Collecting Tide's Gifts
...The tide weaves and wends
its' way among the pier posts
where I will dig for tiny
shark's teeth and whelks in the sand;
I love making genuine oceanside jewelry.
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Categories:
whelks, appreciation, nature, ocean, poems,
Form: Free verse
The Cherry On Top
...I need magic and sparks
Flashes of light
Once the thunder starts
I need lightening strikes
The very, cherry on top
Is portraying the crown
The last kernels popped
Are a jewel to be found
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Categories:
whelks, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
A Shell Tells
...A whelk shell on the bathroom windowsill
reflects modest colours curled twirled around
its helix. It takes me back to where I found
this gastropod with others dumped as spoil
over a bank behind...
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Categories:
whelks, dog, fishing, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
Scavenger Hunt
...scavenger hunt
sandy summer beach
welcomes a scavenger hunt ~
hot sand samba dance
lacy edged scallops
rippled shells like wind kissed surf ~
trim tidal ball gowns
fallen stars – starf...
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Categories:
whelks, ocean, summer,
Form: Haiku
A Fishy Tale
...One night an octopus said,
Those whelks should be in bed.
Said the herring to the plaice,
Would you please say grace.
"I say" said a passing whale,
"Is that kipper for sale."
There is something...
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Categories:
whelks, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
My Blue Cheese Is
...I remember the day I ate a whelk,
A day I'll not forget.
Like chewing on a leather belt,
I broke into a sweat.
Sticky bits and slimy stuff
Were clinging to my teeth.
Nearby was an empty sink,...
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Categories:
whelks, food, hate, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Silliness
...Homey eyes of peasant stew
A cozy-colored mossy mew
Stony cottage, snowcheeks bleu
The forest fins for frosted fruits.
The warmest thought speaks crumbly bread
A partridge purr puffs through m...
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Categories:
whelks, fruit, language, love, nature,
Form: Verse