Fishing

Sitting on the creek bank pole in hand, trout line floating nearby
Listening to the wind in the trees, crickets chirping away
Birds in flight, birds on a limb singing sweet melodies to me
Cast my line, curplunk, splash, little ripples subside
Laying back watching the clouds go by, daydreaming
Nibble, nibble, nibble, reel in real slow, dang he got away
Rebait, recast, splash, hope i get a big one for dinner
Oh got me one, two, three, on my what a sight to see
Reeling in my line, that beautiful trout dangling there
Grab my net, toss him back just not big enough to keep
Pull in my trout line to find 6 big enough for dinner.
To home I go, clean and cook my catch, what a day it was
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Gauthier Avatar
February 15, 2021 at 11:10 AM
A pleasure to find your delightful poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology, Teresa~
Lindsay Avatar
July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thank you
De La Croes Avatar
May 10, 2013 at 11:45 PM
This is poetry at its best, Teresa. It brings so much memories of when I was a kid. Greate write.... David
Lindsay Avatar
May 11, 2013 at 1:50 PM
It is one of my favorite activities that my grandfather taught me as a child.
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