle nature seals it's fate
the harpoon

Categories: whaling, death, ocean,
Form: Ballad

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Whaling Tale

A Whaling Tale

by Gabriel Magno

The whaling ships approach as I stare into the bay,
today I said by short farewells, to friends who pled I stay. 

A whaler I have dreamt to be, since I stood three feet tall,
my name appears among the list of worker’s on the wall.

I grab my heavy backpack, and board the

Categories: whaling, change, judgement,
Form: Rhyme

Whaling Ship Captain's Lover Part 3

WHALING SHIP CAPTAIN"S LOVER      part 3

Now Jorgie met a new love
He begged to make her wife
First, they’d fetch her small boy
 to start a fresh new life.

So East they went to Minot
To find her cousin there
But when they came to his big house
His smile for them was spare.

The cousin was

Categories: whaling, love, woman, husband, wife,
Form: Ballad

Whaling Ship Captain's Lover Part 2

WHALING SHIP CAPTAIN’S LOVER
(Part 2 of 3)

Now Jorgie was a fierce one
Widowed   ‘fore she wed
The object of her passion
A Sea man lost and dead

Jorgie had a small lad
Swaddled piece of sun
And her lovers parents
Coveted this tiny life begun

They didn’t care that he was born
Before the two were wed
They claimed that he was theirs

Categories: whaling, love, class, lost, wife,
Form: Ballad

Whaling In 1844

WHALING      IN     1844


All  hands  came  aboard
In March we left Deptford
Bound for Greenland’s whales  and
Rather it was Wales’s green  land.

The lookout on the mainmast  tied
Saw her  white spout  and cried
“Thar   she    blows,

Categories: whaling, men, men,
Form: Couplet