Science Photo of the Day #386
OK, this one is more English than Science. What famous poet wrote a poem about this bird?
Marvelous! Actually, there have been quite a few poets that have written Pelican poems, probably because of its interesting appearance, and associations with the sea.
A quick Google search for "pelican poem" turned up poems by Edward Lear, Mary Hannay Foott , Joyce (j.d.) Daniels, Meigs, Mildred Plew, and many, many more. Katherine, this one is my favorite too.
A wonderful bird is a pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week;
But I’m damned if I see how the helican.”
Often attributed to Ogden Nash, but was actually written around 1910 by Dixon Lanire Merritt, editor of Nashville’s paper The Tennessean. I have seen many different versions of this, especially the 3rd and 4th lines.
OMG
THIS PELENCION IS BEAUTIFUL AND I HAVENT SEEN ANYTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE IT
Ride a Purple Pelican by
Ride a Purple Pelican by Prelutsky, my niece's favorite book. We've only read it about 1,000 times!
Silly
Dixon Lanier Merrit? Assuming this is a pelican - maybe not? But this poem was so silly we wanted to share anyway:
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican. (or belly can)
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week,
But I’m damned if I see how the helican. (or hell he can)
Katherine (age five) loves this....
i think...
i think the poet is Jack Prelutsky
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