Whales and Poetry
Browsing around the other day I came across a poem about whales by D H Lawrence. Entitled Whales Weep Not it is about their love life.
They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains
the hottest blood of all, …
Reading it made me wonder if others have written poems about whales.
Hawaii has a welcoming celebration for the migrating humpbacks and this includes poetry, but none of the poems are quoted on the website.
The orcas get a whole site for their poems. But this is made up for on Hello Poetry which covers all whales.
I also found a number of short doggerels, as if the hugeness and majesty of whales are more manageable in small, simple pieces.
The picture comes from flickr.
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