Skipping Rope Poetry
Moo moo, moo
One, two, three
Who has the clue
Four, five, six
Lets be quick
Seven, eight, nine
Just saw a lion
Jump, jump,
Time
out
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Pacific Shipworm
I drew a Pacific Shipworm above a log just to give you an idea of what they look like. They normally would be hard at work inside the log.
Along the beaches here on the west coast you can find wonderful logs full of these worm holes.
The Pacific Shipworm burrows into logs by opening and closing two sharp valves on its head, following the grain of the wood. They draw in sea water and eat plankton.
No two borrows every cross! Abandoned shipworm holes are used by other intertidal creatures.
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Fantasy Creatures: Queenie V Explorer Satellite
Today is “Victoria Day” in Canada. To celebrate the May 24th birthday of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). Queen Victoria’s birthday, was declared a holiday by the Legislature of the Province of Canada in 1845.
So in hour of the Queen, I called this creature Queenie V Explorer Satellite. Another bit of history for you, the Explorer 1 was launched on January 31, 1958 and was the first Earth satellite set into orbit by the United States. It was six feet or 183 cm in length. The total weight of the satellite was 13.37 kilograms or 30 pounds.
Data from the Explorer was transmitted to the ground by two antennas. The external skin of the instrument section was painted in alternate strips of white and dark green to provide passive temperature control of the satellite. You can see a replica on display at National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
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Fantasy Feather Art Poetry
arriving in time
a fantasy creature
catches a feather
drifting through space
in its own time
feather wanders
with the wind
landing softly
on a cloud
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Green Sea Urchin
The Green Sea Urchin has a life span of 4 to 8 years. As they get older they have fewer enemies because their spines get tougher.
They have a complex mouth which is called Aristole’s Lantern which allows the sea urchin to scrape off encrusting algae from rocks as it moves around. Also, the Green Sea Urchin has different lengths of spines, some are for protection others are for digging in rocky cliffs and other spines behave like tube feet.
Their shell is made of wafer thin plates and the muscles underneath move the spines. What amazing creatures maybe that’s why I got carried away with their spines!
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Fantasy Creatures Ebook
My new ebook is finished! It is called Far-Out Field Guide to Fantasy Creatures.
It is about fantasy creatures that live on the imaginary planet Zeytle.
Inside there are over 40 creature illustrations painted in watercolour.
I have included a poem with each creature and a description of what makes them so unique.
You can find my ebook on Smashwords.
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Space Walk Poetry
drip drip drip
outside the spaceship
drops float into space
endless darkness
swallows gravity
sticky tape
seals leak
feet float
no solid
ground
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Crumb of Bread Sponge
This sea sponge resembles a bread crumb and is a yellow green colour and likes to grow on rocks and docks on the west coast.
When the tide goes out you have a better chance of having a closer look.
They feed by sucking water through small openings. After it filters the water for food, it then pumps it back out of the larger openings. It is very delicate and will crumble into small pieces if you touch it.
It’s common name is ‘Crumb of Bread Sponge’ and the Latin name is Halichondria Bowerbanki. Here on the west coast this sea sponge grows to about 25cm wide and about 4cm thick.
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Nunki Star
My fantasy creature lives on Nunki the star and likes to wake up early!
Nunki is a star located in the constellation Sagittarius. Sagittarius looks like an archer in the night sky. The stars in the bow and body are brighter and easier to see.
The second brightest star in Sagittarius is Nunki star which is located at the shoulder of the archer. The best time to see this star is in July and August. The weather here on the west coast is just like the summer so check the night sky!
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faces of the moon poetry
floating high
in the night sky
faces of the moon
look from left to right
curtain of darkness
closes
revealing only
a sliver of light
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