Sea Crab Poems

I can stand for hours watching the life of the pool go around.

Sparkling, shimmering water.

Sandy bottoms surrounded by tiny green rock faces,
All dotted by little...

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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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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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The crab on the salty sandy sod,   
Making his way to the cold sea,
This odd crustacean decapod,
Crabbiest thing in the briny deep.

Yet, there...

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crickle crackle stamp stamp stamp
tiny corpulent marchers track up the sand
crickle crackle wow wow wow
I stand back, watching them come
pincher alert...

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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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The Cornish shore …
Where golden sand lies next 
To dappled grey granite rock,
Where the sea breeze sweeps
And the mussels flock,
Where the rock pools gather
And the...

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The crab is lonely in the sea
Of regret and melancholy,
He watches idly, in silent plea
Of someone to embrace him.

He wishes daily for a heart
To share...

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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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there once was a crab from the pacific
whos lovemaking prowess was terrific
he had so many offspring
was the most amazing thing
for no other crab was more...

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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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