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Best Octopi Poems

Below are the all-time best Octopi poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of octopi poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Goodbye Goose
- The Goodbye Goose-               
Winter polishes at four o'clock, shining all...

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Categories: octopi, abuse, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Currents
Currents
by Michael R. Burch

How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the...

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Categories: octopi, assonance, extended metaphor, language,
Form: Verse
Aquatic
Zapholus was once his name
One and alone since the storm
Empty oceans, without claim
Nestled him where he was borne

Octopi then made him strong
Round he grew, and...

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Categories: octopi, animals,
Form: Limerick
The Lunch Lady Is the Reason I'M Not At School
We used to have a lunch lady
who was so very mean.
She was also very ugly,
and she was never clean!

She was hairy as a monkey!
Revolting as...

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© Jacob Cra  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: octopi, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Mating of the Rich and Famous
I once walked into my backyard
and found two slugs mating in a bucket
I had just learned how slugs go about mating, 
or trust-I would have...

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© Gina Young  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: octopi, animal, beauty, cat, dance,
Form: Prose



A Tide of Jus On a Plate
A baby gorilla's bedtime is a harmonic period when the bananas line up with little leaf rattles to softly croon to slumber the furry ball....

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Categories: octopi, bangla, beach,
Form: I do not know?
A Very Quick Quack
A very quick quack
The purpose of a porpoise is to whirl backwards in a spotty boat but the purpose of a penguin is to glide...

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Categories: octopi, analogy,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Deep Sea Mysteries - Cq
sea life havens
red grouper swim
octopi hide
…coral playgrounds

Mariana
world’s deepest trench
first sightings made
…unknown species



* The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is located in the western Pacific Ocean...

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Categories: octopi, fish, nature, ocean, ,
Form: Haiku
Night of the Full Moon
Night of the full moon

Whale fish are most adept at swimming around in a shot glass but glass goblets are preferred by dolphins whose long...

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Categories: octopi, allusion,
Form: I do not know?
Found
All things must be brought into this world, one way or another.
Humans, cats, and octopi too.
Unadorned, unembellished plant pot, 
Holds the key to a new...

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Categories: octopi, birth, blessing, change, funny,
Form: Free verse
Monkeys In a Bike Race Against Ten Trees and a Big Pickle Too
Using a bucket and spade as a pillow can be as symbolic as cuddling a goose. But wrestling with a carpet cleaner can often be...

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Categories: octopi, animal, appreciation, assonance,
Form: I do not know?
Eating Cheese On Toast Is Very Interesting Indeed Ok Then
A nine mile shift with a roadrunner penguin is not really a relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon. And to hop on a squire...

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Categories: octopi, beauty,
Form: I do not know?
Soups and Stews Are Often Very Interesng Arent They Ti
Adding many components to a stew today? Flavours? Chopped out pieces? How many pieces? Go on how many? It is never the question of how...

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Categories: octopi, absence, america, appreciation, april,
Form: I do not know?
Oh How Simply Quite Astounding Then Said the Little Jumping Sparrow
A fine dining experience is simply NOT living within means. How rather tragic then said sparrow.

Catacombs in an x shape are often x rated chambers...

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Categories: octopi, age,
Form: I do not know?
Dreamwords
Silence settles to sleep.
It carries me on wings of dream-
               to...

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Categories: octopi, mystery, nature, night, ocean,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things