Short Clams Poems

On Saturday, the L A Rams
Encountered the Monterey Clams
With no and, if, or but
It was open and shut
The Sopranos limped home like lambs!...

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take some shrimp, crabs, crawdads, clams
and corn on the cob
a lobster and smoke saugage
and boil it for me
spread on a table
say it's done
yes!...

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Bread, dough, also clams
It seems like it’s all real food
But it’s homemade strife
From callous form of nature
Runs the risk of killing cash

Russell Sivey...

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What's all this about, why are we here
Time's much too short till we all disappear
We're having so much fun
Many challenges to be won
We're happy as clams, year after year...

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Hard, cold, rain
Attacking
Bayman's resolve 
Bushels to fill
Long day ahead
Rough water
Fewer clams
Lower prices
Longer hours
Throbbing muscles
Ice forming
Season ending
Boat for sale...

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ocean wave retreats
water spurts erupt behind
clams beneath the sand


May 3, 2918


1st Place ranking in "haiga - haiku - Theme sea - ocean" Contest
Sponsored by Mick Talbot
May 11, 2018...

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What's all this about, why are we here
Time's much too short till we all disappear
We're having so much fun
Many challenges to be won
We're happy as clams, year after year


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Redeeming Feautures

One of my features which would redeem
Is I always liked eating cold ice cream
With whipped cream and many nuts
Hearing natives singing from huts
And clams when they start to steam.

Jim Horn...

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What's all this about, why are we here
Time's much too short till we all disappear
We're having so much fun
Many challenges to be won
We're happy as clams, year after year

Assuming clams are happy?...

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If given a choice
Or had my own way
My current address
Is not where I’d stay
But rather I’d opt
For nautical terrain
And dwell along
The coast of Maine
No more meetings
Or phones or faxes
I’ll dig for clams
To pay the taxes....

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ordering
hors d'oeuvres
simple finger
food for my
delight

taking in a bit
of wasabi
opening senses
to absent scents
revealed

reveling menu
of mussels
clams and
pearls
of oysters

tastes topsy
turvy turn 
my palate to
ask red wine
with fish?...

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She stood in her pink shell
Hands covering her breast
She looks down shyly
She is a virgin, a woman, a lover 
A doting wife and sweet mother
Birth of Venus 
Treat her with respect
Lest she clams up and returns to the sea
Say no to RAPE, ABUSE and FEMALE INFANTICIDE...

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Tiny black crabs climb
Up and down my arms and waist
As I drink the humid air

And taste of the salt
That the heron also knows
When she snatches at the clams

That lay at my feet,
Reflect color of my face
In shades of black, red and white...

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seaweed stuck on sand 
seagulls seeking small shellfish
shirtless swimmers splash 

crawling crabs, claws clasped 
clams closed, coral chips and conch 
children's castle crafts  



Pick A Title, Vol. 3 Alliteration Poetry Contest 
Sponsor Edward Ibeh 
3-24-2019...

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Give away your socks
Give away your Victory nickel
To the folks of Shambala.
Give away three kittens
At the candy store
In downtown Shambala.

Eat at Larry's Clambake
By the coffee shed
On the road to Shambala.
Climb a monkey tree
Steal a bluebird's eggs
In the woods of Shambala....

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Playing Bach to Calm the Mind and Soul

I miss my piano
soon I will buy a piano
and resume playing 
the piano 

I like playing Bach
the most
it clams my mind
and my soul

as I loose myself
playing the music
getting into it
with my body
and soul

as the music 
transport me
deep within
calming my soul...

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If the pain is physical could I stay strong?
If strike psychological, can I stay sane?
If offered pork and clams, would I choose wrong?
If all my friends desert me, what shall remain?
If all lies in ruins, what use is my claim?
If I take Pascal's bet, just how should I pray?
If I swipe right, will she blow me away?...

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A bowl of seafood chowder,
hot butter afloat
with fresh halibut, crab meat
salty clams and prawns
a deep sea delight
ambrosia,
bliss!                        .
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empty sea shells
washed up on the
sea shore
death of a dream
eaten rotten flesh
marine mollusks
barnacles brachipods
she is a conchologist
through her windows
breath of the sea
bits and pieces
of the dead meat
collection is a 
disease
waves and the tides
clams and snails
and chitons
killed and adorned
in our empty homes
of love...

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Written in the sky 
Twinkling star lights
Shining everyone, so bright

Points in the sky
Directing stout ships 
All night and alright

The moon and its light steers
The mighty seas
To lands known and unknown

The waves are breaking
Upon many shores
It carrying shrimps, and clams

Turquoise blue sea waves
Their white foam heads
are moving smiling back at me...

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Sweltering heat from all around 
Zaps my energy sweat dripping to the ground
Heavy breathing lungs seem to fail
Oxygen low to no avail
Summers’ heat unbearable to some
To the beach to have a little bit o’ fun
Salty ocean cools my soul
Mind and body now a whole
Seagulls high within the sky
Dropping clams to watch them die
Sandy granules upon my feet
Ocean water is just so sweet...

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Come sample King Neptune’s bounty.
If it’s fish, or abalone,
what you have is all great to me.
Any food that comes from the sea.
Scallops, calamari, lobsters,
shrimp, crabs, clams, mussels, and oysters.
If it swims, or lies on the sand,
it’s sure to be in great demand
To me, it all looks and tastes grand.
It should not be kept for Friday.
SEAFOOD IS GOOD FOOD ANY DAY.
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Road Trip

I Love a road trip
With no where to go 
Just hop in the car
And go with the flow

I love a road trip
That turns into more
Breakfast in Boston 
Then off to the shore 

I love a road trip
With ice cream and clams
A stroll on the beach 
No cares and no plans

I love being out
With me and with you
I love a road trip
With all of its views

By Bill MacEachern
8/13/2022...

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Filtering through her heart
Moments of beauty
Experienced with him 
And only him

She runs to the window
To take another look
Her beloved has not arrived yet
There is a knock on her door

Her heart runs to answer it
Mouth clams shut 
Fearful of making a mistake

Do you have some paper I can borrow?
She gives him a ream
Her true love
The man next door speaking to her the first time...

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An octopus asked 
a squid for some ink, to pen
a tentative tune. 

Some turtles shelled out
for tickets sold by sharks.
Urchins snuck in for free.

The Sun dimmed the lights
on the Atlantic stage, as
dolphins waved moonbeams.

An orchestra of oysters, 
pearl jammed with the mussels and
the clams crowd surfed.

A cool crustacean
grabbed the mic while a cod played
the bass on the rocks....

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