Best Barnacle Poems

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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Barnacles Soundless Dream


sun travels elsewhere 
calm mandarin orange sea 
barnacles embrace

8/5/2018...

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