Short Minnow Poems

Weighted minnow splashed….
Spawning crappie’s color flashed
Hook through the gill gashed

By Robb A. Kopp
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Hard by brackish river's edge
  danced the tasty minnow
    angling past hook, line and sinker
     ~ agility's marionette, little stinker...

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To the skipper, first mate, and passengers of the Minnow,
there is this little something I think you should know:

Considering the world and the shape it is in today,
on that little island of yours, I think you should stay.
...

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Learn how to talk to different people, such as:
Mechanics who claim to fix your car and your problems,
Nymphomaniacs who can be kept eeeeeeasily aroused in what you say, and
Ostentorians who will help you be a good listener while standing decibels away.
Politeness and tact with all are the keys....

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TEACH ME TO ROW


     Boats
     resting
     on the shore,
     retired old.
     Hold tall tales of Father's minnow that got away.
     Teach me how to row slow please, Uncle Joe.
     Mom's kayak glides
     Sunset rides
     Us.

   Sponsor, Eve Roper
   Double Tetractys
   9/5/2021...

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Aquatic spirits have spawned us.
Sprats and minnow
are now skin and bone,
krill and whale our flesh.

A progenitor who knows
how to hide a fish in a fish,
also hides the head from the tail,
the beginning from the end.

That one has left us
to swim in a scallop shell
until heaven-sent oceans
gives up their secrets....

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Poem about Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Where's Blueberry Hill?
Is it north; is it west?
All the people are talking
and they say it's the best.

Little fingers are picking.
All the children bent down
filling baskets with berries
on the far side of town.

So; where are these berries
I see marked on the map.
In this place called a district
of the Minnow Lake gap....

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Deep in the wilderness lies a hidden lake
Fed by a stream from high on the mountain
Water cold, deep and crystal clear…
Untouched by man
Here lives the deer, the fox, the bear
Glass reflecting the proud eagle’s flight
The minnow, the trout, the beaver….
Untouched by man
Vanishing habitat but they remain unaware
Living wild and free for these precious days
Untouched by man…...

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Elementary Abecedarian


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 bee seedy   
 if gee age eye jake  
 hay elm minnow pea 
 cue arrest tea hue fee 
 dub all you hex 
 wise sea ...

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...you're wrong
I'm far from complicated...
just moody
In a snap I go from light to dark
{the minnow and the shark..}
I'm very simple actually
I like:
a good meal-a crisp solitary hike
a good debate without the hate
a roll of the dice
a spirited football match
a pint of chunky monkey ice cream
Some sloppy head every now and again...
Just keep the fake away from my face.
and I'll be a happy shark man....

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Have you seen the soft grasses blow in the wind
Have you felt the kindness of the breeze?
Have you?
Have you ever reached to touch a blossom
To be paused by its complex beauty
Have you?
Have you stood to watch a minnow dart away 
beckoning to be followed 
Have you?
Felt the coolness of moisture in the early dawn 
The forest’s quiet returning echoes 
A warbler singing his courting song
And have you wondered if he knows?
That You came just for him
Have you?...

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