Short Crab Poems

Short Crab Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Crab by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Crab by length and keyword.


Crab Acrostic Poem

C is for Crabs in the ocean
R is for Radiant under water
A is for Amazing creatures
B is for Beautiful just the way you are
Form: Acrostic


Premium Member Don't be a Crab

If you want to pursue it, 
don't do it like a crab might do it
when he walks or works or plays,
always doing it sideways.
Form: Epigram

The Little Crab

The little crab broke his claw
That he used as a paw
It's now long gone
Eaten just like a bone
By a fish that they call slaw
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member I Am a Crab

We built castles made of sand.
I was too young to understand.
My heart, now feels the painful stab - 
the awful truth: I am a crab.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Hermit

hermit's shell feeling way too tight of fit had to go off it slipped as naked crab stole a conch clad in nacre pearl
sea
Form: Shadorma


Crab Legs of Summer

Butter melting atop flames
Ready for dunking
Sweet meat from grilled king crab legs
Open the spiked case
Remove flavor bombs
Of sweetness
My!
Form: Epulaeryu

Premium Member Crab Brigade

crickle crackle stamp stamp stamp
tiny corpulent marchers track up the sand
crickle crackle wow wow wow
I stand back, watching them come
pincher alert

Premium Member Blue Blood Horseshoe Crab

Blue blood horseshoe crab

A million crabs milked
each year for humankind
to detect vaccine contamination.
blue, ghastly, gruesome, repugnant!
Form: Verse

Premium Member Permanent Tattoo

A Shadorma

Kicking up sun baked sands on beach sand crab snaps naked toe permanent tattoo buried a toenail sculpture.
Form: Shadorma

Premium Member The Calico Box Crab Freight

I was only eight
when I caught the calico box crab freight. 
Just a small-town crab-boy in tattered britches,
I found my way to fame and riches, 
loaded in a crate.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Calico Box Crab Theme

I heard the calico box crab theme
as I nestled warmly by a trout-filled stream.
I saw the hare and tortoise dance,
and wondered if it was romance,
or just an addled dream.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A'Ama the Crab

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A'ama is a tasty Hawaiian crab meat, ate fresh or when fried, whole shell also, with sense-like chameleon camouflage. Date: 08/28/2019 howmanysyllables 57577
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Angry Chef

The Angry Chef A seafood chef near the golden gate Is constantly mean and irate Punching the trout Kicking carp all about Blaming fish for their sorry fate
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Sand Crab v1

I love the ocean.
     I sleep in wet sand.
My biggest fear is
     a child's little hand.
You guessed my secret.
     Don't ever blab.
Yours, sincerely,
     A Friendly Sand Crab.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Crab

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A delicacy of nutritional value and most palatable, yet, the bluish crab of struck yellow, a nebula of stars, holds value, than taste. Date: 06/13/2019
Form: Sedoka

Premium Member Crab Feast (Nonet)

It runs gracefully across the sand 
Feet leaving prints as it passes 
Gracefully moves its own way 
Delicacy for some 
It’s now on the run 
Dashing for hole 
Peppered spice 
It’s hot 
Crabs!

Premium Member Hermit Crab

pincer-like movement 
 mollusc shell host shifts crab wise ~
          life clings to low tide


Wild Animal Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Syllable counter PS 5/7/5
04/11/22
Form: Haiku

Crab Crossing -Kimo-

Beware the crabs, going across the street have to get to the ocean to lay their precious eggs. Copyright Cynthia Jones Oct.11/2005 Got this idea from watching "Maximum Exposure."
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Shadows On the Sand

Shadows on the sand; little crabs following mama. Shadows follow everyone but, crabs can burrow to hide; I can’t. It’s ok, my shadow is friendly with me but, crabs don’t know that.
Form: Sijo

Premium Member The Surprise

Building castles on a sandy beach I left to gather up more sand But, in one castle, a shock Ran through my wind-blown locks Castle, occupied Sand crab resides Pinched finger Band-aid Time.
Form: Nonet

Malabari Crab

Malabari Crab

Bet not one of you have ever tasted 
This Indian dish not so easily bested

Blue crabs luxurious in hot savoury sauce
Fresh spices n curry leaves a tour de force

The superb Malabari Crab



Go on surprise me somebody!!
© Nigel Fox  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Premium Member The Calico Box Crab Man

We found the calico box crab man
with leathery skin and a deep, dark tan.  
He gave us soup that was filled with nails,
squirrel bones and catfish entrails. 
As he told his tale and we heard him speak, 
the sky would cry, and the ceiling, leak.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member my boss is such a crab

my boss is such a crab!
We all giggled at the bar
Truly, he is grouchy and mean
His directives sound like tar

We are laughing our petootsies off
one of the workers falls off her stool
She has no idea about accountant work
She works in a lovely grade school
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Bloody Crab-Apples

Bloody Crab-Apples

Savor 
  The Vervant
      Abundance!!!

Why 
   Would 
       We:

Be So Bold???

We Know 
   What
      WE 
        Like!!

WHEN
    We 
        Won’t :

EAT
 What
    We're
       TOLD!!!

-Gray Squirrel
06-12-2025
Form: Rhyme

Roasted Crab

Sullivano  asked the roasted crab
                             Have you come from biology lab?
                                           And If you do
                                         Put on your shoe
                               Go to the sea you need a rehab
fun
Form: Limerick

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