cormorant fishing
fisherman retrieves caught fish
yet bird feels hungry
“ukai” traditional cormorant fishing – image from Memolition
Cormorant fishing is a method of fishing in which the bird has a snare attached to the base of its throat. When the cormorant catches a large fish, it is unable to swallow it and the fisherman extracts it from the bird’s throat. The bird can swallow small fish, however. The process is repeated, over and over again. This traditional method of fishing, over one thousand years old in Japan and China, inspired many haiku.
(information from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and Wikipedia)
a poem in my pocket 
Mar 18, 2018 @ 19:50:00
It is good it is not a grizzly and salmon!!
Jul 28, 2017 @ 20:12:36
Found my way here through one of your posts that Jonathan had reblogged. Very glad to have bumped into you in this blogging world. Looking forward to reading a lot more of your work 🙂
Jul 28, 2017 @ 23:13:38
Thanks for reading and commenting…glad to meet you here!
Jul 14, 2017 @ 15:47:05
It’s really a sad way of fishing.
Jul 14, 2017 @ 15:55:44
Birds must be frustrated!
Jul 13, 2017 @ 11:24:11
Your poem catches the irony of the fishing relationship well.
Jul 13, 2017 @ 11:59:07
Thanks, Janice
Jul 12, 2017 @ 18:20:14
That’s a beauty
Jul 12, 2017 @ 18:53:43
thank you for reading 🙂