Nature Crab Poems

Some way from the Firth of Forth
A shoal of glittering mackerel
Swirls and sways 
Swells with the sea from silver to black 
Flashes white and back...

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Blue blood horseshoe crab

A million crabs milked
each year for humankind
to detect vaccine contamination.
blue, ghastly, gruesome, repugnant!...

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Washed up by a sea whose fury 
had no need of them, they became 
an easy meal for gulls and other scavenger
seabirds whose beaks tore...

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a tiny sand crab
burrowing deeply
beneath hot sands
sunbathing at
the seaside
...

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pincer-like movement 
 mollusc shell host shifts crab wise ~
          life clings to low tide


Wild Animal...

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When we were still young
The beach was wider here.
Fifty years of erosion will do that.
An inlet from the sea ran in
On the back side of...

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C is for Crabs in the ocean
R is for Radiant under water
A is for Amazing creatures
B is for Beautiful just the way you are...

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Young Portunidae,
tiny paddles,
rotating 
full speed;
your motor blades,
making waves.

Sun-radiated 
psychedelic,
dyed waves
glinting;
shimmering
liquid Crayola
color box
are the
waters mirroring
your elegance.


Note: The lovely Blue Crab is a member of the family...

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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,...

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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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tiny mound of sand
harbor crab-
dog diggs
...

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Tiny sand crab hides
Burrowed deep in the beach sand.
Sometimes a sand crab
May get stepped on, they’ll remind
You harshly, watch where you step
...

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Building castles on a sandy beach
I left to gather up more sand
But, in one castle, a shock
Ran through my wind-blown locks
Castle, occupied 
Sand crab resides
Pinched...

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Shadows on the sand; little crabs following mama.

Shadows follow everyone but, crabs can burrow to hide; I can’t.

It’s ok, my shadow is friendly with me...

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Crab in seashell squats
Until hermit does not fit -
House swaps are a must....

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