Nacre's Embrace from Grain to Gleam: A Story of Quiet Revenge
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Sand only looked to alight,
find some alone-time in the muck
no fuss was meant, it is only a space
as big as a grain taken, escaping its identical
brethren of billions on the sea floor.
Oyst...
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Categories:
bivalve, allusion, analogy, nature, word
Form: Free verse
Memories
...If life comes
to the appealing dreams
that are visible
to the eyelids and cognitive mind
and appears in front of eyes.........
If the stumped Buteamonosperma trees
bloom and kimsuka blossoms
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Categories:
bivalve, inspirational love,
Form: Free verse
Silence of the Lambs
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Dueling Americans
love drawing blood from a distance
Crossing swords with their dogma guns ...
a test of mettle:
Who will bow first
to the pressure building in their lungs
Bipedal z...
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Categories:
bivalve, political, society, truth, violence,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Odious Oyster
...There are few foods in this world that I hate
But there is one gnarly and nasty invertebrate
Against which I most assiduously discriminate
And I absolutely can not in any way tolerate
If forced...
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Categories:
bivalve, food, fun, funny, hate,
Form: Rhyme
Beachside Food and Drink Slinks
...A is for algae, red, green, blue cells, soaking up sun, sliming teeth
B is for bacterial mat, clumping underneath, earliest born, never asleep
C is for coral reef, the place we all find cover or th...
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Categories:
bivalve, adventure, animal, beach, death,
Form: Couplet
The Pearl
...The irritant is caressed in the soft folds of a cloak
Layering it lovingly so smooth to stroke
The irritant becomes fit for King, Prince or Earl
To spend their money on a brand new lustrous pearl.
T...
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Categories:
bivalve, nature, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Giving Thanks
...This was written by me with the help of the second grade Sunday School class at Maumee United Methodist Church in Maumee, Ohio.
Thank you for the sun so bright,
Thank you for the stars at ni...
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Categories:
bivalve, funny, holiday, food,
Form: Light Verse
Clam Digging
...I'm one of many people with shovels in the sand.
Some even go digging the crude way by hand.
In the estuaries, it is now low tide.
There are sandbars that the waters hide.
Buried in the sand are ...
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Categories:
bivalve, adventure, workpeople, people,
Form: Rhyme