This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too.
Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "fish / fishy / fishing".
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy. Just put your poem or short story in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem. It is there on another page.
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JUST BEFORE THE WORM FISH
ReplyDeleteJUMPED THE TIDE POOL
WALL IN SEATTLE
indoor tidepools
contain sea stars
contain crabs and anemonies
contain sea cucumbers
cannot
contain the enthusiasm
of three dozen kids
in stencilled blue t-shirts
who run the tips of fingers
(fingers that have not yet turned the dials
of high-school combination locks
or slipped into Little League
baseball gloves)
over the spines of sea slugs
or feel the tiny suckers
of an anemonie
that can't tell a finger
from a fish
or one adult
who should know better
- Mike Fedel
June, 2013