Sidney Beck Poet Free verse

Watching Fish

WATCHING    FISH

We pause  at the glass and look in
They come sidling down to look  at us
Solemn peaceful beauties
Gliding graceful in their thick liquid world
Big-eyed innocence, bubbles,
Children of the deep
Crowd  down at the end to see us
They wave their fins and hover
Looking  out with rapture of a lover
Staring  unselfconsciously with 
Mouths miming murmered mumbles

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Carolyn Devonshire December 23, 2010 at 4:18 PM Syd, psychological studies have shown that people's blood pressure actually drops when watching fish in an aquarium. Guess their "big-eyed innocence" can put us in a trance. Love the poem, especially the alliteration in that incredible last line. Merry Christmas, Carolyn