Best Bobber Poems
Going Fishing On a Summer Day (Nonet Trilogy)
...Going fishing with a cane pole and
a can of worms and hooks and a
bobber too Down at the fish-
ing hole there stand a might-
y oak the best pl......
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Categories:
bobber, happiness, life, nature, old,
Form:
The Young Fisherman
...His long cane pole limber and perfect,
Patiently waiting, his eye on the bobber
For his prey, he has the utmost respect,
The big fish almost becoming his cobber.
He’d seen it swim among t......
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Categories:
bobber, boy, fishing,
Form:
Rhyme
Dreamer's Lake
...You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A wondrous land whose boundaries are those of imagination; Your next step- The Twi-Light Zone.
Someti......
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Categories:
bobber, death, dream,
Form:
Narrative
Loon Song
...Motor is nudged to life in an arcing motion, arm pulling
cord. Vein-furrowed hands grasp the fishing pole,
slinging bait and tackle beneath one arm. Another
arcing motion, arm casting pole. Bob......
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Categories:
bobber, childhood, children, emotions, eulogy,
Form:
Free verse
Hook, Line and Sinker
...Hook, Line and Sinker
I went fishing by myself today
It is not something I normally do
I like to sit by the water’s edge
Watching the light reflect off the blue
Yes I like the fishing part
Th......
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Categories:
bobber, fishing,
Form:
Rhyme
Beary Tales Episodes 1-6, Poet's Notes
...(Remembering Innocence)
Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are ......
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Categories:
bobber, adventure, best friend, blessing,
Form:
Quatrain
Fishing With Grandpa
...Long trips we would take
As we awake another day
Grab our poles and head to the lake
For this is a day we surely have to make
My grandpa puts on his lucky hat
As I look at the map
So many pla......
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Categories:
bobber, adventure, animals, family, happiness,
Form:
The Patience of the Fisherman
...I the fisherman wait patiently by
For patience I developed
Back when I cried
My stalking is simplistic
I have what they like
I only spring into action
When the bobber sinks from sight
My po......
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Categories:
bobber, sports,
Form:
Couplet
Simple Pleasures
...When summer's in the meadow
and the bluebird's on the wing,
I love the simple pleasures
that a country morn can bring.
Then all the world's a cane pole
with a bobber and a line,
the catfish are......
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Categories:
bobber, seasons,
Form:
Rhyme
Children, I Miss You Both...
...I miss...
taking care of you.
making your meals and snacks for you.
telling you " Good morning ", each and every day.
taking you to school and wishing you both a blessed day.
picking you up fr......
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Categories:
bobber, caregiving, childhood, daughter, family,
Form:
Free verse
An Old Man Fishing
...I watched the old man mosey to his favorite fishing spot.
Ahead of him his faithful dog capered at a lively trot.
No fancy fishing lures for him, just a simple bamboo pole,
And a can of worms as c......
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Categories:
bobber, nostalgia, old, dog, dog,
Form:
Rhyme
Fishing
...Teaching me how to put on the hook and bait,
He would cast it for me and then we'd wait
With three other kids he would go and help them too,
We would sit and watch for what bobbers do
Up and down t......
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Categories:
bobber, nature, fish, me,
Form:
Free verse
Monofilamania
...It is so hard to let go of love,
lovingly.
It sharks,
unpeels more gut more quickly
than reel or reeler ever lost
in all those years of lazy inches
in and out:
casting,
winding in and playing out,
......
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Categories:
bobber, allegory, passion, woman, memory,
Form:
Free verse
The Prize
...The Prize
The bobber floats, but when it dips, my heart skips for hooked lips. The line tightens, the tug is strong, I reel in. The fight is on. It's a tug of war, an uncooperative catch, an unoile......
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Categories:
bobber, adventure, animal, fishing, imagery,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Old Pond
...An old pond full of plops
with jumping fish and Bobber drops
From my pole, As I cast a line
I sit to watch the clouds blow by
A snapping turtle rises up
His leathery head, like a log
He takes ......
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Categories:
bobber, nature, water,
Form:
Rhyme