Black Pearl
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"Black Pearl"
I was told,
I was like a grain of sand
that found its way in my
mother’s ocean to a strange
home, where there within,
I found an open place,
self co...
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Categories:
mollusc, child, dark, light, love,
Form: Narrative
Hermit Crab
...pincer-like movement
mollusc shell host shifts crab wise ~
life clings to low tide
Wild Animal Haiku Poetry Contest
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Categories:
mollusc, allusion, life, nature,
Form: Haiku
Id and Ego
...sucker punch action
blue ringed venomous mollusc -
man eating creature
gives head for kill
pinch of salty consumption -
mouth waters pleasure
octopus sprays ink
under cover o...
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Categories:
mollusc, innocence,
Form: Haiku
One More Species At Risk
...The spiny one we loved to watch
Come crawling out at early dusk,
To wander round our lettuce patch
In search of fat juicy mollusc.
Eating such prey, made it our friend.
Alas, no more we see it...
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Categories:
mollusc, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Oscillating Otter
...Luminescent water dweller swirling svelte
Slick slid tranquil cuddles chocolate flanks
Languish in lake's fresh flow cleanses pelt
Inveigled green murk give mammal thanks
Flip of fish bodied ...
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Categories:
mollusc, baptism, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Assurity After Storms
...Sea of searching tore hope without explanation
Crucified crests cascaded, crazed static fall crashing
Thrown spontaneous needs, unclean situations
Wayward waltz of flotsam incongruity, faith att...
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Categories:
mollusc, absence, beach, betrayal, caregiving,
Form: Rhyme
Odyssey From Africa 10b
...CHAPTER 10b, Hiatus, continued
Till a pebble thrown by Matto
Struck the creature on its forehead
And it hissed in indignation
Slinking off into the darkness
When the morning sun resurfac...
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Categories:
mollusc, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Odyssey From Africa 9c10a
...CHAPTER 9c
Swift a sand shark spiraled nearer
Baring teeth it eyed them coldly
Han spun full about and kicked it
In the center of its body
But at this the sand shark merely
Shrugged and m...
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Categories:
mollusc, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Odyssey From Africa 9b
...Odyssey from Africa
Chapter 9b (continued)
And this pattern was repeated
On the following day's journey
As the day turned into evening
They again found rocky shoreline
So once more ...
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Categories:
mollusc, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative
When Why But No How
...When one tiny atomised shrimp meets a third of a Christmas pudding it is known as a classic meeting of minds. But not if the meeting takes place in an office or a chamber. That is just quite uncharac...
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Categories:
mollusc, absence,
Form: I do not know?
To Be Or Not To Be
...A lowly blossom, striving to sustain
her beauty in the early morning mist,
the crocus, craving moisture to maintain
her stoic fight 'gainst winter's iron fist.
A lowly mollusc slithers 'neath...
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Categories:
mollusc, writing,
Form: Sonnet
Categories of Fishes Oh Wow
...A puddle of fish. A fountain. A silver dish. Never try to outpace a whale as they are particularly good at breaststroke. And please don't slam the lid on the peanuts in a tin as they rather like to l...
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Categories:
mollusc, beach,
Form: I do not know?
To Be Or Not To Be
...A lowly blossom, striving to sustain
her beauty in the early morning mist,
the crocus, craving moisture to maintain
her stoic fight 'gainst winter's iron fist.
A lowly mollusc slithers 'neath...
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Categories:
mollusc, nature,
Form: Sonnet
To Be, Or Not To Be
...A lowly blossom, striving to sustain
her beauty in the early morning mist,
the crocus, craving moisture to maintain
her stoic fight 'gainst winter's iron fist.
A lowly mollusc slithers 'neath his...
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Categories:
mollusc, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Survival
...A lowly blossom, striving to sustain
her beauty in the early morning mist,
the crocus, craving moisture to maintain
her stoic fight 'gainst winter's iron fist.
A lowly mollusc slithers 'neath his...
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Categories:
mollusc, nature, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
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