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RSWells
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since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

0 posted 2003-01-10 08:36 PM

We, the bivalve mollusk
fool no one, though hid

behind two flimsy shields
our secret's known, that

softness without segments
reveals us easy prey for

any whose hungry force
would pry and take us whole.

Our strength is in adherence,
how we cleave to empty hulls,

barnacle to heartless rocks
for life, binding through the

pounding surf, ignored by hosts
who've viewed us since forever

not as mussels,
just crustaceans.

[This message has been edited by RSWells (01-10-2003 10:17 PM).]

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2003-01-10 08:43 PM

smiling...

the title alone, Richard,
the title ALONE is poetry.

oh my...

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2003-01-10 09:40 PM

with both heart valves wide open, in harmony with this one

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (01-10-2003 09:41 PM).]

Sandpiper
Senior Member

since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

3 posted 2003-01-12 06:00 AM

perhaps the key, is in choosing the right host??..endless possibilities when we do..

"And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul."
Pablo Neruda

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 2003-01-12 09:55 AM

What a wonderful metaphor... I'll never look at clams quite the same way again... They do have a way of clamping shut in the eye of danger, don't they??..

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

5 posted 2003-01-12 10:07 AM

Richard, you have such insights...

believe in what your heart feels...

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

6 posted 2003-01-12 10:21 AM

RSWells
It is an enigma. Well done.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

7 posted 2003-01-13 08:29 PM

Much enjoyed the stillness and how you run so far with your thoughts.....

especially this~~

Our strength is in adherence,
how we cleave to empty hulls,

barnacle to heartless rocks
for life, binding through the

pounding surf, ignored by hosts
who've viewed us since forever

Balladeer

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

8 posted 2003-01-13 08:48 PM

There are few things I applaud more than someone who can come up with a topic never considered before and make it work. Hats off you you, sir

enchantingvamp
Member

since 2002-12-21

Posts 214
Indiana, & NO there is NOT more than corn in Indiana, oughta go back to texas!

9 posted 2003-01-14 04:41 AM

I had to read this piece twice, simply because my mind couldn't get past the " whoa " of it.......great read!

Nature has a funny way of breaking that which will not bend....Jewell

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

10 posted 2003-01-14 09:04 AM

great stuff...and the fact it can be read as simple fact ora metaphor is in part what makes it work as well as it does..Ser is right ..the title by itself is poetry..

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

11 posted 2003-01-14 01:29 PM

Now that was clever!

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