Shellfish Poems - Poems about Shellfish

Why do shellfish Seem so selfish Is it they dwell Inside their shell And don’t admit But only spit That old salt brine After they dine Day in and out In their hideout Yet near the rocks Creation knocks On their hard wall But through it all They stay inside To safely hide From us their foe; How could they know? When we dig clams Their two doors slam Same with mussel That we...

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There’s crustaceans in my rations, And the krill are in my pills. There’s a prawn on my lawn, And all this gives me chills. There’s an oyster who is cloistered With a crawfish in a dish, But the shrimp is on the barbie, And that’s what gives me thrills....

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Dear people, It may please thee to find, A peacefully priced scheme to these rhymes confined for a time in a cursedly mind, A curse! It might seam, in search of the dream, get in line behind the rest of the blind. Cursed, obversely in search of an inner church. Oh to look inside, Only to find another...

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The Shellfish The Selfish Shellfish Had a pearl inside of its own, One day he thought to himself, “Why can’t I have more pearls to myself”, So he went on a Search for even more pearls, “Looks like my Neighbor is now sleeping”, He knocked on The Shell, “Anyone There”, The other Shell Awoke is a somber tone, “You want my pearl, Well climb on in...

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View of village hillside houses sunset Curving road Small villa by the seaside Spanish architect bulls heads at entrance Velvet voice perfumed skin prettiest laugh Walnuts cherries stone fruits of the season Soft melody apple tarts beautiful wild honey Hunting season for smelly truffles is Winter Branches well trimmed they grow...

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