Untamed Rhymes: Poems to Celebrate Sea Creatures

There once were lions in London

There once were animals at the zoo

But now there are no animals

What are we to do?

My name is Evan and I love animals of all kinds

So I imagined a world where animals live only in the mind

For the largest mammal on Earth will soon be a cow

That’s why we need to care for our animals starting right now!

I’m starting with sharks and creatures of the sea

Because sea creatures are awesome. Don’t you agree?

When sharks circle beneath you, don’t dive beneath! 

You have to watch out for their 67 teeth!

Bamboo sharks waddle ‘cross the bottom of the sea

Just like a baby on a crawling spree

What is this mysterious shadow inside a purse?

It’s a baby epaulette shark with its egg yolk nurse!

Port Jackson sharks lay spiral eggs

To hide them in rocks with nooks and craigs

Only 9% of Port Jackson shark eggs survive after birth

This is a mark of what they’re worth

Did you know sharks yawn when they’re tired

Luckily they don’t have to work or they’d be fired

Goblin sharks are lonely; no one wants to be their friend

With the darkness they do blend

Here they hide in the Midnight Zone

They’re cartilage only; no bones to groan

The blobfish needs water pressure to give him shape

On land he looks like he lost his cape

Or maybe an old man who’s been living off ice cream and mac ‘n cheese

I think his nose is about to make him sneeze

These bites were created by a cookie cutter shark

He’s not a creature you want to meet in the dark

Did you know cookie cutters eat their own teeth for lunch?

This is how they get a vitamin and mineral crunch

Betty the Betta Fish doesn’t eat her own spawn

She only eats unfertilized eggs to keep infection from her lawn

My mantis shrimp's fists are so lightning fast

They make the sea around them boil from the shock of the blast

So these are just a few rhymes from my mind

I’ll share with you more when we meet next time!