Clever Coral
Coral polyps cannot travel
Tiny, surface-rooted creatures
Clump together for survival
Wave anemone-like features
Coral polyps, in their thousands
Oceanic architects
Build on shells of those before
With super-sculptural effects
Coral polyps, rainbow coloured
Thanks to plant cells in their belly
Turning light into a food source
Helpful little zooxanthellae*
Coral polyps, home creators
Precious habitats in peril
Save our ocean ecosystems
Work together, like the coral
Tiny, surface-rooted creatures
Clump together for survival
Wave anemone-like features
Coral polyps, in their thousands
Oceanic architects
Build on shells of those before
With super-sculptural effects
Coral polyps, rainbow coloured
Thanks to plant cells in their belly
Turning light into a food source
Helpful little zooxanthellae*
Coral polyps, home creators
Precious habitats in peril
Save our ocean ecosystems
Work together, like the coral
*Pronounced ‘zo-zan-THELL-ee'
This poem is copyright (©) Rebecca Loveday 2024
About the Writer
Rebecca Loveday
Rebecca is an emerging children’s poet from Portsmouth, England. She loves writing in rhyme and storytelling through poetry. Rebecca also works in a nursery where she supports children with additional needs. She lives by the sea in a house filled with interestingly-shaped pebbles and too many notebooks.
