"A Journey to Make a Friend" octopus poem by Linda Baie for #OctopusMonth

Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Kay at A Journey Through the Pages for Roundup.

It's the final Poetry Friday of #OctopusMonth, but please stay tuned next week for poems from Catherine Flynn and Diane Mayr... and a special "Goodbye" from Agnes!

This week it's been an honor to feature:

a look at Oceans: Our Blue Planet (which features a Giant Pacific Octopus)
A 2-for-Tuesday with octo-poems by Linda Mitchell and Pat Cruzan
"The Octopus Way" by Brenda Davis Harsham
Octopus art by Barbara Bell (and a wee 3-hearted poem by me!)

Remember, you can find all of the #Octopus Month links on the Happy Octopus Month padlet.

Today I am delighted to share a friendly octopus who is reaching across the currents to Agnes....

A Journey To Make A Friend

                       for Irene Latham “Octopus Month”

 by Linda Baie

Cracker Barrel octopus

I plan to meet an octopus

who uses ink in clever ways.

This Agnes composes postcards,

perhaps a newfound kind of play?

I am traveling to greet her,

to learn new ways to use my eight.

It’s lonely as an octopus.

I would delight in a new mate.

Though I may never find her near

the west Pacific where I roam,

I have impressed some scientists

for use of tools to make a home.

I gather shells and human glass

to pile a shelter of debris;

Special is a coconut shell,

a favorite just-right place for me.  

Chattanooga Blue Skies octopus

I’m satisfied my size is right -

3-inch frame, 6-inch arms full-grown.

I can embrace the tightest place;

but when I’m out, bi-pedal home.

I live in sandy, muddy shores.

Because I’m likely to be prey,

I take my meals from dusk to dawn,

daylight’s my time for hideaway.

Phenomenal and small and wise,

Agnes (I hope) has read of me.

I am the veined octopus

evolving in the western seas.
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Don't you just love this little guy?! Here is a picture of the veined octopus. Agnes is grateful to Linda for educating her about another octo-species! Friends above and below the waves... yes, life is good. Thank you! xo