Under the breaking swells and shipping lanes,
Many fathoms below the photic zone,
An Enigma hides, whales and men his banes.
The Kraken creepeth: the dark depths his own.
Around his secret arms black eddies have swirled
Imperceptibly through the millennia,
But the ocean, nature's last parthenia,
Now hosts ships with no sails to be unfurled.
And submerged yet mobile, metal whales dive,
And the creature slides deeper, avoiding capture.
There he has hid for ages and will survive.
But spotted finally after immense pains,
The newly-named colossal squid under reigns,
Unable to elude scholarly rapture,
The once-mighty Kraken will be taken alive.
Many fathoms below the photic zone,
An Enigma hides, whales and men his banes.
The Kraken creepeth: the dark depths his own.
Around his secret arms black eddies have swirled
Imperceptibly through the millennia,
But the ocean, nature's last parthenia,
Now hosts ships with no sails to be unfurled.
And submerged yet mobile, metal whales dive,
And the creature slides deeper, avoiding capture.
There he has hid for ages and will survive.
But spotted finally after immense pains,
The newly-named colossal squid under reigns,
Unable to elude scholarly rapture,
The once-mighty Kraken will be taken alive.
3 comments:
Is this a tribute to Tennysons' The Kraken? I love that poem. Every time I read it I start to think in nautical terms and wish I could go on a great sea adventure of my own. Silly, I know.
Sorry I've been away. I've been busy with work and school.
Keep them coming. I enjoy taking a break from the mundane to read something beautiful and interesting.
Have a nice day.
AD
I've solved the mystery, AD.
?.. :)
AD
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