Antartica

In this barren frozen waste land
Nestled out of sight
Lives the gifts of natures wonders
In this land covered in snow and ice

Dressed in all his finery
The emperor penguin is standing tall
their little friendly neighbor the Adelie penguin
What a beautiful sight he makes

And what about the tern
That soars high above them
In this wasteland that mother nature
Chose to dress in white

And then there's the beauty of the leopard seal
That lives upon the ice
Hunting for his meal
In Antarctica's icy ocean blue

Or the wonder of mother nature
The blue whale that lives in the waters
Of this picturesque wonderland
At the bottom of the world hidden out of sight


- Darryn John Murphey

This is a beautiful poem full of imagery. Every stanza has a ABAC rhyme scheme which makes the poem easy to read and have a strong rhyth. The imagery in this poem is gorgeous. Murphey creates very vivid pictures of both the animals that inhabit the Antartic and the beauty of the continent itself. Finding a poem about Antarctica was one of the biggest challenges I faced, but I belive that Murphey's work fits in beautifully. My favorite lines are the last two :" Of this picturesque wonderland At the bottom of the world hidden out of sight". I think that these words portay the Antartic as a hidden, almost undiscovered, world.