Inky the Octopus

A little octopus in the Pacific.

Along the Mariana Trench

inside a coral cave,

there lives a little octopus

who likes to do the wave.

He waves his little tentacles

at jellyfish and shark,

and sometimes grabs a manta ray

so he can leave his mark.

One day a school of fish came by

to rest a weary fin;

so Inky showed them to his home

and waved the classroom in.

Above his cave there lives a crab

who only has one eye;

whenever Cray leaves for the coast

his neighbor waves goodbye.

He waves along the sea-floor sands

or even close to shore;

and when he's right below the waves

he'll wave a little more.

One day he saw the strangest thing,

immense and well-behaved;

it was a yellow submarine,

and so of course he waved.

But it did not return his wave,

into the deep it went;

so little Inky just swam on

and found a nice warm vent.

He found all form and color here

that fluttered in the flow;

and all this waving in the sea

just made his big eyes glow.

So Inky knows just where to go

whenever waves are slack;

it is a friendly place he knows

that always will wave back.

Reviews

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Wonderful. i really liked this little tail.

[Tinotenda Nyevedzanai]

A really good flow I felt it lost the story half way through though, still well written thanks for sharing - ATC

[Kreative Kana]

So cute! I love it! Good job, keep it up.

[Hidden_identity]

This poem was adorable!

[Baz]

Absolutely wonderful! Simply flawless rhyme and meter, and a very engaging story as well. Fantastic stuff.