Best Koi Poems
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
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Published in my photo/poetry book ~KOI POND~ 2020
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on March 29, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE T sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
Fury!
Black striped and gold bands
your ghost feet
my shattered tongue
Oh love!
What madness
that fragrant flower!
lungs as balloons with air
That Time divides:
purple Pains &
pink Pleasures
Koi
carped the 5th
the judge laughed
and gummy bears hate
hungry lawyers.
:: 07-10-2018 ::
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gold scales ripple through
the jade mirror of stillness—
one breath, then plunges
into sunken palaces
where water forgets the sky
Quote:"Lurking in stone’s shadow, quietly flows a fleeting saga of heroism.
And I, too, swim like that koi—through stillness, I traverse time in contemplation. " --- Zen thought
In the jade-mirrored stillness, scales ripple like silent sutras,
Broidered ghosts of light drifting beneath stone and shadow.
Each breath of water carries a hush—a teaching unspoken,
Inviting the mind to rest in the ebb of being and non-being.
A single red mark, bright as a lantern in deep quiet,
Breaks the surface of calm—a spark of courage in stillness.
Here, the koi becomes memoir of perseverance—the ancient river’s echo of transformation,
Softly urging, "Continue beyond the current, and become."
Beneath moss-fingered rocks, time flows in slow meditation,
Every ripple a lesson, every current a silent koan.
The fish, with graceful intent, glides through root and reflection,
An embodiment of Zen’s paradox: movement within stillness.
And so I am koi in the mirrored pond—seeking and serene—
My heart a tracing of curves on water’s face,
Finding in each quiet stroke the eternal in the ephemeral,
Swimming not to arrive, but simply to become luminous.
Sun on still waters—
Then a sudden splash of gold
Vanishing below.
koi not to be caught
fisher breathed a sullen sigh
pond veiled in lilies
8/6/2018
captcha of my log in ; kfp (4=f)
Poetry Contest: haiku captcha
Sponsored by: Harry Horsman
Claw needed to heal
A brownish snapping turtle
Ate up Momma’s koi
Koi Pond
Tranquil garden dream;
orange fish surface to catch food,
trickling waters.
koi swim to surface
sunlight shows their golden hue
breathe and kiss the sun
(February 4, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)
(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved
we koi are not normally curious about debris dumped into our pond
This time things were different
A land animal had been dumped
One of the giant land animals!
We swam closer and found a channel open
Not that close! Papa Koi chided us
"I have seen their kind before.”
He had barely escaped one of them.
The pretty pink haired girl stared at the koi.
They were vibrantly golden, pretty.
She had consulted her runes this morning.
She was to find the leader; but how?
koi dress in sunlight
gray rocks, slimy, remain cold
lake knows of roundness
they must think I am color-blind or color-unaware
but I am aware, because I am an artist.
I am orange with black and silver markings.
how dare they call me a young emerald tree boa
what part of me is emerald? I ask defiantly.
Bruce the golden koi...
the great white shark of the pond
— culling of koi fry
5/2/2018
Coy you are.
I saw you be a
Koi in the pond
When you swam by me.
Coiling colors
In swaying reeds...
Then a duck came,
So I ducked in the trees.
.
the lock uv her tress
from her lips she with koi pulled
predicting mine kiss
*japanese
koi In Japanese, "koi" is a homophone for love, another word that
means "affection" or "love", so koi (ornamental versions of the
common carp) are symbols of love and friendship in Japan.