Short Fished Poems

Landing sites
For fish fished
From womb lakes...

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standing out in fairbanks...
days poosht-over, like drunk natives aint
seen sun in three weeks, fished
all to hell under 
clumsy rain...

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If ever, you had any doubt 
When I fished, I'd not catch me a trout 
I've got fine expertise, so pardon me please 
While I cast my line out and about...

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I fished in the sink for a cod
and landed a whole dolphin pod;
the bath and the loo
were full of them too -
but whales were too much for the rod...

for Constance's Form O 'Overflowing' contest...

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Val entwine


Desperate be the matter:
When “fished” out of water
Yet, lovesick Valentine
I snap “hook” and “twine”....
Out of my warm fountain
For her in a hot mountain!


JM

14th February 2014...

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The catch of the day was a shark
I'm surprised they fished off that ark
The fishes on the boat,
Could hardly stay afloat
God allowed sharks to disembark.

written March 5, 2022...

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A boy of 10 I only fished,

                     to bring one home for mother`s dish.

                     Became a man with drink and wished,

                     that getting tanked would catch me fish....

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Clear below the sea
Clear beyond the sea
it fished across the pond.
You don't have to name it, but call it Ava Lu.
It is my kind, the shore is blue.
Happened this and happened that
It went over to shout the wind......

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A fat bluefin tuna down deep
Was fished out one night when asleep
He was looking quite pale
Had escaped a big whale
To be Sushi for one Meryl Streep






for Carolyn Devonshire's Limerick on Sea Tales competition...

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Gave and took
Read a book
Got a hook
Made a string
Fished a ring
Too much bling
Found a clock
‘Round the block
‘T’went tick-tock
For a time
Traded a lime
Done with this rhyme

©Copyright 2015. All rights reserved....

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My country and I
Do not into seasons divide our love
We go from wet to dry
Twice for each we grind day to love
And through night see
Our children like stars make sweet light
Fished in trembling sea
And drink of bees and flowers plight....

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When emerging out of the dark, 
Inter-net ensured all the little  fishes
The same unwillingness we share 

To compare, poems fished  the fairy
As  it is searching for a rhythm 
Dancing by the bright flare 
Of the hearts capturing each other...

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We fished close to where he supposedly drowned.
Tossing lures into the black heart of the bay.
Tring to fool coho and chinook but only attracting a soul.

The sun retreated as old fishermen must do.
Orange lanterns glowing rising to the chalk heart of dusk....

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Done

I am done
I am finished
I haven’t won
As if I fished
And didn’t catch
Anything at all
But with this batch,
I am off call
I don’t want to,
Forever nevermore
Nothing to do
Nothing to live for
So I cut the cord
With this last word

Written on January 13, 2020...

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.
Then
He
Being
Sad, down, said
"I go fishing"
They said,"We also go with thee".
Fished all night and caught nothing_Jesus said cast your net
On the right side and they caught so many fish that they could not draw them into the 
boat


(Based on John 21:1-6..From the "Bible".)...

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Have You?
Yes we have all swam in dark waters
where only the surface could drown us.

Will you?
The world you fished out of your mind
is far too large,
will you throw it back?

Can you?
Can you be just a cosmic question mark,
only a wish strung to an idea.
Can you let it be, let it be you?...

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We fished off the pier in carefree days
when girls wore tartan trews.
In endless summer sun we’d laze
when Tommy Steele was “Singing the Blues”.

Now it’s saffron robes and no-take zones,
maybe coffee in the cafe at the pier,
replaced by ubiquitous mobile phones,
like conversation, things just disappear....

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I once heard of a fisher Luciano,
  who sang bass as he played on his piano.
  Once he fished and cast his line
  by mistake hooked his behind
  since that day, when he plays he sings soprano.

  How many syllables.com
  11, 11, 7, 7, 11
  
  11.11.2014
  Sponsor Roy Jerden
  Limericks Clean and Clever...

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A big ‘floater’ lurked in the loo
He tried to remove this huge pooh
Poked it with a stick
It made him feel sick
So he fished it out with his shoe!

11th April 2015

Inspired by the title of the song 'Float On' by the Floaters ... maybe I should stop listening to the radio when I am writing lol...

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------------------------d as i wrote this
IN-denrut-SIDE
Gave a smile itself
took a tear to sit at the ocean
A star fished
in a black
hold up wait a minuet
i am not a serial killer
but then again
isn't that what a serial killer would say...

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There once was a young man called Neil,
    Who fished with a hook, line and reel.
    He got a few shocks,
    That blew off his socks.
    When he caught an electric eel.

    Then Neil cast again, unafraid,
    With his bait, rough cut marmalade.
    This time with good luck,
    He found on his hook.
    A smiling, curvaceous mermaid.

    9/ 9/ 2018....

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Grace

In Livorno, I touched the wings
of a silky butterfly which had come 
to join me at the table.
I had only meant to feel its beauty
but my coarse fingers damaged
delicate wings.
It tried to fly but lost height and
landed in my beer glass; fished it
out but only damaged it more
on an iron table painted summer
green, beside a vase of scented  
flowers a fragile life ended....

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Eva’s daily excitement was boundless
Her enthusiasm wore out her beaus.
At first they were bowled over with fascination
By the girl who bounded around the room laughing.

Eventually her mania either wore off or wore thin.
The beaus fell out of love with her, and she hunted them.
They began hiding in their mama’s houses, under beds.
Sometimes she fished them out, her lunacy always intact....

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Andrew and Simon having fished all night,
no fish were caught. “Cast your nets to the right.”
   'Twas Jesus they obeyed
   as their nets they then laid
to haul a great catch for their sheer delight.

Feeling unworthy Simon fell to his knees
“Fear not,” said Jesus, “for now if you please,
   if to me you attach
   it is people you'll catch
to join with you both and the Zebedees.”

Luke 5.4-11,...

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I felt it was gone
The blessing moved on
 
The pound is all fished out
You can hitch your line with the most luring bait
but there are no fish presence to relate

The Son is present over a new place
Opportunity swims in a bigger lake

Reel in your line
it's time to relocate

I felt it was gone
The blessing moved on

It time to fish in a different place.
 
Written by Stephen J. Vattimo 
May 26 20017...

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