posting poetic prose
19 Apr 2022 14 Comments
in quadrille Tags: chalk, dad, fish, memories, year
my father
has been gone
exactly a year today
and the memories of
his dying taste like chalk
on a parched tongue…
but the memories of his living
smell like mountain trout,
burnt cream puffs, chlorine
of pool where he saved me
from drowning.
_______________
A quadrille of forty-four words linked to dVerse poets.
11 Apr 2019 2 Comments
in haiku, haiku series, Uncategorized Tags: aquarium, discus, fish, lemon, sunshine, tropical
Continuing series for retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai….
XVIII.
lit aquarium
tropical lemon discus
color of sunshine
photo by lynn
16 Nov 2018 5 Comments
in fusion haiku, haiku series Tags: boat, egret, fish, moon, pine tree, waves
Challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai to create a“fusion” haiku from the given classic haiku and then create a Troiku series of three with using lines of”fusion” haiku:
the water-fowl
pecks and shivers
the moon on the waves
© Zuiryu
scooping up the moon
in the wash bassin,
and spilling it
© Ryuho
I kept hanging the moon
on the pine tree, and taking it off,
gazing at it the while
© Hokushi
i gaze at full moon
rising thru pine tree’s needles,
caught in silhouette
on ripples of waves,
docked boat gently rocking as
moonlight washes shore
white egret shimmers
while pecking in moon water,
scoops up silver fish
© lynn__
12 Jul 2017 9 Comments
in haiku Tags: cormorant, fish, hungry
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)
18 Jun 2016 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: fish, terns, wetland, wing
Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai hosts virtual tour of Europe this month.
Caspian terns rest
to wing high, plunge, dive for fish
vast puszta wetland
(photo credit: CDHK)
28 Apr 2016 5 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: father, fish, lake, mountain, pines
by cold mountain lake
among whispering pines
father helps bait hook
Inspired by Ubugu’s haiku featured at CDHK
01 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: dad, fish, philosophy, sonnet, trout
Dad tried to teach brother and I to fish
by mountain lakes where rainbow trout fins swish.
We’d load the car with lunch, our gear, and bait;
sweet summer’s day together filled our wish.
We learned sharp hooks make earthworms twist about!
Dad warned us to “Be quiet” till he’d shout —
our lines were tangled up, both bobbers lost.
We tried his patience more than any trout.
Sometimes we fished for hours on shore of lake,
yet no fish worthwhile eating would we take.
We cast our lines along with hopes and dreams;
fond mem’ries we hold close of summer break.
Dad, thanks for all the things you taught us right
It’s true in life that fish don’t always bite!
___________
(a sonnet of 14 lines: 3 quatrains in iambic pentameter
with AABA rhyme, plus final couplet)
a poem in my pocket 
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