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Salmon Poems - Poems about Salmon

Storekeepers scatter salmon cool as cherries
snaps cowgirl Indian boyfriend The sound of buffalo meat on her teeth, Taste the smell of sleep, Cannabis wafting, Chew the diamond, steal the slipper, Call the captain and skinny dipper. The palm fronds climb. Squaw walks whiskey hills Eyes cracked wide shut Gripped by the hunger of a world, chasing visions The moon bleeds through the window The stars hum a song of youth. ...

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Categories: salmon, animal, color, corruption, crush,
Form: Free verse
SALMON
Supreme satisfaction Salmon with scrambled eggs, Spiced, for breakfast or brunch. Seafood salmon chowder Simply superb, for lunch. Sharing salmon en croûte, Served Christmas Eve, with punch. 12 / 13 / 2024. ...

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Categories: salmon, christmas, drink, eve, fish,
Form: Pleiades



Premium Member Fireweed
I'm gonna get going Friday morning I'd like to stay but it's best I'm going Things don't feel like they should be So I'll hit the road and just be free You're the prettiest girl there's ever been Your eyes light up with love from within You put joy in the hearts of your every fan Your babies, your mama, and this...

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Categories: salmon, love,
Form: Rhyme
Salmon Ordeal
Salmon fight their way Upstream, work the last strength Spawn and die there. ...

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Categories: salmon, creation, fish, life, power,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Bear Care
cubs getting hungry salmon swimming up the stream easy catch for bear ...

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Categories: salmon, animal, baby, caregiving, fish,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Sacrificial Salmon
Salmon thought he had a chance He felt it was his lucky day The giant would grab someone else enormous polar bear almost snatched Salmon's sister, so he Jumped into bear's clutches willing to sacrifice himself to save her...

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Categories: salmon, animal,
Form: Free verse
Winter Scene
The old stream, frozen The last salmon, under ice Last bird: going home ...

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Categories: salmon, nature, winter,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Hungry Bear
bear wading in the stream bear grabs a jumping salmon bear feeds his hunger...

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Categories: salmon, animal, fish, fishing, food,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Salmon Tulips Shining
Sunshine was pouring in the wake of black shadows Tulips clashed with noon shining, shining, like full moon Pink orange hues, like sunset Midday quite breathless when wandering wind has gone from fragrance and fire It'll return later, too late when sweet petals have folded...

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Categories: salmon, beautiful, color, flower, nature,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Receptions
Lisa and I went to a reception, yesterday evening, for students who’d landed summer fellowships at a particular hospital in Boston. (Yeah us!) It wasn’t formal, so I wore a crimson cropped sweater, a beige circle skirt (with pockets!) and beige Sarto soft-leather ballet flats. I’ve disparate feelings in these situations. I was excited - this...

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Categories: salmon, career, humor, leadership, school,
Form: Free verse
Salmon Shall Swim Sideways
salmon swim sideways while nature does take its course to start of each branch...

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Categories: salmon, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Over a Salmon
What I had luckily caught One exorbitantly bought, Long after I had it brought: A salmon by a crowd sought And for it bitterly fought... Many bidders voicing their thought Nearly making it a sport, Save the one who had been taught To huge sums pay on a spot So as to remain on top, As things become goddamned hot To Plain Delay not...

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Categories: salmon, animal, appreciation, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mama Bear
cubs getting hungry salmon swimming up the stream easy catch for bear...

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Categories: salmon, animal, baby, fish, fishing,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Spawning
spawning salmon leap hungry bears feast greedily cold raging river...

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Categories: salmon, imagery,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Just Keep Doing That
What are you doing besides being a cat? Can you do anything other then that? I ask Josh this on many a day and he always responds in his concise meowy way. If I get on the floor with my yoga mat and start doing poses to stretch out my back, Joshua joins me in...

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Categories: salmon, 1st grade, cat,
Form: Light Verse

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