Jacob wanted a poem about turtles under the sea.
Teeny tiny turtles
Crawling down the beach
Have never even seen the place
That they are trying to reach
Teeny tiny turtles
Know they’re going to be
Although they’re born upon the land
Creatures of the sea
Teeny tiny turtles
Where is it they go?
Once they set off swimming
Even scientists don’t know!
Teeny tiny turtles
Getting bigger every day
Somewhere in the ocean
The turtles hide away
Now they’re teenage turtles
The size of dinner plates
They’ve eaten lots of seaweed
To help them put on weight
They swim in the Sargasso
Until it’s time to go
Back to the beach where they were born
But how do turtles know?
Time for all the turtles
To swim for miles and more
They flap their floppy flippers
And race towards the shore
No longer tiny turtles
They’re big and strong and fast
And after years and years at sea
They’re coming home at last
Tremendous titan turtles
Crawling up the sand
To do the things that turtles
Like to do upon the land
And soon, one sunny morning
I’m sure there’s going to be
More teeny tiny turtles
All heading for the sea.
Tom Juniper Poetry 