Carp Poems

There’s little left to do…
but, looking back, we carp the moment — 
its squirmy, scaly shape aflutter in our palms.

The evening’s ether gathers in the hallway
and shapes itself into the faces that we loved.
They’re blown away.
Their whispers’ echo is but...Read More

Come here you little Tinca
Come here towards my net
Come here you little Tinca 
You're a new PB I bet.

Ive fed you worms and maggots
Caught Roach and Bream its true
But as nice as it is to catch them
I came here to...Read More

The curve of your feet lain together
Soft skin wrinkles along relaxed soles
As right foot cradles the left in its arc

The arch of your shoulders as they curve
To where they meet your soft downy neck
Head fallen forward and face buried deep

Short...Read More

Life, an infinite continuum
feeding on its own death,
and we, self glorified in its midst,
on knife's edge of infinity,
daydream reflections of time,
mirrored images that seem like two,
are only one wheel of life and mortality;
parallel realities whose paths cross
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Please delight yourself
Every day
You are so worth it


Written 7-9-2019
Contest: MagiCicada13 Words to live by
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy
Type: Carp Diem


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Lotus  plants topped with tight bud heads 
conceal yellow flowers waiting to release 
a delicate scent that will hover over 
the reflecting pool, conjuring up 
mornings in some exotic place.

From dark waters red-orange carp 
venture up, moving elusively in...Read More

haiku happening.
noon sun sizzles-pavement hot-
carp splashing in lake....Read More

on 
   the menu
crabs
clam
      alfalfa
      salad
lasagna
pasta
    salsa
with
tramasalata:
carp
sprats
&prawns
parma ham
     jam
       tarts
and
banana
  flan

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Some people are so blunt
Their words tear and make you feel like a runt

Some people are so sharp
Their words cut like the bite of a carp 

Some people are so shallow
Without thinking words they bellow 

For some every second word...Read More

the turtle remarks to the trout
do you want that worm
it would be a nice morsel
replies the trout
but I could take 
insects of the surface
you would be too slow
for that, added the trout
that may be true
the turtle replied, and added
but
do either...Read More

Fishes From Heaven

I’m sorry to leave that dear husband of mine
But Ted will be fine with his rod, reel and line
His love for his fishing left me in the shade
I often said Ted should have wed a mermaid
When I get...Read More

I would love to live a secret life of a bald eagle flying free.
No more weakness and captivity, just strength and sovereignty. 
Soaring the skies so very high with strength and emancipation,
a paragon of freedom with power, persistent and mighty.
I’d...Read More

Clutching
The end of my Zebco rod and reel,
As the cast of tackle is flung
Like a small knot of costume jewelry
Skimming atop the caramel-colored Grand River,

Rattling awry like a dragonfly
The vibration tingling in the palm of my hand
As if I had...Read More

Wear Your Courage As A Glove, Never Fear To Speak

Walk into sunshine with no fear upon your head
cast fear far away, slap back any dread.
Sample life, its mysteries and its golden gifts
sail your magic boat, sleep while it just drifts.
Watch...Read More

Bruce

A lumbering man, 
audibly achily, stepped to the
floor’s center.
Had there been a spotlight, he’d’a shone.

His arms unfurled.
His hips spun.
His soles, silent
as he padded here,
then twisted to place a foot there.

A phoenix swooped, festooned in fire’s colors.
A monkey stole a man’s...Read More

Using reasoning to understand how we treat other species

And what we see means their numbers are rapidly decreasing

As humanity with its limited understanding keep feasting

On animals farmed for our greedy carnivorous desires

But suggest serving their pets up on a platter

Wagging...Read More

Stars, crisp in the deep plot
pulling off, late snow clouds
clean themselves
The river lets loose the carp,
coughs beneath its frozen part

Drippings on the roof hit the gutter
Ice branches ripped off in wind are waterborne
In the house, a rim of cheese is...Read More

I’d never been outside Victoria except once on the Murray,
where we fished for near a week only giving carp some curry,
but of course that was my highlight going on that camping trip.
I talked so much about it that it gave...Read More

Blunt can be sharp
If you but see,
A toxic carp
You now set free.


A certain shade
In toxic waste,
Death ready made
Echoes last haste.


Sharp cuts most deep
In toxic bloom,
A fatal sleep
Succeeds harsh gloom.


Roads lead nowhere
With toxic brine,
Death waits down there
In grotesque lines.


Late in the...Read More

haikia
~~~~~~~~
another night
torrential rain fills my butt
summer drought respite
-
a blackbird bathing
another overcast day
like Trump dense widespread
-
midges mosquitoes
larvae live food for the carp
land fauna struggles
-
dogwood tree in bloom
not gone unnoticed plus bees
late summer berries
-
no butterflies
two days since then only one
summertime failures
-
most life...Read More

Poor, poor fisherman, Jim Proctor
A flying carp sent him to the doctor
He was out sturgeon fishin'
Now his left eye's hurtin'
When his wife first saw it, it shocked her



Date written and posted: 06/03/2018...Read More

haiku
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a fledgeling starling
came to the pond to quench thirst
a koi carp jumped
-
no butterflies
a white tailed bumblebee queen
mint moths abundant
-
hen blackbird
feeding newly hatched chicks
wasps succumbed to rain
-
flower fly hovers
over greater speedwell
forget-me-not blooms
-
midges chance their luck
my white lilac turned to seed
bird cherries...Read More

AT ONE WITH NATURE

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The sun shines, brightly lights my day. My garden verdant many hues of green. Greater speedwell, resilient, blooms no matter the season. Late spring, early summer it explodes. Late Jack Frost, it copes beyond my imagination. A...Read More

 mallards... a pair
koi carp can't compete... duck feet
strang orange shapes
~
sunshine... summertime
fickle spring... climate changing
muted cuckoos
~
Jenny wren... begging
let summer have its way
seasons confound spring
~
first orange tip
fluttered by... seeking partners
tortoiseshell denied
~
sloe... blackthorn blossoms
cover branches... bumper crop
sloe gin... matures
~
the rose of love......Read More

Attila's axe quick and witty.
Wallering away in self-pitty.

Double edge bladed words,
characteristic of a domestic carp.

I take what you say in stride,
think and analyze.

Calling me ugly names,
is your judgemental opinion game.
You think you've won,
and lowered me to your domain.

Attila's axe so...Read More