Long Cephalopod Poems

my agent grew nervous
when he discovered
like the rising sun 
on a sea of shark fins
that one must gauge and become the gauge
what is it that heralds an improved model
claiming to have superior knowledge
my hospital masturbates...

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In hushed whispers, Mariners told stories,
           Of a octopus like cephalopod creature;
With a tentacled beak and jet thrust power,
      ...

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Dear humans,

I am an octopus and I’m unhappy with how you humans think you’re so great.
You might say I have a bone to pick with you…
which would be true if I weren’t an invertebrate.

I want...

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Lunar swimming in angry cerulean torrents
swiftly as primeval passing of blue equinox
sea-born of indomitable nautical command
to envelop cloaked within mother the ocean

Remembering in-utero wild amniotic hunger
I dive deep submerged inside Poseidon's lair
Senses burning alive tribal...

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The nautilus is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. 

The chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) is a large, mobile cephalopod. They are called "living fossils" and have been around for about 500 million years....

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Defined as dull or lacking luster
it became the word they used to
speak of O'aho. 
who's real name was Cephalopod
but none would speak of the person
with that name.

Instead for days, they would look
at him and not...

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spirals like an escalator
going down, 
serpentine,
round and round
with cephalopod limbs.

nothing bright,
black and white,
round and round,
like a child’s endless
encircling of a department store pole,
as parents scold to stop.

feeling queasy
at this height and depth,
bottomless pit,
spinning like a...

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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here. There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear.

— Lord Byron


Morning love sought with riveting pink and amber foliage.
hunter-green mask
encapsulated service
fanfare from...

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there’s a temporal aberration
happening in my head
or it could be I am dreaming
or maybe I am dead
there’s a small purple t rex
who is wearing a bowler hat
while on his massive back legs
he’s sporting yellow spats
he’s...

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PSYCHEDELIC SUNSHINE

psychedelic sunshine,
with cephalopod rays,
stretches upward
to the blue-eyed heavens.

commander of sea and skies -
the waistline of the bittersweet sun -
under the tendril waves.

sweet suckers stamp stars,
visible in twilight hours,
kissed and sent to bed until then.

effervescent...

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Pity the Poor Octopus
The octopus is a curious creature
With eight long tentacles his most outstanding feature.
But because of his oddly shaped cephalopod bod,
He's not one of those who looks stylish in clothes,
For his head's much...

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Octopuses have a REM-like sleep.
Just like you and I, and dogs!
Their eyes gyrate wildly from side to side.
They twitch and intertwine their eight long legs.
Their suckers glitch the grip.
The colors on their bodies do a...

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On a dive to wreck of good ship "Soul"
I noticed a door locked tight.
Over I swam to peer inside a keyhole
Expecting it be blocked up tight.

In shock I pulled eye back in awe.
For I saw...

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The roll of the waves hides the arcs of their backs.
The shoal of porpoises are feeding on squid.
Feasting amongst them on cephalopod snacks
Are green-scaled dragons that choose to be hid.

They hide from whalers and their...

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