I word the blood that freed our land
breathing opens minds which are
partly insane
popping midnight blue on cue
splattering palms moist
hoisting what is true
onto blank page as unhealed rage
this theatre an expanded oyster
Pearl becoming translucent
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glows pink silver the waiting Pearl to hurl
theatre seats are empty cold
rage evaporating with poverty
Truth speculatively mature
palms wrinkled warmly
cool blue a crying sky afar surfing
insanity protected his Heart
my blood runs a River of Stories
~~~~~~~~~
Categories:
oyster, allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form: Verse
Looking back on my younger days
and in that summer haze
you were the pearl my girl
in my oyster the whole wide world
so many memories
of you me and how we used to be
but of photographs far too few
altho' we did have a laugh a two
now all growing dim and grey
with the fading shades of day
etched in my memory for good
our trips to sunny Spain
and when we went
for a walk in the woods
on the way to the Isle of Wight
the night we were caught
in the freezing rain
no I'm not living in the past
and yet I'll raise a glass
to each and every single day
from over the hills and far away
Categories:
oyster, fun, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
The world could have been Cosmo’s oyster
‘Til as a Burmese monk he cloistered ~
Cosmo never touched drink
Or so they say, I think ~
Then he confused rooster with roister
Categories:
oyster, bird, christian, confusion, humor,
Form: Limerick
It was just like before riding my bicycle along the beach my tire rolls right over a star fish braising bump and scratches on my knee the gulf was thirsty for human blood this year as the manatees floated belly up the pelicans shivered with empty beaks again the school of sharks gathered while the dolphins danced chattered sea urchin washed ashore I put salt water on my wounds feeling sad that the sea turtles rushed back to sea unaware of the mexican oil spill there home covered in black tar I walked my bike passed the book store just in time for bob crab shacks oyster bar funny the owner yelled come on in gal why you looking so blue in that moment the blue oyster became my signature name on the beach the sun shined the breeze blew softly over the nape of my back silence abode over the Caribbean Sea
Categories:
oyster, allah,
Form: Lento
Stoic she sits
As an oyster lacking a grain of sand
No Pearl of Great Price or wisdom to share.
Stoic she sits
A smile adorns her face while we hold hands,
Bereft of thought and without words to spare.
Stoic she sits
Cloudy sapphire eyes show nary a care.
Oblivion’s glide left her a blank stare.
Stoic she sits
Time’s wrinkles scribe not the soft silken face
Of the hollowed woman who remains there.
Stoic I sit
Categories:
oyster, destiny, emotions, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
The wonders of a salted spec,
an intruder of the calm,
slip secretly by slightest surge
into some open being, drawn.
Creation in the making
by no jeweler of this world.
Hidden from the human eye,
perfect forming of a pearl.
Some oysters blessed and gifted
by nacre’s strong defense,
calcify these precious gems,
sought at great expense.
And when in valued luster
to adorn a woman or girl,
grace bestows the wearer
with an ornament of pearl.
So, we ask, what of a pearl?
A natural thing, divine.
Its maker quite unknowingly,
creates a rare jewel, fine.
5/27/2024
Categories:
oyster, nature, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
“All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” - Federico Fellini
Scars, reminders
What was once painful,
Has changed to a special flaw,
Sometimes only a hint,
Subtly secreted, the blame
Beneath a thought, a whisper
Singing to the spirit,
Colored in rose and gentle,
Comforting the heart
Who listens, the blemish,
Revealing the hidden
Heart, the music of a soul,
Who dances with the light,
Stirring grace, embracing the pearl,
Both significant and surreal,
Emphasizing what is sincere,
The beautiful buried between layers of grief,
Anguish leaking through in dewlike sweetness,
Amazing even the truth
With the beauty of its secret.
Categories:
oyster, appreciation, blessing, pain,
Form: Free verse
An oyster felt an uncomfortable itch
Caused by a stinging sand grain.
Ten fathoms deep, he slowly made - a pearl,
So that he was free from pain.
