Image courtesy of Rosemary Ratcliff at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Ocean Life
by Anna Jacobson
We scrabble over sun
warmed rocks and peer into
rock pools. Small crabs scuttle
sideways, sea anemones wave
and we climb on further- feet slip
in rubber thongs and we glimpse
a squishy sea cucumber, silkworm
soft. In another pool lies a blue starfish.
We race to the ocean to cool our skin,
water so clear we see a large bream flick
its tail and swim off into the depths.
Australian Children’s Poetry 
Beautiful poem. Well done, Anna.
beautiful, lyrical, child-like. Thank you.
Gorgeous – love ‘silkworm soft’ – beautiful.
Lovely poem reminds me of ‘sea side days’ as a child