Ocean Octopus Poems

Over pelagic reefs,
oscillating waters
obfuscate sunken fetes. 
Octopi tango while
oarfish flash titian fins. 
Opulent paradise:
oblivious to us. 

4/5/21 - written for Kim Merryman's "Pleiades O" poetry...

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Ocean depth is my home,
Often hidden crevices,
On the look out for prey,
Observe them camouflaged,
Oily cloud spray I throw,
Over sharks as I flee,
One of tricks that...

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Octopus delight
Went pee inside of a boat
Back to the ocean...

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This is a story about a man
who deepsea-dived to another land.
Where forests of kelp grow so high
they can almost glimpse the blue of the sky.

Where...

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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...

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The Octopi Jars
by Michael R. Burch

Long-vacant eyes
now lodged in clear glass,
a-swim with pale arms
as delicate as angels'...

you are beyond all hope
of salvage now...
and yet I...

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I crashed on your planet
right into the sea;
while I am at home here
have found many like me;
they have no clue as to how 
I can...

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Murmur ambience above the endless
horizon freewheel briny breeze filled sea.
Nascent movements from their shells come to be
unfurled winks, life beating hearts is timeless.
Calm hums over...

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Ollie the Octopus with his 9 brains
Broke his 3 hearts in a quick poker game
The blue blood that ran straight to his heart
Suddenly stopped before...

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Beneath the deep blue ocean waves
In coral crevices, holes and caves
Exists a creature of the deep
There upon the rocks to creep
While through the water he...

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