Whale Song

13/04/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



Have you heard the whale song

Drifting on the currents

Calling out a mournful tune

To the far reaches of the ocean?



Have you heard the bat screech

Echoing off its surrounds

As it flies deftly amongst the trees

In search of bugs on the wing?



Have you heard the lion roaring

As it protects its pride

From young pretenders

Who might start a leadership brawl?



Have you heard the cattle lowing

As they stare up at the moon

Wishing they could leap so high

And not be grounded by reality?



Have you heard the monkeys scream

From treetops threatened by destruction,

The noise of chainsaws and woodchippers

Almost too much for these primates?



Have you heard the wolf howl

Long and loud into the night,

Through woods and valleys

They stalk for their prey?



Have you heard the donkeys braying

From fields and paddocks far and wide

Their work not yet done today

To make our lives easier?



Have you heard the cicada chirp

After so long underground

Escaping to call and breed

And to die within weeks?



Have you heard the pig snort,

It’s joy at vegetable scraps

Undeniable and heart-warming

As it tucks into the swill?



Have you heard the kangaroo chortle

As it bounds merrily over red rocks

And fences meant to contain them

But have no hope of doing so?



Have you heard the elephant trumpet

As it crashes through the trees

That fall and snap like twigs underfoot

And the pack moves ever onwards?



Have you heard the toad croaking

It’s baleful plea to be loved

And seen as elegantly beautiful

As its amphibious cousins are?



Have you heard the raven caw,

Black as the night,

Rooted in the stories of the dark

And creating magic with every sound?



Have you heard the bee buzz

As it flits from flower to flower,

Laden with pollen to help regenerate

The wild and untamed meadows?



Have you heard the owl hoot

With its haunting cry carrying

From barn to barn

As it searches for mice?



Have you heard the hyena laughing,

Cackling with excitement

Over the thrill of the chase

As they race across the savannah?



Have you heard the magpie chatter

While it sits on high remarking

On all the lovely heads below

And which one it will dive bomb next?



Have you heard the lambs bleat

Calling for their mothers

Wanting attention and milk

As they frolic between the haystacks?



Have you heard the pigeon coo

From roof tops and window sills

As they eye off statues And unsuspecting pedestrians?