Best Clamshell Poems
The Last Petal
...Walking barefooted
along the shoreline,
in one purple sunset;
The tepid seawater
like summer kisses
on my weary feet.
I sighed...
As I took the scarlet hyacinth
attached to my rosy ears
a......
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Categories:
clamshell, funny love,
Form:
Free verse
Seduction of the Siren Sisters
...Tarkay lids of merlass
Royal purple hue
Smooth glass surface
Sea of gemstone blue
~
Siren sisters taunt the sailors
Weaving in and out of looms
Seductive creatures with lyres
......
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Categories:
clamshell, courage, music, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
Pearl Diving - Part 2
...“Pearl Diving” (Part 2)
Angel fish are pretty, but they’re boring that’s they’re lot
the Man O War is far too flashy, frivilous,
Octupi are too touchy feely always begging for the real thing wa......
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Categories:
clamshell, adventure, ocean, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Pearl Diving - Part 1
..."Pearl Diving" (Part 1)
He had wondered where to put his Quill
the ink pots were all dry
he lived in his little world
in the mountains somewhere up near the sky;
he was seeking a new story in ......
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Categories:
clamshell, adventure, ocean, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Reclamation
...I was taken from this life
in the black night, blindfolded
to be clubbed to death
so that I
might be born again
in spirit song, dance and name
given by my great ancestor
who, ten thou......
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Categories:
clamshell, history, native american, dance,
Form:
Free verse
The College Caravan
...The College Caravan
Last night we loaded the minivan with her
suitcases, Rubbermaid vats, and chest of plastic drawers
stuffed with clothing, toiletries, school supplies, and posters.
While our......
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Categories:
clamshell, change, education, inspirational, school,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Quahog Clamshell
...the quahog clam shell
for chowder and wampum beads
...Iroquois treasure
8/17/2018......
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Categories:
clamshell, native american,
Form:
Haiku
Rising Thoughts - Collab With Jo
...High alpine meadows are dusted with wildflowers,
And the faraway horizon is outlined with craggy mountain peaks,
Half-asleep lights blink through the sun-painted mist,
The sunrays dip at varying a......
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Categories:
clamshell, adventure, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
Topsy-Turvy World
...It's a topsy-turvy world
Once-straight hair's now curled
From a putrid drop does
a precious newborn unfurl
Pry open the menacing clamshell
to remove a shining pearl
Swoops in an airbo......
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Categories:
clamshell, change, people, society, world,
Form:
Monorhyme
Tina Turner In Wonderland
...Tina lost her footing and fell and fell and fell and fell.
Where was she falling? Was this the beginning of hell?
What the heck? She blinked hard. Where was she?
A sign on a large table that was......
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Categories:
clamshell, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Revel In A Luscious Glimpse
...Deep blood red orange cloud’s,
ethereal dream float,
Satin wind carrier of luscious mint,
green hymnody’s deft transport,
Spring hues random loitering,
between gray peeled branches,
Chirpy echo......
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Categories:
clamshell, appreciation, beauty, celebration, color,
Form:
Narrative
Fanal In Retreat
...The lighthouse shivered in relentless gales on its rocky foundation
Stood the test of time but now it seemed that the clock had gone back
The keeper was sidelined to retire in the Sea Mission’s......
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Categories:
clamshell, appreciation,
Form:
Ode
Woulda Coulda Shoulda
...Her story ends in a storage unit;
she wrote it quickly in-between bottles of Liebfraumilch
- her life so far,
an autobiography hard to imagine
could have been told in any other way.
The editing ......
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Categories:
clamshell, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Ocean Waves
...Ocean waves
lapping at the shores din
pulling sands out then back in,
a regurgitated rush of foam raised high
whispered crushings in the winds that die
undulating balm that soothes, yet te......
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Categories:
clamshell, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
She Comes and Goes with Your Tides
...Some have watched her rising
from an ocean of time.
Her sightings return at the pull
of each luna cycle.
No clamshell boats for her,
after she rises from the waves
she and the shoreline disap......
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Categories:
clamshell, poetess,
Form:
Free verse