Gone Fishing
Despairing seafaring..can be
Lore of days of yore
Glories or gory
Bold stories told
Foreshore folklore
Hemingway’s…Old
Man and the Sea
Smiles..feeling chipper
Like a wee nipper
Reeling in a ripper
Serious delirious skipper
No not a wee kipper
More like stealing Flipper (ah remember Flipper)
Sort of caught
Trials snort beguiles
Rather overwrought
Wiles & guile..fraught
Palaver..how they fought
All went iffy in a jiffy
This grouper.. a storm trooper
All...
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Categories:
fishing,
Form: Rhyme
A Fish Tale
A fish popped out of the lake
from his scales the water he done shaked
looked at me, curiously, wondering, “Is he awake?”
Well, I was still as a...
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Categories:
fish, fishing, school, smart,
Form: Rhyme
CATCH OF THE DAYCATCH OF THE DAY
Today is Father's Day. So I wrote this string of Haikus as a remembrance of my dad whose favorite past time fishing. He was a fisherman extraordinair!
dawn by the river
daylight has barely arrived,
mist dances gently
morning reverie
how perfectly the songbirds
fill the silence
old flat-bottom boat
his rod and torn fishing net –
father’s calloused hands
the...
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Categories:
12th grade, father, fishing,
Form: Haiku
An Osprey CirclesAn osprey circles
Hoping I will find a fish for him
A beaver slaps its tail
Yodels to its young
Turtles lounge in the sun
As Swans and Geese negotiate
A doe and fawn cautiously
Observe my passing
A blue Heron appears
Undisturbed by my presence
Soft breezes tickle the lily pads
As the Dragonflies dance
...
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Categories:
beauty, fishing,
Form: Free verse
Wishing While Fishing Horn Haikuwhen we were wishing
would catch big one while fishing
with a lure swishing...
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Categories:
fishing, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
What was I sayingI don't want to imply that it was bad.
but what I've seen is drenched in black.
And I don't want to feel this way for you.
So scrape me out of you,
and I'll lead you out of me.
I don't want to live this way for you.
Only time will tell how this will end
there's to many scars...
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Categories:
fishing, for him, i
Form: Free verse
Fishing MemoriesFishing Memories
my father and I
early in the morning
our favorite together time
sun peeping above the horizon
many times, we caught no fish
who cares...
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Categories:
fishing, memory,
Form: Ekphrasis
Gone Fishin’He loved to cast a line and lay
crab pots off the rocks down the bay.
I would tag along for the ride
and hope Tangaroa bless the tide
givin’ up its catch of the day
So the fish whisperer did call
...
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Categories:
best friend, fishing, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
The Mind of TimeMinds meet mind minds to talk of what is pure and divine
But they too are caught in to the web and reveal some things
That should not be said, they have travelled a thousand miles
To mend the broken lines changes were coming soon so they
All gather at the table to test the minds to see...
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Categories:
fishing, age, america, appreciation, community,
Form: Free verse
IM STILL HEREI'M STILL HERE
IT ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD
I WAS MOLESTEDFOR 5 YEARS FROM MY DAD
AND RAPED BY MY BROTHER
BUT I"M STILL HERE
I HAVE BEEN BEATENWITH A TOW CHAIN
AND MY HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE WITH ME IN IT
...
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Categories:
fishing, abuse, animal,
Form: Other
- Island -
Categories:
fantasy, fishing, fun,
Form: Verse
Tariff For TeaTea in the well
Gin in the sea
Spices are floating
In the clouds with me
Get a bottle of wine
And dine with me
Tariff in the big boat
Dancing with me
Vodka on the rock
Locking at my new frock
Whisky in the market
Smiling with me
I have dinner date
with friends and
Company so make
your reservation
before the clock struck three
The fisher...
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Categories:
fishing, books, business, character, city,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
fishing, sea, sky, stars,
Form: Senryu
An Editor Grills a Cub Reporter
“You got the goldfish interview, as asked?”
“I did, sir, but he lacked the wherewithal
to answer me coherently, I fear.”
“What’s that supposed to mean? The fishing section
is looking pretty thin. You showed up masked?”
“Of course I did. That goldfish flu’s no joke.
He said he’s scared of casual infection.”
“Your killer question, then? Your master stroke?”
“What is the...
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Categories:
fishing,
Form: Rhyme
Stark Bare Trees on Piermont PierVisibility is low, wear a bright vest,
Cycle with lights on, caution is best.
Stay on the bike path across the Tappan Zee
The Hudson's below, but you can't see
You can't see the water, the fog is like a wall
It might be a blanket, it might be a pall
You peer through glasses...
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Categories:
fishing, dad, death, depression, dream,
Form: Lyric
Specific Types of Fishing Poems
Definition | What is Fishing in Poetry?