Don’t sit there scratching your head. I’ll tell you what it’s supposed to be.
Our instructions for Day 4 include the subject of animals, the form of concrete (or shape) poems, and the technique of enjambment. Whew!!! Okay, how did I do? Well, the best I could come up with on shape was what I HOPE looks the tiniest bit like the flippers of a whale — going down into the ocean (of my words). I did try to work with the HTML and type the poem right into my editing window. Not going to happen this time around. I finally ran out of time to spend on it, so I typed my whale flippers into a document, scanned it, and pasted it into this post. Oh well — onward and upward. I took a little liberty with the REAL story as it comes to us in the Word of God, but thank goodness, God has a sense of humor as well.
A WHALE OF A TALE
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The poem above was approved and endorsed by the International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Pink Whales.
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The Happy Wordcrafter 
You have the same qualms I do about HTML! I posted using the new format, and felt fear – and we know I don’t need to do that. I steeled my nerves and bumbled through. I must say I like your content and especially the shape of your poem!
You’re very kind. It was a lot of fun to do even if I didn’t get along with the HTML.
I love all I’m learning! I especially enjoy meeting all the new poets.
I I also like like this! You’ve told the bible story in such a humorous way, and I love the last line! I also like ‘God sees all and knows what’s inside, reminding us also that Jonah is going to be swallowed by a whale.
It’s even colourful!
I kid of enjoyed using HTML. Maybe I’m a masochist.
Thank you for the encouraging comments. One of these days when I have some extra time, I’m going to spend some of that time on mastering HTML, but for right now, there are just too many other demands on time and energy — even mental energy.
Great words especially as you did not harm any PINK whales…. I cannot get on with the HTML thingy.. maybe one day…
Thanks, Gerry. And, yes, I’m putting HTML off until “one day” as well. It isn’t worth spending time and energy on. I guess I don’t consider it one of the “necessary” evils in my life that must be dealt with. It’s just one of the evils period.
I don’t know what enjambment is but I like the poem!
Thank you, Gilly. It was a lot of fun to write. And enjambment is just the running of a thought from one line of poetry down to the next line — or sometimes over several lines. We all do it, but we don’t bother with it’s “official” name. Sometimes I wonder who really did come up with some of these terms generations ago. Why can’t we just say we’ve written a poem that lets some of the thoughts run from one line to the next before they’re completed?
That’s why I call myself the lazy poet because I find it all a bit silly!