Sunfish Poems - Poems about Sunfish

...You take for granted that people understand your rhythm. You take for granted that everyone knows how to sing. You have been rowing the little boat in the great big ocean. Spilling water into ......Read the rest...

...Written: September 12, 2023 Ocean Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress “The sea is an underwater museum still awaiting its visitors.” – Phillip Diol......Read the rest...

...Between the lily pads and soft sandbars Lay the saturated words of idle time Among bloated carp and feisty sunfish They linger in a sunny dampened rhyme. Fleet Dragonflies of thought dodge dart......Read the rest...

...Heaviest bony fish at five thousand pounds The ocean sunfish is the roundest of the rounds. Looks like a giant head maneuvered by a frilly tail. Eats jellyfish by the dozen, ten foot long is the m......Read the rest...

...death strikes from the cover of shadows...by poet. tight schools of sunfish swim atop a coral reef... sharks stalk stray shadows (Haiku) 03/03/2022 H Forms - Tradi......Read the rest...

...Troubled Times In troubled times, I have the sea It's soothing sounds bring peace to me. An ocean breeze,salty climes I have the sea in troubled times. Gulls swoop and dive, we wouldn't dare......Read the rest...

...Distance Squared The speed of light is exactly how fast my heart sends; every prayer, every good thought, every perfect wish! The bright candle between us, it is the sun itself. ......Read the rest...

...Lost by the Lake It is early and the dawn has not yet come. The water is very still, and reflects the trees on the far side. Every now and again, a fish kisses the surface, and rings of fore......Read the rest...

...Tranquil Waters Steady goes the stream of pure tranquility Clear blue water rushes over smooth polished rock The landscape is so green near this water of ......Read the rest...

...(Written about 2005, as a sonnet, but I cannot recall why I used 13 rather than 14 syllables per line. Maybe Petrachan? Forgive me if it fails the sonnet test.) For My Wife and Daughters......Read the rest...

...Sunlight blinding him, Swirling dust choking him. The bronc gyrating Nearly throwing him. Feet braced and pounding, Pounding the ground. Jolting his spin, Up, and again down. His head jerki......Read the rest...

...Balanced on a Red Rider wagon, a wooden boat with flaking paint; split transom poorly repaired. Ten year olds with borrowed tools, untrained in fixing leaks, or boats, or knowing what a trans......Read the rest...