A Jellyfish Swimming How Wonderful!



A Jellyfish Swimming How Wonderful
A jellyfish swims in the sea
By expanding and contracting herself,
This motion is hypnotic to watch,
I have seen the same motion of water
In the sink after it fill up.
I like to watch the jellyfish
Move so gracefully in the ocean
 I am not fearing her stingers,
It should be me who is feared,
I am much bigger than her.
How marvelous to watch
As she glides upon the water
A magnificent blob of wonder,
Beneath is reddish hand-like projections
And circumscribed is a short skirt,
I get lost in the majesty of the reflecting jelly,
And the wondrous form,
Darwin you fool—he says there is no God!
Chance has nothing on this creature,
God or whatever you see as god
Has spoken—it is written all over
In the red ink in the gel of the spell-binding jellyfish.

About this poem

The poem exalts the beauty of all nature's creatures, particularly the jellyfish. The jellyfish is viewed in a whole new way, through the lens of love and art.

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Written on June 19, 2019

Submitted by shanedickie54 on January 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIJEDEEKLBMNENEG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 794
Words 160
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23

Shane Dickie

Shane Dickie is a Canadian poet who is published in Crandall University newspaper, loves to swim, and has performed in local live theater. more…

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