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Best Fish Out Of Water Poems

Below are the all-time best Fish Out Of Water poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of fish out of water poems written by PoetrySoup members


Why I Believe In Evolution
You, skinny dipping,
is making each fish desire
to become a man....

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Categories: fish out of water, animal, beauty, desire, fish,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Synchronized Swimming
a large school of fish
     in unison each fish turns
          synchronized swimming
...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fish out of water, art, beauty, dance, fish,
Form: Haiku
Beneath the Surface
Have you swam the forests      under the seas
glided it's waters          ...

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Categories: fish out of water, boat, creation, earth, fish,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Dad and Me Under the Sea
I went out with my dad today, to swim beneath the sea.
He took me by the hand and said ‘just stay right next to me’.

We...

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Categories: fish out of water, adventure, family, fish, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Sonnet For Mother's Day To My Wife and Daughters
(Written about 2005, as a sonnet, but I cannot recall why I used 13 rather than 14 syllables per line. Maybe Petrachan? Forgive me if...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fish out of water, america, fish, nature, spring,
Form: Sonnet



By the Water's Edge
I sit by the waters edge
Sitting on the border of a concrete ledge
Surrounded by miss-shaped rocks
Formed by the years of repeated water knocks

I throw a...

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Categories: fish out of water, animals, daughter, nature, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Chrissie's Last Swim
In the twilight glow of drinking
Racing gaily over dunes
Stripping down, a natural beauty
Bouncing curves shaped by the moon

“What’s your name, again?” He questions
“Chrissie,” she calls,...

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Categories: fish out of water, beach, beauty, film, fish,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Under the Sea
Under the sea I will be,                                      ...

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Categories: fish out of water, blue, color, fish, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Alligator
My name means the lizard
Fossil records list me
Colors change youth~adult
Freshwater is my home
On land~water swimming
I eat fish~turtles~you
We mate in late spring time 
 

Date Written:3/28/2022...

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Categories: fish out of water, age, fish, food, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Panther
A story had been told about the Great Lakes,                ...

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Categories: fish out of water, animal, body, cute, fish,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member African Lungfish
lungfish

a lungfish
mined timepiece
unwind years when wet

2022 January 08...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fish out of water, endurance, fish, sleep, time,
Form: Haiku
Mountaintop Lake
I have reached the peak, of Mountaintop Lake
A mystical lake, where clear blue water awaits
The bright colorful fish makes my soul wake
The sounds of nature,...

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Categories: fish out of water, adventure, beautiful, fish, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Waves of Worry
Walking by the edge of the ocean
I think of all the times you let me down
Deceived me 
Lied to me
Hurt me 
Abused me
I drag my...

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Categories: fish out of water, confusion, death, me, water,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Haiku 174
Quiet lake…floating ducks…
baited fishing lines plopping…
silent sun setting....

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Categories: fish out of water, 7th grade, animal, fish,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Mystical Lake
Turquoise blue glittering water of a mountain lake 
Showing activities of various fish with their grace
Efficient floating of exultant duck families through their loveliness
Reflections of...

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Categories: fish out of water, beauty, cheer up, fish,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things