Sea Otters of the pacific coast
Ronald Tirino 1962 (NYC)
Sea otters
Of the dark green seas
In the kelp forests of fisco bay
On cold pacific shores
Sea otters come alive
Frolic play with jested vigor
Spontaneous games throughout the day
Rhapsodies of symphonic joy
Diving swirling swimming
Deep amidst the swaying kelp of the Frisco bay
Lying on their backs
Bellies to the open skies
On the surface of green blue seas
Clams in little hands
Crunching with such delight
Through briny long haired whiskers
Such bliss is hard to know
But for a selected few
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 503 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 4, 3, 5 |
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