A tenacious Japanese ama, dove,
This mermaid beauty 'neath the tide,
Unbreakable, with just a knife and grit -
A pearl - she deftly pried.
A dream of a lovely fair-skinned lady,
Perfect shoulders, flawless skin -
A pearl - to hang between the snowy orbs,
Below her graceful chin.
A plan, a desperate man, a revolver,
Its handle made from - a pearl -
He'd purloin a huge oyster's record yield,
But that's not how his scheme would unfurl.
An oyster turns lemons to lemonade.
Conversely, a man, instead,
Takes that wise and appropriate adage
And flips it on its head.
Categories:
oyster, beauty, desire, sea,
Form: Rhyme
DISAPPEARANCE
Light baptised my forsaken body
red whirling a glimmering ocean
Perseidon’s crystalline tears
drip-dropped into mine
manifesting oyster shells
Odysseus smiled blinking
compassion from diamond
rays of Arcturus
embalming my shoulders
with his terrible travels
Silent my soulmate disappeared
crawling onto an opposite bank
into fields of chaffed wheat
towards abyss black
She moulted into grains of rice
or maybe a ladybird’s swoon
floating between Venus wings
seeking her paintbrushes
cleaned and singing
I sought strawberry
yogurt
What else could
sorrow do ?
©GhairoDanielsPoetry
&Song2013
Categories:
oyster, deep, emotions, growth, heartbreak,
Form: Bio
With this substance a lot to link,
If only one would clearly think
But nothing between Zinc and school’s ink
Nor voyaging vessels that sink:
Perhaps the gray of oysters, not pink…
We all should crave the mineral Zinc.
You ask me to explain i’ll blink
But a doctor gives you a wink
Of guys about to glasses clink:
‘Please, Zinc show in your food and drink
Or you’ll betray soon, the Doink:
A pity you’ll start an oink,
For off I shall not fail to slink…
Zinc important to taste and smell,
Meals releasing no smell you tell,
Cooked stew without aroma hell:
Fried chicken without same won’t sell…
And then one’s wounds that should heal
Zinc knows how to with them deal
About these doctors do not twice think,
Because it is Medicine, not its brink.
Categories:
oyster, education, food, health, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Enlightened farmer
Oyster the fertile landscape
Nature is buyer
© Mahtab Bangalee
19/03/2023
Categories:
oyster, nature,
Form: Haiku
The world is my oyster I've heard it said
Not a fan of oysters how about chocolate instead
Or delicious french fries smothered in ketchup
For an omelette with home fries, early I'd get up
Do you feel a theme running through my words
Not addicted to the yummies, that's totally absurd
Granted they sometimes take over my thoughts
But so does kissing really like that a lot
Or even just sitting and gazing at the moon
With the love of my life, making me swoon
Guess what I'm saying is enjoy what you have
Some don't have anything makes me feel sad
How fortunate to know we're safe in our homes
Some don't know if their homes they still own
The bottom line is give thanks every day
Hopefully that will keep your troubles at bay
Categories:
oyster, earth,
Form: Couplet
Grandpa at an oyster
Grandpa ate an oyster.
Ran Grandma through the house.
Luckily he didn't catch her
or she'd punched him in his mouth.
He had never eaten an oyster before.
It made him very horny.
She swore that if he ate one more
she would divorce him in the morning.
Grandpa begged, "oh please oh please
Just try a little bite".
So Granny ate one like he asked.
She no longer wanted to fight.
She threw ole Grandpa on the bed.
Proceeded to have her way.
Thank goodness for these oysters, she said
I won't need our neighbor today.
Categories:
oyster, cute love, desire, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Life is like a hurdle race
Tangible and invisible hurdles
In your way
Even a childhood dream isn't simple
If you have passed all the hurdles
The world will be your oyster
But sometimes as you look back
You found that you have failed some
And you didn't jump the last hurdle
Because the whistle blew
And already time's up
Categories:
oyster, childhood, dream, race, simple,
Form: Free verse
oyster bed
teeming with life....
ocean dries up
Categories:
oyster, death,
Form: Haiku
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