Swim Lessons
...When you are washed away by the tides of life,
Swallowed whole by the anonymity of the sea,
Forgotten about,
-as meaningless as codfish-,
-Battered and bloodied by the ruthless ocean
Remember;...
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Categories:
codfish, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: I do not know?
A Merry Brunch With Marky-Mark the Shark
...I am a foodie, I must confess, I swim a few laps for exercise
Along come the Mollusk, and to my pleasant surprise
I have no restraint and they look so yummy
I just open my jaws wide, and fill up m...
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Categories:
codfish, day, fish, food,
Form: Rhyme
Not Always True
...May England be
a enormous ship called:
"Queen of the Seas"
And that doesn't sink ...!
May Portugal be
a grand winery
in Lisbon or Funchal,
li...
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Categories:
codfish, allegory, allusion, creation, extended
Form: Limerick
The Outlet Twins
...The two black and white mini-twins seemed surprised beyond surprised.
Their mouths were open like codfish in the middle of a yell.
These babies were stacked on top of each other when they caught my...
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Categories:
codfish, family, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Boris
...Well swollen boobies on bullocks Boris is boss
our nations Prime Minister at J Hunt's loss
some say a buffoon and they say it sinister
like the mans brain is only miniature
think Corbyn the codf...
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Categories:
codfish, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
About Fish
...About fish
Something made me think of fish
not those in tanks which life must be boring
swimming around and around
until tired and resting at the bottom
wondering how to get out of this water...
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Categories:
codfish, anger, angst, animal, deep,
Form: Blank verse
Middle School Transition Day
...Been to visit the middle school
Not ready to let our babies go there
First of all, they are like lambs
Innocent for the most part
But now that they have seen
The fantastically “fly” cheerleade...
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Categories:
codfish, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Codfish
...The life of fishes
I bought a cod fish
The fish-monger wrapped it in
A newspaper
I put in in the kitchen sink
Looked it in the eyes
Any recognition
Between two being
Nothing
I cut its ...
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Categories:
codfish, arabic, autumn, basketball, best
Form: Blank verse
The Captain and the Codfish
...Peter Pan? He is nothing but a tale drawn out,
a hero of half-truths, drowned in fairy dust,
the dullest side of a double-edged sword.
Before my time lost its salt,
before the boards of this ...
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Categories:
codfish, body, fairy, children, truth,
Form: Prose Poetry
History, Reality, Fantasy
...Waters so thick with codfish,
the Basques caught them in handbaskets.
A river turned red as
salmon returned from the ocean.
Tropical seas teeming with billfish
and beaches thick with turtles
i...
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Categories:
codfish, bereavement, environment, fantasy, history,
Form: Free verse
Fishballs
...Balls and Balls Sonnet
At the posh supermarket in Albufeira, it sells Icelandic fishballs harvested from
ten- year-old codfish. They are white, and round just like other balls in size, say,
m...
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Categories:
codfish, eulogy, good morning,
Form: Blank verse
Donna's Prismatic Eyes
...Donna's prismatic eyes
Suspended midair
More eyes, many visions
Overlap ...
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Categories:
codfish, conflict, confusion,
Form: Prose Poetry
River Grouper
...River Grouper
Old river Codfish hit the bay,
in sunny South Australia.
He said "that’s odd",
"It’s salty Cod",
"I’m seasick, not heart failure".
The boat came by,
they stared a bit.
S...
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Categories:
codfish, adventure
Form: Rhyme
Going Bush
...Going bush
So I suppose if the world explodes
With war and misery
I will go bush,
Atom bombs will push
Me away from the great city
Return to the fiftys lifestyle
Box of matches an a pock...
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Categories:
codfish, adventureme, old, me, old,
Form: Rhyme
Fish and Fishing
...FISH AND FISHING
Eat fish and you’re fed for one meal says my wife;
But learn how to fish and you’re fed all your life.
But the taste of that fish
It’s not what I wish -
It’s mea...
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Categories:
codfish, funnyfish,
Form: Limerick
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