Crab Poems

Dream of Infinity
by Michael R. Burch

Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then scuttled inside to be safe,...Read More

I heard from PrimeAryan DT
that socialism kills nations.

I thought it was fascist totalitarianism
that killed nations,
the lack of democratic social intelligence,
social investment,
non-violent communication,
restorative, 
therapeutic 
win/win social justice. 

My grandparents,
at least on my mother's side,
who seemed ancient and fragile to me,
often opined,
"When...Read More

stalk
 hot 
 sand 
 beach
 dune

horizon
 sea 
 glimpse 
 awaits—

crab 
 feet 
 need 
 sandals 

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TAAL VOLCANO
Free Verse
Ernilando l. Tugaff

" Small But Terrible"
That's what many people think of you
More than two weeks ago 
That reputation was proven true.

Towns and cities were locked down
Because of the ash falls you spewed
Many businesses were unoperational
Animals were left unattended...Read More

12 eggs
1 cup of whipping cream
2 cups of swiss cheese
1/2 cup  provolone
1 pound of deli sliced roasted beef
1 cup of sauteed yellow squash
1 of roasted asparagus
1/4 cup of red bell pepper sauteed
1/3 cup of sauteed diced onion
4 garlic cloves...Read More

pantoum

Squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine.
while lighthouse keeper, Lenny tends his work -
light shows tricky traps on rocky shoreline.
Len loves to watch brigades of birds that lurk.	

While lighthouse keeper, Lenny tends his work,
voracious, screeching seagulls seem to pray.
Len loves to...Read More

I’ve said this over and over again because I believe it to be true
most of our enjoyment in life comes from the little things we do.

Little moments…little adventures…little wonders
that somehow find a way
to enter into our lives…and brighten up our...Read More

A quaint, one room, busy place,
Full of good old southern grace,
Lay to the east of Hawthorn Hill,
Somewhat beyond the daffodills.
Over a field and past the cows,
Beneath the deep magnolia boughs;
Beside smooth, clear Crab Creek,
In the shadow of Cheyenne Peak;
Down a...Read More

Beneath blue, cloudless, endless, blissful line;
briny breeze filled sea along the coastline,
squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
changeful flight swooping from azure confine.

Beneath blue, cloudless, endless, blissful line
dance above ever-changing rippling waves,
squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
up and down floating sails...Read More

Thunder sounds over the dreaming ocean
Shifting clouds compete for the best positions
The fresh scent of change carries on the wind
Birds are banking to land skimming the faulty cliffs, 
crabs scuttle into hidden crevices
as drizzle turns to rain 

I cease to...Read More

friday 14, 2020

SHE SCRAMBLED EGGS ENOUGH TO FEED TWENTY PEOPLE
AND MADE ENOUGH TOAST TO FEED FIFTY.
HAM AND OYSTERS, AND STEAKS FOR FIFTY
AND SHE MADE BOTH BISCUITS AND ROLLS.
CUCUMBERS AND ENGLISH MUFFINS
AND THE JUICES OF ORANGES AND CUCUMBERS
WERE TO QUENCH THE...Read More

A vixen lies down to pant at midday,
the grass takes her shape,
bends for hours to the heat of her body.
Water, trees, forestations of fungi
amid a deeply impression’d earth ---- Frogs
glimmer on clammy pads,
as a loose congress of small mirrors.
I saw...Read More

A mottled crab scuppers its sea legs
in fluorescent foam.
Blue pods rattle on green tides.
Bladder wrack, Mermaid’s Hair
washing tangled ankles.
There are voices in my open mouth,
they roll over a briny tongue,
intone words from the breath
of spray and brume.
Where the sky hangs,...Read More

Grains of sand 
hiding small burrows;
every tiny sand crabs, the Emerita Analoga
needs its burrow.
intense sunlight’s warm but
has its dangers, even for a tiny crab’s skin.
xiphosurans, cousins to the sand crabs,
don’t need to stress and 
worry about the sun
as unless they...Read More

I need my life back
how do I do that
change my routine
and mindset
make white of black

Move outside my comfort zone
find new and challenge unknown 
take it steady like steps of a baby
so my head's fresh free of crazy 

I’m too contained...Read More

I walk ‘n’ talk like a citizen, but feel like an American Alien. 
I’m Canadian born, brought up by a Philadelphian. 

Falling asleep at 3 AM, rising after noon 
Instant fame and riches, happening way to soon. 

Always being told...Read More

Your fair legs follow
Crawling print on the beach sands
Kitchen of the fried crab 

-Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Chattogram...Read More

Floating  Market on the River

A Thailand tradition 
Large sun umbrellas 
And boat roofs or hoods
And Asian conical hats
A bucket of cracked brown egg shells 

A grandma quickly whips up 
Egg, oyster and fresh, crisp bean sprout
In rice flour batter

Raw...Read More

There was a woman who thought she was hip.
She went to the beach to skinny dip.
When she arrived there.
She stripped down to bare.
The crab had a very strong grip....Read More

Kelso has a boat
smeared to the gunnels,
with cawk and greasy weeds.

At a prow of dawn
he hauls dripping lobster,
and their pots
up the scummy steps
of the silty stone harbor,
pushing a barrow
into the towns brick narrows.

Kelso barters claws and tails
to barkeeps, crab-mongers, 
to...Read More

The extreme will to survive
Life finds a way
The struggle to adapt
Alone - we become predator or prey 

Like a crab in a bucket
There all alone
Climbs his way to the top
Liberated – like a coop that’s been flown

Tragically - when the...Read More

Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then scuttled inside to be safe, out of reach?

Might I lift...Read More

5 cups of heavy cream
3 cups of pureed shrimps
2 cup of crawfish
2 cups of crab meat
1 1/2 cup of cooked polish sausage( minced)
5 cups of chicken stock
1/2 cup of olive oil and flour roux( 1/2 c of flour and 1/2...Read More

A'ama is a
tasty Hawaiian crab meat,
ate fresh or when fried,
whole shell also, with sense-like
chameleon camouflage.


Date: 08/28/2019
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the hermit crab lives
true to its given name through
its life lest mating


Date: 08/27/2019


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