Short Codfish Poems

Copper face
Codfish leaping 
From your
Plate
Nipping at
The edge of
The sweet
Blue moon
Ascending
Back to
The eternal
Dark wine sea...

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Bring the fried ackee well dressed
In fresh herbs and spiced
Blend in codfish, like a breast
Flamed suckled, sufficed
My tongue to taste this
Dream of bliss.
Joy!...

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When you are washed away by the tides of life,
Swallowed whole by the anonymity of the sea,
Forgotten about, 
-as meaningless as codfish-, 
-Battered and bloodied by the ruthless ocean
Remember;
I will be waiting 
when you wash ashore.
...

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River Grouper

Old river Codfish hit the bay,
 in sunny South Australia.
He said "that’s odd",
 "It’s salty Cod",
 "I’m seasick, not heart failure".

The boat came by,
 they stared a bit.
Say’s “Nah I’m not a Grouper”,
"Don’t want no hook",
"Don’t eat no Chook",
"Not now, I’m just a feeling crook",
"Piddle off now, no hoper"!




for Carolyn's "Attack" contest...

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Donna's prismatic eyes
                                             Suspended midair
                                        More eyes, many visions
                                       Overlap like dubious codfish
                                   staring at the hollow pennycress
        




             




                                  Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty   2014...

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Been to visit the middle school
Not ready to let our babies go there
First of all, they are like lambs
Innocent for the most part

But now that they have seen
The fantastically “fly” cheerleaders
Gyrating like pole dancers,
They are even more frightened.

Not the girls, of course 
As they are 12 going on 21.
I am talking about my boys,
Who sat like codfish, watching in rapt wonder....

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