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Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

0 posted 2001-04-10 03:06 PM

Out on the ice that he calls home.
a great, white bear begins to roam.
He tests the breezes with his nose
and strikes a sudden, watchful pose.
He's hungry and is now aware
that somewhere, there are seals out there,
so where their breathing holes are found,he'll watch and wait, without a sound,
but if he's in the mood for fowl,
the sea-bird rookeries he'll prowl
and even lemmings, brown and small,
he'll hunt and eat them, fur and all.

The female polar bear will find
a southern slope, with den in mind
and dig a hole, her cubs to hold.
Deep in the winter's dark and cold.
They're born so tiny. They grow fast
and when the springtime comes at last,
she paws a door and they go forth
to learn about the frozen north.

Betty Lou Hebert

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

1 posted 2001-04-10 06:43 PM

Good read. All life recycles.
Melton

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2001-04-10 07:30 PM

This is nice Betty. What a hardy bunch they are. Joyce

Xeonox

Senior Member

since 2000-04-01

Posts 1764
CA, USA

3 posted 2001-04-11 01:33 AM

Cute poem with knowledge built into it. Great work.

Ronil (Inspiration for my poems is all around me for my muse is my reality.)

wordancer
Senior Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 809
VA

4 posted 2001-04-11 10:44 AM

All you ever wanted to know about polar bears...actually I have always found any bear to be fasinating. Thanks for the read.

WO

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

5 posted 2001-04-11 07:39 PM

To the Inuit, the "Great Bear" is the most feared of spirit beings, for they hunt man.
Good read.

"I hate quotes, they suck!"
I.G. Norance

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

6 posted 2001-04-11 07:48 PM

One of my favorite animals. Thanks for the pictures in my head. Peace!

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

7 posted 2001-04-11 08:03 PM

Thanks everyone for reading and commenting. I have always been fascinated by polar bears......from a distance! I had a very close encounter with a black bear last summer and he was much smaller than a polar bear, but the "fright factor" was definitely there!

Betty Lou Hebert

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