Writing Club 10 Minute Poem

An exercise from writing club.

A penguin stands upon the ice,
the Great Ross Shelf his home;
he habitats the South Pole shores,
far from the shores of Nome.

A penguin stands in polar sun,
a sun that shines too brief;
and he abides as penguins do,
upon his icy reef.

A penguin is both black and white,
and built to stand the cold;
for icy winds his pure delight,
through spans of time untold.

Upon the ice a penguin stands,
far from the warmth of day;
a penguin standing on the ice,
content in his own way.