Fishing
...down went the bobber
set the hook and don’t panic
reel it in ~ fish fry!
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Categories:
bobber, boat, fish, fishing, fun,
Form: Senryu
Gone Fishing
...On the banks of a river, with a rod in my hand.
With the sun on my face, whilst i'm feeling suntanned.
I sit by the river and let my worries fade.
With dreams of a big one, whilst looking for shad...
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Categories:
bobber, beautiful, day, fishing, nature,
Form: Rhyme
to fish or not to fish
...water ripples near
bobber bounces in water
still no stinkin fish...
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Categories:
bobber, fish,
Form: Haiku
Dreamer's Lake
...You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A wondrous land whose boundaries are those of imagination; Your next step- The Twi-Light Zone.
Someti...
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Categories:
bobber, death, dream,
Form: Narrative
Once More
...I contemplate the bobber on the water.
It is as still as a friend’s prayer at meeting.
Connected to this moment by monofilament
I sit as if I were asleep.
A gust of north wind roils the surfa...
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Categories:
bobber, age, anxiety, fishing, leaving,
Form: Free verse
With Breakfast On Their Whiskers
...snuggled up to the gentle fire
under the moon and stars
he rests his head
and nestles into
a long lingering
swig of whiskey
that drifts his mind
on the night breeze
like the billowy puff
s...
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Categories:
bobber, aubade, dog, love, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Young Fisherman
...His long cane pole limber and perfect,
Patiently waiting, his eye on the bobber
For his prey, he has the utmost respect,
The big fish almost becoming his cobber.
He’d seen it swim among t...
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Categories:
bobber, boy, fishing,
Form: Rhyme
The 15 Priorities of Fishing
...THE 15 PRIORITIES OF FISHING
1) doing something
together
2) watching the bobber
go under
3) feeling that tug/tension
on the line
4) what you catch
5) size of what you c...
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Categories:
bobber, allegory, fishing,
Form: Free verse
Scenes From the Past
...A soft bed, a good book, a big brother
Listening to stories that sweeten dreams
Expressively read to us by Mother
A fishing pole, bobber, and muddy streams
Catching grasshoppers and earthworms ...
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Categories:
bobber, brother, childhood, family, father,
Form: Terza Rima
Simple Pleasures
...When summer's in the meadow
and the bluebird's on the wing,
I love the simple pleasures
that a country morn can bring.
Then all the world's a cane pole
with a bobber and a line,
the catfish are...
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Categories:
bobber, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Watt Her
...with doser in hand
walking the land
scape waiting
for a sign
that my
rod may tug
like a fishing
line letting
the bobber
sign
what i've tried
to find i've
found
under
this
mound...
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Categories:
bobber, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Yup Got Away
...there's only one way
straight down is all you control
so use a bobber
line through a swivel
with sinkers and lucks good bait
play out line and wait
tick tick heavy weight
a slow to reel in...
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Categories:
bobber, animal, appreciation,
Form: Haiku
Memorial Day Remembrance
...Sitting on the old black oak, where we used to fish together,
lost in the past, I think back, and remember a better day.
You wrote to me about your new ship, and new friends,
and your new Pontiac,...
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Categories:
bobber, appreciation, remembrance day, river,
Form: Narrative
Oh, Don'T Blame Me
...Oh, Don't Blame Me!
Oh, don't blame me, at times (if I miss better rhymes,)
When my thoughts are like Jell-O that doesn't congeal,
Must we fault 'rush to judgments,' when...
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Categories:
bobber, love, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
The Prize
...The Prize
The bobber floats, but when it dips, my heart skips for hooked lips. The line tightens, the tug is strong, I reel in. The fight is on. It's a tug of war, an uncooperative catch, an unoile...
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Categories:
bobber, adventure, animal, fishing, imagery,
Form: Prose Poetry
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