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Bobber Poems - Poems about Bobber

Premium MemberFishing

...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



Premium Memberto 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

Premium MemberDreamer'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

Premium MemberOnce 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



Premium MemberWith 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

Premium MemberThe 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

Premium MemberThe 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

Premium MemberScenes 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?

Premium MemberYup 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

Premium MemberMemorial 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

Premium MemberOh, 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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