Best Marlin Poems

It was my birthday and my partner wanted to take a trip to Mazatlan,
on the coast of Mexico. We decided to go deep-sea fishing so...

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Antisocial anacondas don't associate in numbers;
Bears and beagles don't become the best of friends.
Civet cats catch rats, so is it any wonder
On doleful dingoes dire...

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Mango Salsa
Ahi Tuna
Ready 
Lures
Inviting 
Novice
Mosey 
On in
Now
Relax
Observe
Everyone's 
Satisfaction...

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A smile
A guitar
A rolled up cig
A voice that sings
At every gig

A mind that travels
Beyond this plain,
A sense of humor,
Sometimes insane...

A devotion
To daughters
Of whom he was
so...

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Ole Les set out by kayak from the shore

Big blue marlin rose from the ocean floor

  Nipped his bait, gave Les a tow

 ...

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Sunday Morning blues

 RIO DE JANEIRO all nights or LAS VEGAS nightlife
After two-three glasses of Twisted Ice Lemon
Or was it an Alabama Slammer?  You...

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I've got a dish of killifish
I wish to eat that silly fish
Baked, or fried in peanut oil
Roasted, dried, or let to boil.

Make me a star-gazy...

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hola sh!t!
who are YOU?
spanky girl
in thigh high
boots! whoah!
shadow long
disguised a form
petite in size
since the day
i was born
wHip! my lip
sticks out
and I pout
when I don’t
get what...

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Sexy Sardine:
Dishy
Fishy

Charming Swordfish
Darlin'
Marlin

Alaskan poacher gets mauled by a:
Polar's
Molars

After sex, bears often share a:
Yogi
Stogie

Snake Charmer:
Viper
Piper

Sheep Predator:
Mutton
Glutton




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"The Other Ocean'


She’s on the other side
On another Ocean
The colour in the light
Hides the burning 
fire in her eyes

She’s slowly falling into line 
Clock keeping...

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Flawless
Down in Florida on the twenty-ninth of May,
the Phillies had a pitcher named Roy Halladay.

There was a show in store for Phillies fans in town.
In...

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my buddy John's Bertram a wood antique
I fixed the engines while he varnish teak
so there we were Joe, John, and Kelly
with a cooler packed with...

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                   He's a disgrace to the Red...

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When Katrina came calling,
Lady Blues brought some 
Miami Hurricane bad news
Green Dolphin Street pain parade
went Mardi Gras wind marching
down to the delta swamp of Nawl...

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While casual, coral reef cruising, marlin flygirl fishing,
my dinghy eyes got capsized 
into the shimmy-ing belly of a barracuda
Crustacean curiosity got sent on an abdominal...

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remember who, what, and how it happened
and
does it roll over and over
the scenario
in your mind of liquid
minds...
the fear of disaster 
because of the new beginning
and...

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Way off the coast of Maine he is fishing
while soldiers he sent to war are dying;
and out in the desert blood is flowing
as he is...

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ENTER NEOLINA

What a fabulous fish
What an awesome dish,
Neolina is her name,
And Flirting is her game.
She dives, shimmers,
Swims and flows,
She always smiles, 
Shines and glows,
And then...

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Virility of a writer,
an adventure...
you would find,
out in the bush!

For the big hunt
to unwind...
your clock,
in time.

Only to come undone,
and for victory
you had won.

All in full...

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Robert Allen Zimmerman a gifted poetical man
Known as Bob Dylan with an acoustic guitar in his hand 
Married Shirley Marlin Noznisky aka Sarah Lownds
Who divorced...

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Two, perhaps three miles out to sea, beyond the reef to Zapatillas,
Bocas’ dual sand-edged footprint jewels with jungle centre trees, 
Francesco’s outboard boat heads out...

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Some people find sublime beauty
in its foaming white-caps and waves,
they look at it like a lover
who is so prone to misbehave.
They dream of riding the...

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Young Bobby Lee, loved Patty McGee;
They were married in the spring of eighty-three;
Auburn locks and pretty as you please;
Patty was a looker, complete with sharp...

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I want to be Tony, Samuel, Mickey, Marlin and Jack.
With the self-confidence of Izzy, who wears pride on her back.
I want to walk with my...

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