Best Fish Poems
Below are the all-time best Fish poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of fish poems written by PoetrySoup members
A WISH FOR FISH AND A DOLPHINS SWISHA WISH FOR ALL FISH
Washed up on shores around the world
Already dead, a whale, a dolphin a shark,
All marine life is suffering, the situation
Has...
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Categories:
fish,
Form:
Free verse
Fish FlirtingA yellow-tailed angelfish
flashed his tail at me.
His shimmering skin was all aglow,
as he wiggled his fins and waved hello....
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Categories:
fish, humor,
Form:
Quatrain
The Loss Of The Andrea GailThey that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in...
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Categories:
america, aubade, death, fish,
Form:
Narrative
Pointing To The ProblemsPOINTING TO THE PROBLEMS
{Bivouacs}
Beat down with legal fees
Tied up with taxes;
Tripped up with mortgages;
Ripped off with student loans
Insulted with insurance
Telephone updates.
Out of...
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Categories:
earth day, emotions, fish,
Form:
Free verse
Do you remember meThey walk silently along my hallways.
Floors littered with faded finery.
Do you remember my Granduer?
I had once been called the Queen of the sea.
Pulled down to...
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Categories:
beauty, bereavement, eulogy, fish,
Form:
I do not know?
Feast of the Beast: Jan Allison and Lin LaneThe mean old housecat has bulgy eyes
when she looks at us in our fish bowl
Oh, how much we've come to despise
that big mouth of hers,...
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Categories:
cat, fish,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fisherwoman - For ContestA desperate spinster, Jane took
strong measures the day she would cook
fresh trout. Her date bit
the barb left in it!
He truly was caught on her hook!
4/26/2015...
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Categories:
fish,
Form:
Limerick
CRUCIFISHThe fish is a creature cold and wet
Hooked by line and trawled by net,
Easy to catch and yummy to eat
Fried in oil or seared by...
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Categories:
allegory, life, nature, fish,
Form:
Personification
Diary of a Salmon
Day 1
Today I passed a shad,
on his way to Prince William Sound.
He protested that I go downstream.
But to the current he is bound.
Day 2
I encountered...
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Categories:
adventure, fish, humor, humorous,
Form:
Personification
The Fisherman and the MermaidTHE FISHERMAN AND THE MERMAID
A young fisherman berthed in Penzance
Went ashore one fine night to a dance
He woke up on his boat
With a mermaid afloat
The...
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Categories:
fish, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
SardinesThrough the water they glide,
an immense mosaic of millions of silvery fish
on their migratory run,
obeying a call immemorial,
a mystery of aquatic...
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Categories:
fish, imagery, journey, life,
Form:
Imagism
Why I believe in EvolutionYou, skinny dipping,
is making each fish desire
to become a man.
...
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Categories:
animal, beauty, desire, fish,
Form:
Senryu
haiku kvfkoi pond quietude
values and tones of zen stones
find repose and peace
8/9/2018
Haiku Captcha Contest
Sponsor: Harry Horsman...
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Categories:
fish, garden, nature, peace,
Form:
Haiku
big brown bear
big strong furry brown
fishing for salmon with paws~
prancing through flowers
Date Written: 4/12/2022
3 Place
Howmanysyllables.com
Wild Animal Haiku Poetry Contest Haiku poetry form only. Sponsored...
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Categories:
fish, fishing, flower, humor,
Form:
Haiku
KOI POND
a lazy stream
meanders
under
sullen
midday sun
beneath a rustic
wooden bridge
regal koi fish
ride
ceremoniously
humbled
glistening
glittering
rippling
gentle flowing waves
Published in my photo/poetry book ~KOI POND~ 2020
AP: Honorable...
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Categories:
fish, nature, summer, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
sunriseocean of abstract
wildlife feed under moonlight~
starlet sun rises
8/17/2020
Is a Premiere Poetry Contest H I - K U Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...
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Categories:
fish, ocean,
Form:
Haiku
Fishing Adventure "Fishing Adventure"
fishing is a sport of supreme relaxation
beneath golden Sun with great anticipation
while warm water is quiet
fish feast on worm diet
as...
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Categories:
adventure, fish,
Form:
Limerick
THEY DON'T BITE LIKE THEY USED TOHe sat there in his fav'rite chair, a blanket 'cross his lap
And covering his snow white hair was his old fishing cap.
I knew...
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Categories:
fish, father, nostalgia, social, dad,
Form:
Rhyme
From our Deck-Front in DecemberFrom
our pink deck with a Jarra cocktail table-set
We sit awaiting sunset with an
‘Hawaiian absence’ of seagulls
As dusk comes with violet echoes
across...
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Categories:
fish, absence, boat, culture, december,
Form:
Free verse
In A Melting World
The Inuit call the Narwhal the one that points to the sky,
Because of...
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Categories:
animal, fish, nature, water,
Form:
Verse
THE REEF
The unceasing roar
Surf and coral,
hitting the shore
This underwater show
This blaze of colour,
roar of surf.... so
Coral reef home,
so many fish,
blue sea foam,
this is my wish............
This living...
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Categories:
fish, adventure, peace, blue, sea,
Form:
Bio
Haiku - into the blue
in the deep blue
the boat lay tilted to one side-
...
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Categories:
blue, boat, fish, sea,
Form:
Haiku
A Fish's LifeSwim
Eat.....poop
Poop.....float
Float some more
Sigh....stare
Bubbles.....stare
Smile.....I farted
Float...
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Categories:
fish, funny,
Form:
I do not know?
Sirens of the OceanUnder the ocean where King Neptune rules,
multiple species of fish form schools.
The most fantastical fish you'll ever see,
is a mermaid in her long-haired glory.
Sirens of...
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Categories:
fantasy, fish, ocean,
Form:
Couplet
Fishy TaleA pond sits in the glen
bright fish dashing about
casting silvery shadows
ducks chasing after them
eels making their way to sea
flying birds circling back and forth
green frogs...
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Categories:
fish,
Form:
Abecedarian