Thermals for Pelicans
Pelicans soar over shore and bay.
Warmer air’s rising to meet the day.
Darker-patched ground and concrete cities
make columns of thermals or dust-devil eddies.
Pelican wing-tips can sense the push
where expanding warm air lifts and swirls with a rush.
Peacefully, Pelicans glide the sky,
making use of those thermals to soar on high.
Warmer air’s rising to meet the day.
Darker-patched ground and concrete cities
make columns of thermals or dust-devil eddies.
Pelican wing-tips can sense the push
where expanding warm air lifts and swirls with a rush.
Peacefully, Pelicans glide the sky,
making use of those thermals to soar on high.
This poem is copyright (©) Celia Berrell 2026
About the Writer
Celia Berrell
Celia’s Science Rhymes regularly feature in Australia’s CSIRO children’s science magazine Double Helix and on Australian Children’s Poetry. Some of her poems have been published in school textbooks and anthologies around the world. The Science Rhymes website encourages children to share their poetic passions about science and nature by publishing their poems for Science Week each August on the Science Rhymes blog.
