Pelican Poems - Poems about Pelican

I have mentioned this before…yes, it’s something many of you have heard… without my glasses…when I look around…my vision is quite blurred. I suppose that’s why in life…I love the color grey… walking in the fog…and paintings by Monet. Walking on the beach the other morning…they sky changed from blue to grey and when the fog settled over us it...

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There are pelican prints on this map the suspicious sea captain said. We all denied seeing a fowl using his desk, for we wanted our heads. He had a cutlass and was not afraid to use it on any of us. I know you know about Peter, he said. He’s an ornery cuss! Peter the Pelican is actually trying...

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May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life that have, for us, thus far accrued… and to begin each day with a word of thanks… and thoughts of gratitude. Today I an thankful for the pelican a bird of whom I have always been somewhat smitten and Ogden Nash for writing a poem much better than...

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sacrificial blood how long could it lively count? world ponders the truth 12 April 2022...

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How is the water? Asked the cute little one in the hat. The pelican did not know what to answer to that. It was full of fish, and tasty, but was it hot or cold? He listened for other clues, a wise pelican, old....

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Myth of the peculiar pelican Whose bill bloodies its feathery breast Feeding blood to the chicks in its nest Ancient acts ever evangelic Sole sacrifice for the pelican Whose beak speaks more than a relic can 36 Words 6 Lines Light Verse Pelicans appear in Christian iconography as symbols to verify Christ's self-sacrifice. Attributions to Dixon Lanier Merritt (often mistakenly credited to Ogden...

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The Pelican of the Endure I sat down to rest on the longest day on a shallow shore Pressed, the wind my face I counted the waves that lapped the minutes away Till the grinding tide consumed the day, shadow ate the sun Woe unto the shadow fair A crimson horizon hangs on the edge of sight As bright bits of...

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They came and arrested me. Crime of passion they say. Now, I'm doin' life at Pelican Bay, never gonna see another free day. She cheated and lied then she died, while sayin' she never loved me.  I'll live with the pain of the crime, every minute of my time, at Pelican Bay....

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Her mom died when she was young…and though she survived the ordeal she still misses her when she remembers her… some wounds will never heal. She remembers how her mom loved pelicans…how they soared on the breeze like a kite… How she loved all kinds of pelicans… but her favorite ones were white. And when she walks along the surf…when the...

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A pelican called Pete, Whom tuna, would not eat; Flew down to hot sand, Some sand crabs to land, Now Pete has some very blistered feet! ...

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Pelican Soup I will not partake of your Pelican Soup, Not even a drop or a very small scoop. This culinary dish is quite absurd, A consommé of a large billed bird....

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Old pelican Perched atop A railing at the end Of Sunny Isles pier His wings spread His body teetering In a salty breeze As if in mid-flight Stationary But with all the motion Of the universe Rushing about him Like a propeller Whirling And steering In the currents of the sea Yet absent a ship to thrust....

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A pelican, tellican where the fish all are, A pelican, catchican fishes near and far. With a giant scoopican dive upon the pond, With his huge beakican store them for later on....

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Parking on Pelican Pier (Not so original monoku) contest Pelican Pier here I come...Landing to eat Tuna Tuesday treats...

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