Fish Poems | Examples of Fish Poetry

down went the bobber set the hook and don’t panic reel it in ~ fish fry! ...

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long tree limbs stretching over gurgling brook flowing minnows are dashing I sit on the bank observing nature’s beauty a calming moment ...

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I can't bring myself to read the front page news with which they string us along as portrayed by the views of those with a vested interest or the rest with an axe to grind who must think we're all just deaf dumb and blind to the truth of which there's more in the speech balloons of the funny characters in the Sunday cartoons it's all a...

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With a stiff upper lip and old school tie still it's just not cricket but the upper crust they say are on a sticky wicket to pay the estate or make ends meet they have conducted tours of stately homes safari parks and the family jewels we used to go to Scarborough Southend-on-Sea Bognor Brighton Blackpool have fish 'n' chips for tea but now for fifty...

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A mackerel sky fillets a fish scaled village, an ear clapping, full sailed, fog moors itself to the rooftops, then hides all in a breezeless blear. Rheumy eyes peep out from nets, damp noses sniff abaft trawling drapes. Cloth in hand, potbellied proprietors battle the splatter and spray, dabbing at mildewed shelves, warding away slopping waders and salty puddles. On the sightless sea far beyond the shore...

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Motion-activated caught on camera while cookies for the kids I was cooking a collared cat crept into the kitchen when I stepped outside and wasn't looking his potty break was well-timed as, sadly, I'd left the door unlocked onto the counter by the sink he climbed bared his butt and crapped in the crock tho' he gave new meaning to vanilla chocolate chip if I...

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I remember when I got them They were only five days old Their lips were big, and their eyes were small And their tails were Orangie/gold I used to feed them twice a day Once in the morning and once at night And when it was time for them to go to bed I would turn...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about winter, snow, snowball, home, fire, children, fun, frost, hail, fish, ice fishing. The year’s first snowfall; such happiness to be at home in my hut. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Fire-making friend, let me show you something grand: a huge snowball! —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Written for Basho’s dear friend Sora, who...

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One may see puffins and parrots any hour of the week both birds bear a big colourful beak the former pelagic feed on fish and live in large colonies on coastal cliffs tho' monogamous collectively breed as a bunch but with renown as the Atlantic sea clown in Iceland several are served as lunch the latter arboreal primarily frugivorous toco being by far the...

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a large school of fish in unison each fish turns the dance of nature ...

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I wonder who I’ll be when alone A salmon spent on Lagunitas creek A giving tree robbed of it nuts A sunset rooster with no eggs When your chick has flown the nest Even if for a summer vacation Who’ll give you meaning when life is fallow? Who will you be when your seed is in college? Will you be a cobweb at...

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bear wading in the stream bear grabs a jumping salmon bear feeds his hunger ...

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in aquatic world peaceful, shimmering fins glide mysteries await by Zyrool 30/6/25 ...

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Image #5 Over calm seas the sun does rise Far away and seeming so small Truth is where our perspective lies Over calm seas One of the largest of them all; Sea creature with bandits disguise The sun balancing like a ball So deceived by fallible eyes This whale makes the sun rise and fall Painting red, orange, yellow skies Over calm seas ...

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Tasty morsels may swim by I’ll just duck down and check it out Instead, a big fish I do spy Tasty morsels. Although this looks like a brown trout Or maybe it is a walleye They’re far to big I have no doubt. I’ll take a breath and then retry If nothing’s there, I’ll go without I...

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