Crab Claws
Survival at the beach.17 total reviews
Comment from MissMerri
First I want to say congratulations for the prize. This is a most interesting photo and the poem you wrote to go with it was so perfectly metered and rhymed. I enjoyed it very much. Your wonderful imagination was on full display as you described the possible plight of the crabs. This poem was certainly deserving of a prize. MM
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First I want to say congratulations for the prize. This is a most interesting photo and the poem you wrote to go with it was so perfectly metered and rhymed. I enjoyed it very much. Your wonderful imagination was on full display as you described the possible plight of the crabs. This poem was certainly deserving of a prize. MM
Comment Written 05-Sep-2022
Comment from Michele Harber
And quite the inspiration they were. You somehow managed to be informative, humorous and even sympathetic, all at one time, and all with perfect rhyme and meter. I got a particular kick out of the lines, "I worry for those amputees, their lives so full of tragedies."
Why is it that every time I post a good contest entry, you post a better one???
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And quite the inspiration they were. You somehow managed to be informative, humorous and even sympathetic, all at one time, and all with perfect rhyme and meter. I got a particular kick out of the lines, "I worry for those amputees, their lives so full of tragedies."
Why is it that every time I post a good contest entry, you post a better one???
Comment Written 02-Sep-2022
Comment from Thomas Blanks
Crab Claws is an interesting poem that ponders how two crabs came to leave their claws on a beach in New Zealand.
They say to stay on the land after dark.
Crabs are a favorite food of the shark.
Those claws you found - they just might
be what was left of the crabs after just one bite!
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Crab Claws is an interesting poem that ponders how two crabs came to leave their claws on a beach in New Zealand.
They say to stay on the land after dark.
Crabs are a favorite food of the shark.
Those claws you found - they just might
be what was left of the crabs after just one bite!
Comment Written 31-Aug-2022
Comment from Carolyn Dooley
This is such a coincidence, tomorrow night my daughter and I have been invited to a Crab Dinner. Now I am looking at the real thing. It sounds like something is attacking them and leaving behind parts. Thank you for sharing.
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This is such a coincidence, tomorrow night my daughter and I have been invited to a Crab Dinner. Now I am looking at the real thing. It sounds like something is attacking them and leaving behind parts. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 30-Aug-2022
Comment from Wendy G
Poor crabs! I guess they were some-one's dinner, either human or sea-gull. You've taken a great photo, and accompanied it with a thoughtful and reflective piece with smooth rhyme and metre. Well done, and best wishes for your entry in the contest.
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Poor crabs! I guess they were some-one's dinner, either human or sea-gull. You've taken a great photo, and accompanied it with a thoughtful and reflective piece with smooth rhyme and metre. Well done, and best wishes for your entry in the contest.
Comment Written 30-Aug-2022
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Picking over the remains and doing a bit of detective work here Lisa. I enjoyed your assumptions and that poor crab is probably dead meat now, a fun post, glad you are out and about enjoying your wonderful country, I love hearing about the activity down under, love Dolly x
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Picking over the remains and doing a bit of detective work here Lisa. I enjoyed your assumptions and that poor crab is probably dead meat now, a fun post, glad you are out and about enjoying your wonderful country, I love hearing about the activity down under, love Dolly x
Comment Written 29-Aug-2022
Comment from Mary Vigasin
Well, when one door closes, another one opens, so this gave you (and us) a chance to use our imagination to wonder how these claws came to be dislodged.
A very fun and well-written story.
Good luck in the contest.
Best wishes,
Mary
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Well, when one door closes, another one opens, so this gave you (and us) a chance to use our imagination to wonder how these claws came to be dislodged.
A very fun and well-written story.
Good luck in the contest.
Best wishes,
Mary
Comment Written 29-Aug-2022
Comment from dragonpoet
This is a good entry for the contest. The poem asks some good questions and supplies possibilities of how the claws were lost. To make you feel better, each time a crab molts it can regrow a new claw.
Good luck in the contes.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
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This is a good entry for the contest. The poem asks some good questions and supplies possibilities of how the claws were lost. To make you feel better, each time a crab molts it can regrow a new claw.
Good luck in the contes.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
Comment Written 29-Aug-2022
Comment from lyenochka
Enjoyed your fun poem about the walk on Aramoana Beach. (In Hawaii, we have the Ala Moana beach which means near the ocean.)
The tone of the poem is reflective and with childlike wonder and compassion for the "deceased crustaceans). I especially liked:
"I worry for those amputees,
their lives so full of tragedies."
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Enjoyed your fun poem about the walk on Aramoana Beach. (In Hawaii, we have the Ala Moana beach which means near the ocean.)
The tone of the poem is reflective and with childlike wonder and compassion for the "deceased crustaceans). I especially liked:
"I worry for those amputees,
their lives so full of tragedies."
Comment Written 29-Aug-2022
Comment from royowen
Heh heh, I think we all look for inspiration don't we Jenny? I love crab, lobster too, but of course the only thing I can afford is smoked tinned muscles, cheap, but as nice as smoked oysters to eat. This is a great piece of writing my friend, well done, blessings Roy
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Heh heh, I think we all look for inspiration don't we Jenny? I love crab, lobster too, but of course the only thing I can afford is smoked tinned muscles, cheap, but as nice as smoked oysters to eat. This is a great piece of writing my friend, well done, blessings Roy
Comment Written 29-Aug-2022