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Squid Poems - Poems about Squid


Eat All You Want
Chinese trollers Cranes and pulleys motor oil saliva Fishhook cockroach antennas dipped to the oceans Thousands of sailing creepy crawlers Bandits with razors Cross the boundless seas Devours crumbs of every kind of confiscated fish Left to crawl or swim on the ocean floor The hulls share their creaking space With bunks for 20-year-old sailor slaves Signed on Then denied Port for up to three years “Mama...

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Categories: squid, abuse, betrayal, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pink Squid Woman and Albion Woman
Pink squid woman hopped out of her ship. She swam the ocean, then headed toward shore. Albino woman asked, “how was your trip?” They counted their seashells; there were thirty-four. Pink squid woman thanked Albino woman for the good time. Her friend gave her a hug and seashells numbering nine. Hope to see you again in the next century, she said. But...

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Categories: squid, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Squid
Tubes of the freshest cleaned squid Marinated in ...

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Categories: squid, fish, food,
Form: Epulaeryu
Premium Member The Squid Man
The icky sticky squid-man Squeezed from the water spout Leapt up my nose and Sucked my brains right out. Dug deep inside me with all his slimy legs Inside my skull hole He laid a thousand eggs....

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Categories: squid, animal, death, fantasy, horror,
Form: Rhyme
For Hands That Do Dishes Can Feel As Soft As Your Face With Lime Green Hairy Lipped Squid
For hands that do dishes can feel as soft as your face with lime green hairy lipped squid Surely if you set fire to the bush you would have 2 cooked birds then A stitch in time saves what and why would we need nine of them if at first you don't succee Too many broths spoiled by cooks Now for whom...

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Categories: squid, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Shyful Squid
did you hear about the shyful squid who always tried hard to stay well hid it seems he was always found out for his tentacles flailed about never managed to stay off the grid...

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Categories: squid, animal,
Form: Limerick
Firefly Squid -Haiku-
Light up the ocean from depths far away from light fishermen catch them. Copyright © Cynthia Jones Nov.26/2015 From the depths, the ocean lights up like a Christmas tree. The Japanese fishermen catch them in their nets....

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Categories: squid, nature, november,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Squid Eating Contest
The Squid Eating Contest By Tom Wright There was a young man from Madrid Who excelled at most all that he did. But in a contest for eating, While others were seating, He choked to death chewing a squid. ...

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Categories: squid, youth,
Form: Limerick
Sullivan Meenie and My Squid Wife Laura
My Sullivano photographed bad He was a simian ghost so sad ...

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Categories: squid, fun, , cute,
Form: Limerick
Ode To Squid, Yours Blue Majesty
The extraterrestrial guest and sovereign of blue bloods and son of the most reverent ancient tribe and octopus’s cousin you have been setting on emperor’s throne from early Silur in yours great ocean capital Ur since 400 million years ago, presenting for future the jet propulsion engine, you have been the perfect creature primarily and marvel of universe with you...

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Categories: squid, nature, planet, universe,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Giant Squid of San Francisco
Giant Squid In warm waters Alarmed divers don't saunter Never faulter To escape San Francisco Bay Quietly they come Inquistive by nature Diving can be dangerous Grab diver pull down to deep water In fear of their lives Always try to escape Nerves are shattered Totally afraid San Francisco Bay Quietly they come Inquisitive by nature Diving can be dangerous (Heard a report on educational radio about these baby giant squid in San...

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Categories: squid, nature
Form: Acrostic
Squid Tactic
smile, nod with a wink, hide what to see, what to think, squids squirt jet black ink !...

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Categories: squid, life, people, social,
Form: Senryu

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