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Barnacle Poems - Poems about Barnacle


Premium Member Interview with a Barnacle
The recorder clicks on. What made you stay? I didn’t stay. I fastened. I was made to fasten. And if you're made to fasten, you look for something moving. Something strong enough to take you somewhere. You tell yourself: better to drown in motion than dry out drifting. Were you happy? Is the leaf happy to believe the river chose it? Is the river happy to carry so...

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Categories: barnacle, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Interview With A Barnacle
You seem to be like a scab on this ship. Do you enjoy a nice fishing trip? So what do you do with your time? Do you like the taste of lemon or lime? Or maybe acidic things are poisonous to you. Do you like this boat, which is the color blue? Or would you prefer a cruise ship...

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Categories: barnacle, animal, fun,
Form: Rhyme



Barnacle Goose's Life
Barnacle goose kid Jumps from four hundred meters Starts life through struggle To eat green grass on the shore Mother shows- Life is thorny April 22, 2021 Chattogram © Mahtab Bangalee...

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Categories: barnacle, life,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Barnacles Soundless Dream
Barnacles Soundless Dream sun travels elsewhere calm mandarin orange sea barnacles embrace 8/5/2018...

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Categories: barnacle, ocean, sky,
Form: Haiku
Miss Barnacle
She was drowning when he pulled her on board his ship. She held to his grip anxious to start the trip. He treated her wound with kindness, shined her path with brightness, took her to wondrous places, and cured her blindness. Soon she was hungry for more. His touch now feels sore. The moment they could see the shore, she made her way to the door, and...

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Categories: barnacle, betrayal, break up, feelings,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Barnacle On My Bum Part 2
My tale about the barnacle I bared upon my bum has now passed into legend and folk law The battle I thought was over and now long done Just when I thought I could sit down and relax and lick my wounds and heal my poor bum I now have two barnacles clinging on instead of one. Their jealous of each other and...

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Categories: barnacle, crazy, fun, funny, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Barnacle On My Bum
She was a barnacle on my bum Following me around town getting jealous if I talked to another girl even if they were 91. I didn't want to hurt her because she was so sweet But every time I turned around she'd be there on the street Some times she used to frighten me I'd have nightmare in bed at night She was like a...

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Categories: barnacle, desire, giggle, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Barnacle
The barnacle is not what you may think No mollusc this, no limpet dull and drab It's lack of adult movement hides the link To cousins like the lobster and the crab. Hermaphrodite, a male and female phase Alternate, and thus its offspring make It's lifecycle is one which should amaze What follows are the forms that it...

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Categories: barnacle, animals, life, nature, science,
Form: Rhyme

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