hot day of happy
feeding frenzy of koi fish
minnows die relieved
Categories:
minnows, animal,
Form: Haiku
Summer is tethered to the scent of a rose,
and bubbling brooks, where minnows nip at bare toes.
Spring spurs Summertime on, and indeed, it shows;
freeing the rivers and lakes that Winter froze,
while greening the dried grasses of the meadows.
Summer's sizzling hot sun shines brightly all day;
warming swimming pools where children splash and play.
And, bronzes with an ultraviolet ray,
as folks flock to sandy beaches, come what may.
Children launch paper kites on a rising breeze;
and eat green apples picked from wild apple trees,
while playing outdoor games, and skinning their knees.
Dreading the thought that Winter will reappear,
I believe Summer is the best time of year.
I'll choose summer over Winter any day!
I hate the cold, frozen feet, and runny nose;
as well as shoveling snow from the driveway,
I'd rather swelter in Summer's heat than freeze.
Autumn shifts my metabolism to low gear:
and I find myself wishing Summer would stay.
Categories:
minnows, 12th grade, beauty, fun,
Form: Verse
MINNOWS
this World is a stage
minnows chat up play die out
Curtain falls, a net
Categories:
minnows, world,
Form: Haiku
One of lifes sunshine days
A pleasant walk down to the river
Scene of all basking in high summer sun
Sheep graze roaming enamoured of the warm grass
The river flowing passing on its ancient meandering way
A self carved path by an enticement no choice drawn to the sea
And over the river and water meadows comfy white cottages seen
The bright garden colours given now a soft focus by haze and distance
Onto the river bridge the weight an impetus of water a few feet down below
Grey stone ancient buttress shaped by old artifice granting water a gentle pass
Auric and glistening the strong suns noonday blazing light beams down
Lit the riverbed of soft golden sands transmuted a bronze by depth
Flanking green reeds softly sway the gentle current persuades
Shadows shapes seen moving contrary and counter way
Lovely minnow’s dark tops sides a silver hidden
Viewed unseen but in this summer light
Serendipity favour a glance a view
Perhaps a little peep
Of heaven
Categories:
minnows, beautiful, memory, light, summer,
Form: Shape
Seen Heaven
Or a little peep perhaps
Viewed unseen but in this summer light
Minnow’s dark tops sides a lovely silver hidden
Serendipity a contrary counter way shapes and in shadows
Green reeds softly sway the gentle flanking current persuading
Lit the riverbed of soft golden sands transmuted a bronze by depth
Glistening yellow auric the strong suns noonday blazing light beams down
Ancient buttress grey stone shaped by old artifice gives water a gentle pass
On the river bridge the weight of water an impetus a few feet down below
In the distance bright garden colours given now soft a focus by haze
Comfy white cottages over the river resting in water meadows seen
A self carved path by an enticement no choice drawn to the sea
The river flowing passing on its ancient meandering way
Sheep graze roaming enamoured of the warm grass
Scene of all basking in high summer sun
A pleasant walk down to the river
One of life’s sunshine days
Heaven seen
Categories:
minnows, romancelight, summer, water, light,
Form: Shape
See Heaven
Or a little peep perhaps
Viewed unseen but in this summer light
Minnow’s dark tops sides a lovely silver hidden
Mesmeric a contrary counter way shapes and shadows seen
Green reeds softly sway the gentle flanking current persuades
Lit the riverbed of soft golden sands transmuted a bronze by depth
Glistening yellow auric the strong suns noonday blazing light beams down
Ancient buttress grey stone shaped by old artifice gives water a gentle pass
On the river bridge the weight an impetus of water a few feet down below
In the distance once bright garden colours given now soft focus by haze
Comfy white cottages over the river resting in water meadows seen
A self carved path by an enticement no choice drawn to the sea
The river flowing passing on its ancient meandering way
Sheep graze roaming enamoured of the warm grass
Scene of all basking in high summer sun
A pleasant walk down to the river
One of life’s sunshine days
Categories:
minnows, happinesslight, summer, water, light,
Form: I do not know?
River minnows
One of life’s sunshine days
A pleasant walk down to the river
Scene of all basking in high summer sun
Sheep graze roaming enamoured of the warm grass
The river flowing passing on its ancient meandering way
A self carved path by an enticement no choice drawn to the sea
And over the river and water meadows comfy white cottages seen
The bright garden colours given now a soft focus by haze and distance
Onto the river bridge the weight an impetus of water a few feet down below
Grey stone ancient buttress shaped by old artifice granting water a gentle pass
Auric and glistening the strong suns noonday blazing light beams down
Lit the riverbed of soft golden sands transmuted a bronze by depth
Flanking green reeds softly sway the gentle current persuades
Shadows shapes seen moving contrary and counter way
Lovely minnow’s dark tops sides a silver hidden
Viewed unseen but in this summer light
Serendipity favour a glance a view
Perhaps a little peep
Of heaven
Categories:
minnows, mysterylight, summer, water, light,
Form: Narrative