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The swiftly soaring shorebird sings
Of lonely outcroppings and barren rocks
That she once spied, wandering on the wing.
She remembers the blowing blues
And those woefully wandering mariners,
Washed into the wallow of a whale,
Swallowed whole, splashing and lashing,
Met by the mighty monster of the murky depths.
Crumbling castles she beheld,
The crusty earth collapsing into the singing sea,
Caught by the wet embrace of the sighing sands,
Fortress now for eel and elephant seal.
Created by coral and constructed by crab,
Pretty delights from dolphin and porpoise.
Stingray and shark keep safe the reef,
Attack those who threaten their treasure,
Piratizing this priceless palace of the sea.
Now new palaces are put upon the sands,
Rampant high-rises rivaling those below,
Their blank stares belittling the beauty under the sea,
Wrecking the reef; now barren the ocean-bottom.
And sadly the shorebird sings, swinging high,
Over concrete crosswalks and empty echoes.
- by aishevasheart |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 07/23/2008 |
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- Title: Song of the Shorebird
- Artist: aishevasheart
- Description: Through the eyes of a shorebird you learn about how humans have so terribly damaged the ocean and her creatures. I wanted to capture the simple and yet melancholy beauty of the ocean.
- Date: 07/23/2008
- Tags: shorebird song ocean poetry
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Comments (1 Comments)
- jpat16 - 12/13/2008
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I do enjoy the variety of vocabulary in description but it also seemed like you were just naming marine animals for a while there.
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