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