The fisherman is
sun happy
today
and lake loopy
He loaded his plastic
container full of
black earth and
slithering night crawlers
Balanced in his
patchwork boat
hull and spar built
casting rod,
dropping lines
fish haul for a
fish fry
greasy spoons for
the wild-eyed
But alas,
not today
fish won’t bite
lake won’t pay
but our fisherman dear
hugs his gear
and gleefully glances
o’er the glassy lake
Fishermen are great optimists, aren’t they, Lana? Rather like farmers, you know. Something tells me the fish just might be biting during the eclipse, if for no other reason than curiosity!
They surely might have been 😀
beautiful
Thank you!
Welcome
fishermen and dogs – take it as it comes and love it as it is! Well captured Lana!! <3
Very true! Thanks Pauline 😀
makes e wish I wash back in the Black Hills fishing again. 🙂
That does sound good 😀
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Thanks John!
You are very graciously welcome. I hope that you enjoyed putting your toes in the water.
I did 😀
Le cool.
Fishing for the sake of fishing. That’s joy. Lovely poem, Lana.
Thanks, Diana! 😀
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Lana, this has me smiling…it never really is about the fish, is it?! 😀 I can sense his peace and contentment as he goes ‘lake loopy’!
I think many folks just like to get out and commune with nature, the fish for a fish fry just might be an added bonus 😀
Lake loopy! That’s great. Most fishermen just love to sit around with a pole in the water, whether they catch anything or not. I like the “patchwork boat” and the use of “o’er” in the last line, it fits well there. 🙂
Thank you, Joan. I love to read what you write about poetry. You are so in tune with it, and catch so many details that other people gloss over. I think you should be teaching poetry somewhere, you would be so great at it! 😀 xo
There’s always tomorrow Mr. Fisherman. 🙂 x
Very true, Debby. Tomorrow brings a promise of something different, maybe better 😀
Hope floats my friend. 🙂
The last four lines definitely sound to me like a song! Love the optimistic feel of the piece, Lana 🙂 I was just contemplating wether or not to buy a fishing rod as they have some on offer at my local Tk maxx 😉 But the thing is there are so many regulations around here where you´re allowed to fish etc. it kind of takes a bit the fun out of it, especially when all I want really do, is just have an excuse to sit there and relax – just like your fisherman 😉
Thanks Sarah! Relaxing is the best thing and good for us too. I was trying to write an ironic piece with this where the fisherman is happy even though he didn’t catch any fish, sorta like the Walrus and the Carpenter, but it didn’t quite turn out, ha ha. But he’s still happy, though 😀
I often find that things don´t quite turn out how they were supposed to be, be it writing, painting or doing pottery – especially with the latter: once I wanted to form a dragon out of clay, but disliked what it looked like and started anew to ended up with a Meerkat instead! 😀 But I am very fond of Meerkats so that was more than fine in the end 🙂
Happy creating, Lana! xxx
I love Meerkats! 😉
Me too! 😀
Thank you Lana. I guess it could have been a day out on the river and enjoying the tranquility of nature. Or yes, he could have gotten some fish, who knows. Did the the eclipse gave him some luck at all?? haha!
I think he was fresh out of fish catching luck, but he did have a gift of solitude on the lake 😀
very true, it is the cool moments the fisherman experienced, seems like it was his first time on that side of the river. hahah who knows