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Out on a Lim Poetry Contest/ Sponsored by Joseph May/ Contest Winner Medal Third Place

Octopus hide in your sea garden Two tentacles bit by a marlin Afraid to reach out though never a doubt New limbs sprout, no better a bargain!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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Date: 6/18/2025 9:00:00 AM
Octopuses can regenerate their arms via epithelial and stem cells. When an octopus loses an arm, everything from nerve bundles to suckers are regenerated in a process called morphallaxis, where existing tissue is rearranged to allow for new tissue to grow. It takes about 130 days for the arm to grow back, and two to three days before the new limb is noticeable. Octopuses can regenerate entire arms, even though each arm has a mini brain and an extensive network of neurons--misfit animals
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Date: 6/18/2025 8:50:00 AM
Ahh!! Nice poem with an educational touch. I enjoyed reading it. Sara K
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Date: 6/18/2025 9:01:00 AM
Tyvm Sara! xhugs
Date: 6/15/2025 11:04:00 AM
Nicely done, Anaya. Congrats.
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Date: 6/16/2025 9:31:00 AM
Tyvm, Jim!
Date: 6/15/2025 10:20:00 AM
Nice to see this again. Congrats
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Date: 6/15/2025 10:30:00 AM
Tyvm Andrea, hope your having a happy Father's Day~
Date: 6/15/2025 9:26:00 AM
You delighted, entertained and educated me, I didn't know they regenerate body parts like lizards do. I hope you placed. My mind marinated the prompt, but nothing developed. Sweetie, I don't think anyone HEARS me about Dad's poem, my wish for you wasn't to read the poem so much as it was to read my comments in Paige's box, THEN my comments in Valsa George's box. I've tried so hard to share a miracle, but no one seems to hear what I write & I want you to know for it is incredible.
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Date: 6/15/2025 10:32:00 AM
I hear you, dear poetess, you are very spiritual indeed! Keep writing with all of your courage and beautiful verses so real~
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Date: 6/15/2025 10:12:00 AM
I had a realization just from the two lines you most poetically wrote, y e s the spirit lingers for a time in depth of the realms, my own partner relies on his own experience (a whisper, his father's) at a time. "My Octopus Teacher" is a lovely documentary (story) award winning, must see, it shows the relationship between the octopus and filmmaker, she is so smart. Have a nice Father's Day Cay Cay~
Date: 6/15/2025 7:13:00 AM
Delightful dear friend. Congratulations Anaya! :) Ps: posting worked of rme once today - trying a second time - you know what I mean ;);) - LOL
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Date: 6/15/2025 10:02:00 AM
TYvm, BFF! I know what you mean about that system 5oo? was it, it's been so long Lol Linderfeller~ Have a nice Father's Day
Date: 6/14/2025 7:41:00 AM
Congrats on your win, Very nicely penned
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Date: 6/15/2025 10:00:00 AM
Ty, Joseph! I really enjoyed your contest. Happy Father's Day!
Date: 6/12/2025 8:40:00 PM
LOL but so cute- love this
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Date: 6/15/2025 10:00:00 AM
Ty, Paige! Happy Father's DaY!
Date: 6/12/2025 3:37:00 PM
Cool lim. I like how you used limbs to go with contest title
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Date: 6/12/2025 4:29:00 PM
Ty, Andrea. Last minute!
Date: 6/12/2025 10:01:00 AM
No better bargain indeed! You're not pulling my leg are you? Lol So cute and folksy Anaya, you always keep it real! Best, Robert
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Date: 6/12/2025 10:42:00 AM
Lol, Robert! Tyvm, I do my best, all my words and thoughts, no AI in my bag ~ here to learn!
Date: 6/12/2025 5:51:00 AM
Nice lim for the contest. Good thing they can grow their tentacles back
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Date: 6/12/2025 9:21:00 AM
TY, Oliver! I'll post the info on how it grows back soon ~

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