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.
Categories:
carp, fish,
Form: Free verse
seize today
run with her
throw her to the moon
lasso her around a tree limb and swing on her
you only have one opportunity to adore her
before tomorrow knocks her out of the park
Categories:
carp, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Carpe Diem
Carp
A Carp in the fryer,
is worth far more than,
all the trout in a lake.
By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison
Categories:
carp, fish, simple,
Form: Other
bug eyed and no place
to hide my naked goldfish
acting koi
Categories:
carp, feelings, fish, nature,
Form: Senryu
haiku happening.
noon sun sizzles-pavement hot-
carp splashing in lake.
Categories:
carp, sun,
Form: Haiku
narcissus, the pond
across the surface ripples
disillusionment
dead in the water, floating
not so koi now, bloated carp
by gail
Categories:
carp, crazy, fish, flower, humor,
Form: Tanka
he sits and he stares he miows and he purrs he's mocking and making his plan
i'm ahead of his game my agendas the same a battle of cat versus man
as i sit and reminisce it wasn't always like this at first we had an unbreakable bond
but all was lost when i found to my cost him licking his lips by the pond
i fed him the best roast chicken breast turkey and ham on the bone
we dined as a pair our friendship was rare till the night that he dined alone
my one fatal error was to trust that feline terror a mistake i will never repeat
if only i'd netted if only i'd vetted and removed the claws from his feet
if only they had dived when that feline felon arrived my garden would still bring me joy
the moral to this story so morbid and gory my carp should have been more coy
Categories:
carp, pets,
Form: Rhyme