2010 MONTGOMERY COUNTY
YOUTH POETRY CONTEST

7-9 GRADE WINNER

Ode to a Blue Whale
by Sam Ritz

Oh Whale, you gloried missing link,
how lovely is your massive maneuver!
your bulk and heft traveling with such artistry
thru the nautical civilizations
as your mandibles envelop the miniscule krill,
baleen just gracing the pitiless organisms, then
crushing their carcasses with one large swallop
saliva solidifies, cirripedia clutches your bountiful
body and latches on with a leap, as the magnificent
blue whale, falls into the deep sunset