Cocal
...Behold the shout of “SEA!” where ends the land
down Manzanilla way on windward shore -
on coconut road, on ribbons of sand
and follow a trail of palms to its door.
Upon wet beachcomber fo...
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Categories:
kingfish, beach, childhood, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Sonnet
Fishing
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Oh how I’m wishing that I were fishing!
I’d love to see the swishing that I’ve been missing.
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\fins ‘n skins/
catfish
dogfish
goatfish
lizardfish
goosefish
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Categories:
kingfish, environment, fish, fishing, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Ugly American
...The ugly American likes waving the flag.
And dissing what he doesn’t understand.
He’s scared of change and threatened by intelligence,
But says he’s only honoring his clan.
The ugly American ca...
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Categories:
kingfish, allegory, america, brother, political,
Form: Blank verse
Haiku
...haiku 19/04/2018
serve me kingfish raw
my bank balance hit the floor
yet still I crave more...
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Categories:
kingfish, fish, food,
Form: Haiku
Smiling Kingfish
...Kingfish sat tall in the boat.
His baited hook trolled behind,
To entice lurking humanoids,
He would fillet before he dined.
The ocean had schools of bait,
Swimming humanoids could not resist—...
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Categories:
kingfish, fantasy, fish, humor, imagination,
Form: Quatrain
We Were Baby Boomers
...Sitting upon these fringes of change an odd precept
Perhaps a bit bizarre their maxims ironic while viewed
Aneath an infants classroom desk while, his sirens wailed
Gazing into this magical glass;...
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Categories:
kingfish, art, baby, cancer, love,
Form: I do not know?
Nun In Friar Small-Bro's Grave---Yard Part 2
...Continuation
With ghouls, unlearned, no stone’s unturned
to burnish blame with Nun’s proud name
and leave the midnight sky... scarred.
They raise their hats to copy cats...
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Categories:
kingfish, daughter, fantasy, mother, sister,
Form: Rhyme
We Need Another Kingfish
...Lousiana, we've been behind in everything for way too long.
We need another leader like Huey P. Long.
We need for us all to live like queens and kings.
To grant Louisiana's economic wish we ...
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Categories:
kingfish, people, philosophy, places, political
Form: Rhyme