The sky is a suspended blue ocean
The stars are the fish that swim
The planets are the white whales
I sometimes hitch a ride on
And the sun and all light
have forever fused themselves
Into my heart and upon my skin

There is only one rule on this Wild Playground
For every sign Hafiz has ever seen reads the same
They all say - Have fun my dear, my dear have fun
In the Beloved's Divine Game
Oh in the Beloved's Wonderful Game

Poem by Hafiz



Whale Stories


Creation Dreamtime story of the Darkinjung, Gamilaroi Nations, Australia

Maori of New Zealand Stories

The Soul of the Whale and the Burning Heart Inuit

Thunderbird Fights Mimlos-Whale, Quileute Tribe, Washington State

A Youth Obtains Whaling Power, a Clayoquot myth, Nootka Indians, Vancouver, British Columbia

Jonah and the Whale, King James Version

Mocha Dick or The White Whale of the Pacific



Survey of Modern Whaling

Commercial and Aboriginal Whaling


Seal Stories





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