Raylene's a Mommy
...When I wed sweet Raylene, her hair was pure gold,
And she was the prettiest thirteen-year-old.
But now she's a plump as a pickerel frog,
'Cos she's had more babies than BillyBob's hog.
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Categories:
pickerel, song,
Form: Lyric
Visions of the Vale
...“Look deep into nature and you’ll understand everything better.”
Albert Einstein
I stood on the sloped path near the waterfall.
Mesmerised by the sound of falling water.
All arou...
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Categories:
pickerel, beauty, imagery, nature,
Form: Imagism
River Moments a Six Pack of Senryu
...the swans hiss
parental obligation
…warn the intruder
sunning turtles roll
drunks falling off of bar stools
…curse the kayaker
water lili...
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Categories:
pickerel, humor, nature, river,
Form: Senryu
Do Fish Wonder
...I imagine
The fish wonder.
“will that guy be back?”
A gnarled old pickerel
Comments: “yeah,
he’ll probably get me
on the same stupid mousey thing.”
“I know it’s comin’ but
I just can’t resist...
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Categories:
pickerel, fish, fishing, humor, spring,
Form: Free verse
Patience With a Purpose
...Patience with a Purpose
swans stood motionless
imitating spray painted flamingos
geese in the distance
mimicked a talk show panel
turtles sunbathed “sans sun block”
carp slithered in shallow ...
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Categories:
pickerel, nature, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Bees, Birds, Buds and Blossoms
...It's mother nature's dance
spring growth dubiously enhanced
resting beneath the summer sun
bees, birds and butterflies on the run;
hurried in and out the garden gate
nestling in the flow...
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Categories:
pickerel, appreciation, beauty, garden,
Form: Burlesque
Larry's Cove
...Grass growth in the cove
where Larry's boat sat
years after Larry’s ash
whirled with rocks in space
daunts the pickerel:
silently galloping glut
challenges the channel....
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Categories:
pickerel, environment, water,
Form: Lyric
Windbound On Wassaksina - Expanded
...I cannot lie, I’m not that spry
still angling is my game
but never had luck with walleye
pickerel by Ontario's name.
We're windbound on Wasaksina
waiting for the west wind to wane
We're win...
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Categories:
pickerel, fish, , western,
Form: Quatrain
The Spirit of the Lake
...The Spirit Of The Lake
Frank Halliwell
The herald of the dawn glows faintly in the eastern sky
A lonely Loon is softly calling me.
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Categories:
pickerel, world,
Form: Rhyme