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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2001-04-22 09:17 PM

I am just an oyster,
who lives a life of cloisture,
within my oyster shell,
beneath the ocean's swell,
or is that swale?
oh what the hail,
mollusks can't spell,
at least not well.
And so I lay,
day after day,
on ocean's bed,
without a head.
I'm just a blob,
without a job,
yet women seek me,
some men need me,
to find a pearl,
make masts unfurl.
I'm not a crab,
with gift of gab
so now it's time,
to end my rhyme.
Just one last thought,
this oyster's got,
If me you slurp,
I hope you burp,
with indigestion,
at my ingestion.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2001-04-22 09:22 PM

TIM~
Just when I was wondering where you were -
you slip into the net !

Delightful penning from you~
But you Oyster be ashamed to show up so infrequently !

*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

2 posted 2001-04-22 09:22 PM

I don't get oysters...but your poem was funny!

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2001-04-22 09:24 PM

Hey Tim...leave it to you to (oy)ster up the old pot...thanks for the laugh..nice to see you too!!

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

4 posted 2001-04-22 09:31 PM

Great, I promise to fry you before I sup.

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

5 posted 2001-04-22 10:26 PM

Tim - a delightful writing about an oyster in the deep, or the shallows? Made me hungry, guess I'll go and see what I can slurp up!

BC

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

6 posted 2001-04-22 10:34 PM

Cute, very cute! How's things in the chambers?

Tessa
Member

since 2001-04-21

Posts 67
Ohio

7 posted 2001-04-22 10:59 PM

*Applauding* I loved this! Wonderful flow and rhyme.

Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

8 posted 2001-04-24 12:03 PM

Appreciate the replies to my little oyster dittie...

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

9 posted 2001-04-24 07:00 AM

Oh yeah - My kinda rhyme... On the half-shell...

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

10 posted 2001-04-29 10:43 AM

Bumping this PEARL to the top !

Kit McCallum

Administrator

Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

11 posted 2001-04-29 10:45 AM

What a treasure, Tim ... this was great! I enjoyed the rhyme and clever banter in this piece, such a wonderful read!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Dr.Moose1
Member Elite

since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

12 posted 2001-04-29 10:53 AM

Tim ,
I am amazed
at this display
one of these days
some bouillabaisse ?
Doc

latin passion
Senior Member

since 2001-04-26

Posts 576

13 posted 2001-04-29 01:50 PM

Thanks for making me smile.LP

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