Poem -

Fishing

Fishing

I fished you in
I threw you back
I fished you in
I threw you back
this went on for years
until the day
I threw you in
 
and this time you swam away...
 
I do hope
you live happily ever after
I really do.

 

Like 2 Pin it 1
Support CosmoFunnel.com

Support CosmoFunnel.com

You can help support the upkeep of CosmoFunnel.com via PayPal.

Log in to leave a comment.

Comments

author
Bernie Martin

I love this Shirley. For me it is open to interpretation. It could be as it reads and you caught the same fish every year, threw it back, then one year it swam away. Which, let's be honest, is a nice, uplifting story. 
Or it could be a metaphor and the fish could be human. Now that puts an altogether different slant on it. The last three lines lead me to the latter of the two interpretations but then again might you not say that to a familiar fish? 
Right I think I know which interpretation I prefer. Love the line - "and this time you swam away." 🌹

Reply
author
Shirley Harrison

Oh Bernie your reviews are worth gold, indeed the eyes of the reader must see, and yes both ways is excellently explained in your review, a way of explaining my first love and of course catching fish with a rod. Thank you so very much. 🌹 Moreover it doesn't all have to end so bad we can still let go with respect and positivity. 

Reply
author
Bernie Martin

We can Shirley, we can. Thank you so much for your comment. I am as ever humbled by your reaction. 🌹

Reply
author
Marion

Bloody love this one...ha...brutal honest and lusciously indifferent!! Love the ending!! X

Reply
author
Shirley Harrison

🤣 dear Marion, you are so truly kind. You nailed it my dear poetess friend.  Thank you so much. 🌹

Reply
Poem -

A Very Special Hummingbird

One poetic soul to another. For Sylvia Plath.

A Very Special Hummingbird


A beautiful mind, gifted
awareness at a very young age
using her wisdom to write...

Poem -

From The Underside of Our...

From The Underside of Our Great Love

From the underside of our great love
darling, please remember this
there's no need...

Poem -

Home.

Home.

And so it snows
outside, the trees of old
dancing gracefully in the soft winds of winter...

Latest poems in Freestyle

Poem -

CAN'T DO IT ALONE

CAN'T DO IT ALONE

You need a crowd to be with you...

To hear you...

To see you...

Yet, you wear a...

Poem -

Earth

Earth, where the worms live,
Begin the holes in the body.

Worms prepare eternity for me....

Poem -

WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS

WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS

You may not see them working in the light of day...

In the morning...

Surprise!

...

Advertise on CosmoFunnel.com