Kaikoura Seals Poem by June Walker

Kaikoura Seals



Brown mermaids
sit on top of rocks
on Kaikoura beach.
With weary eyes-
deep as the Pacific ocean-
and battle scars,
red ribbons on their skin,
they comb their fur
with flipper feet
and look into
mirror pools.

June Walker
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: beach,mirror,ocean
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Colony of seals, Kaikoura beach, NZ
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