All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
Keystone Species
January 30, 2019
It’s the early mornings and sunsets
Sunrises and staying until dusk
The different crustaceans and aquatic plants
Countless mussels, slowly taking over the intertidal
Seastars, slowly fading away
The cause?
Unknown
Their colors slowly vanishing
Until they’re just a small mound
Of decaying flesh
They’re just seastars one might say
Basic biology would have taught you why
Why a keystone species is integral to the environment
Why one must save the bees
Why sharks should not be shunned
Why that woodpecker is not a nuisance, but an architect for bats and birds
Why that seastar
Is truly, a star
© Emily O., Boynton Beach, FL
Similar Articles
Previous Next
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 0 comments.
This poem was inspired by Davenport Landing and its tidepools. I have a science project that focuses on sea star wasting syndrome. My group and I also collect data concerning sea star and mussel populations to see how sea star wasting syndrome in Davenport is affecting the mussels.