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Mollusc Poems - Poems about Mollusc

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

Premium MemberHermit Crab

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


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Categories: mollusc, allusion, life, nature,
Form: Haiku



Premium MemberId 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

Premium MemberOne 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

Premium MemberOscillating 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



Premium MemberAssurity 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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