Coral Reef Poems

[nauti1us]

I know this is an odd request... curious if anyone knows any good poetry that is coral reef related... I would appreciate any leads.

Thnx.

[hankthetank]

I made this one up myself:
There once was a reefer named Rick
Who thought he was mentally quick.
But he jokes about wieners &
can't ID Merulinas,
So it shows he's not really so slick!

[xtm]

I once had a 300 gallon reef tank
It was inhabited by a Purple, yellow, and a Hippo Tang

One time my turbo snail died from too much gunk
I pulled it out and that thing stunk

A year later I have no money in the bank
The house got foreclosed and the wife gave me a spank

[nauti1us]

you guys are kill'n me...

[hankthetank]

Oh that's right you did say GOOD poetry......

[1F2FRFBF]

Reef haiku, anyone?

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xenia pulses
waving in gentle current
smothering all hope

----

stretching for freedom
anemone tentacles
in my overflow

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a flash through shadow
brief glint, light before darkness
fish jerky once more

----

rippling waters
sights unseen, powerhead is
free from attachment

[Rovert]

Elegance Coral
Covered by a fish sandstorm
That pain in my Wrasse

[OmarD]

Very astute 6th grader!




The Oldest Coral Reef




I am the oldest coral reef

I see all, I know all

I watch time fly over the years.

I grow, I live, I give life to others.

They come with chemicals and waste

Taking, destroying, killing.

People of earth

Why do you do these things?

I give you fish

I give you life

You kill the monk seal, the green sea turtle,

the fish of the sea

What have we done to you?

We try to warn you

But all you do is nothing.

I know what will happen in the end

and in the beginning.

You people do not understand.

We will not last.

I will not stand for this and yet

I can do nothing to stop you

For I am only

the oldest coral reef.



by Tyler Sumner
6th grade, Volcano School

[nauti1us]

"OmarD"

Thanks! That is more like it...

[OmarD]

Not quite a "reef poem" - but always reminds me of them when I read it. (or vice/versa)



EVOLUTION



Tides in the ocean of stars and the infinite rhythm of space;
Cycles on cycles of aeons adrone on an infinite beach;
Pause and recession and flow, and each atom of dust in its place
In the pulse of eternal becoming; no error, no breach
But the calm and the sweep and the swing of the leisurely, measureless roll
Of the absolute cause, the unthwarted effect -- and no haste,
And no discord, and nothing untimed in a calculus ruling the whole;
Unfolding; evolving; accretion; attrition; no waste.

Planet on planet a course that it keeps, and each swallow its flight;
Comet's ellipse and grace-note of the sudden firefly glow;
Jewels of Perseid splendor sprayed on summer's purple night;
Blossom adrift on the breath of spring; the whirl of snow;
Grit on the grinding beaches, spume of the storm-ridden wave
Hurled on the north wind's ice-born blast to blend with the tropic rain;
Hail and the hissing of torrents; song where sapphire ripples lave
The crest of thousand-fathom reefs upbuilt beneath the main.

Silt of the ceaseless rivers from the mountain summits worn,
Rolled along gorge and meadow till the salt, inflowing tide

Heaps it in shoals at harbor-mouth for continents unborn;
Earth where the naked rocks were reared; pine where the birches died;
Season on season proceeding, and birth in the shadow of death;
Dawning of luminous day in the dying of night; and a Plan
In no whit, in no particle changing; each phase of becoming a breath
Of the infinite, Karma of all things; its goal, evolution of MAN.


Talbot Mundy

[thecichlidpleco]

...almost as sad as that teaser porn stuff that shows the girl in front of her tank showing off her assets, porn for reef nerds, now poems for reef nerds.

[AS11423]

Shall we try to remember this is a family site?~dc

[nauti1us]

OK folks, thanks for the help. I am working on a project where I thought it would be nice to have something reef related as a poem as an insert to packets of information reef related.

I've done my share of research and there itsn't a tremendous amount of reef related poems or writings out there to choose from.

I've gotten what I need. Thanks again for the help.

[LobsterOfJustice]

Originally posted by AS11423

Deleted~dc

Only someone from NY could think that water and wanna rhyme (I can hear that NY accent in my head)...