CHRISTMAS OCTOPUS
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The other morning on our walk we came across a Christmas octopus.
Having never seen one before we thought…with him we have so much to discuss.
Trying not to frighten him…we walked up and whispe...
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Categories:
octopuses, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
See See Under The Sea
...the seahorses grazed in a field undersea
the jellyfish wobbled at the party
the starfish in their constellations went
the clams secretive tight lipped and silent
the hammerhead sharks did t...
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Categories:
octopuses, animal, fish, fun, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Puppy Dreams of Octopuses
...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 c...
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Categories:
octopuses, dream, nature, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Z
...“he astringed a vein in the loquacious tongue
- triggered plunger syringe needle and zaz...-
now see how this psychedelia is fleeting
and the silent world that in rainbows dissolves”
when and ...
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Categories:
octopuses, analogy, drug,
Form: Free verse
Mnopqr For Fun
...Millions of merry mischievous mice made marmalade mincemeat for miles
Nineteen neckties snagged nimble necessary notetakers’ smiles
Outrageous ostentatious octopuses ogled ordinary octogens.
Priva...
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Categories:
octopuses, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: ABC
Find Me Somebody To Love
...Lovesick Ollie Octopus
was feeling so terribly sad
He burst into floods of tears
and sobbed to his grandad
Grandad said now Ollie
will you please stop crying
The ocean is salty en...
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Categories:
octopuses, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Chocolate Chip Cookie Acrostic Poem
...C is for Chocolate Chip Cookies that taste oh so delicious in your mouth
H is for the Hope that surrounds us each and every day
O is for Oranges that are so healthy to eat
C is for Chocolate tha...
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Categories:
octopuses, chocolate,
Form: Acrostic
Frolic Down Under the Sea
...Down under the sea it's frolic time free.
Fiddler crabs play jigs, lolling, lively lilts.
Cockles flap up to clang their symbols with glee.
Angelfish, halos askew, sing in kilts.
Octopuses play j...
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Categories:
octopuses, sea,
Form: Free verse
Octopuses From Outer Space
...Octopuses From Outer Space
I'm glad I'm not some 'octoplie'
I'd not serve friends in Shephard's Pie
What slimy mollusk could invent
Or needs eight arms: A hollow tent
(More land than sea) who ...
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Categories:
octopuses, humor, political,
Form: Rhyme
Megalodon
...In the Mariana trench
Surrounded by holothurians
Jellyfish and white octopuses
We plumb the Challenger deep
In search of Megalodon.
W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly...
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Categories:
octopuses, fish, mystery, nature,
Form: Tanka
Enter Neolina
...ENTER NEOLINA
What a fabulous fish
What an awesome dish,
Neolina is her name,
And Flirting is her game.
She dives, shimmers,
Swims and flows,
She always smiles,
Shines and glows,
And then...
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Categories:
octopuses, fantasy, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Apoleia Phobia
...Apoleia-Phobia
Insects walk on six legs but some can fly unless
Insecticides take over
No bees no honey
Spiders spin their net for prey with four plus four
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Categories:
octopuses, people,
Form: Free verse
The Warfare
...Living in a war- wrecked, grass thatched hut, village and...
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Categories:
octopuses, abuse, bullying, conflict, war,
Form: Free verse
The a A of An Abc
...Ailing armadillos advertising artichokes. But bringing back brilliance brought big booming bangs. Courteous cats creating canopies. Dogs do dare dream during digs. Energetic eggs evaluating effigies....
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Categories:
octopuses, bible,
Form: I do not know?
Sea Sorceress
...Oh well and the first time I ever saw you
an Ocean of emotions came crashing down
upon me it was magic by the full moon and
waves off the velveteen sea
You took me by the hand and led me into
th...
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Categories:
octopuses, moon, ocean, sea,
Form: Free verse
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