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Best Halibut Poems


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I’m not a fan of seafood but don’t mind
a tuna salad or fried fish with fries.
In England, that’s called fish ‘n’ chips. I find
the same name used on menus here. My eyes
spy that title easily. I am awed.
By a nice huge serving of fish ‘n’...

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Categories: halibut, fish,
Form: Sonnet
my father is a halibut
My father is a Halibut 

we lived on a small island in the stream 
a ferry boat took us into town 
on one such a day on our way to Houston 
my father wordlessly jumped overboard
the ferry shipper stopped the boat
and looked, but there was no sign of him
I...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: halibut, absence, child, color, first
Form: Blank verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things