I call in
not going to work today,
I'm going fishing instead
To where the sky opens
Blue, clear & opulent
I hook the worms
Lilies are blooming feathers
I cast the rod
Wind blasts a million jellyfish
I stoop, tugging extra string
I catch
a man wearing a business suit
& clouds
laugh along with me
Posted for: Imaginary Garden for Real Toads - Writing from the point of view of the animal & place - Hosted by Peggy ~
and Flash Fiction Friday for the G-man - 55 words ~
Thanks for the visit ~
Very clever, Grace. Gives new meaning to going fishing. The twist at the end was truly delightful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary ~
DeleteInteresting match with the photo... the old saying that time spent fishing is not subtracted from your life. This ties so many images presented for this prompt...from the surreal to the concrete and nostalgic when in the fifth grade my brother and I skipped a month of days of school going fishing and exploring the mudflats of the Tidewaters of Virginia. Your train of mood is like the strongest line that unwinds beyond time added or subtracted or among living things time not eat or eaten that spirits share mirrors and the world.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the thoughtful & poetic comment ~ That's a lovely childhood memory ~
Delete:) Sky is the inspiration for so many things ...
ReplyDeleteYes, it is ~ Thank you ~
DeleteSounds like a plan, although it is a bit cold for fishing
ReplyDeleteToday yes ~ But we can imagine it to be warm & inviting ~ Thanks Pat ~
DeleteLove your vivid fantasy, Grace, the transparent world you're breathing forward and backward, relaxing mood I get while reading your poem. Thanks for morning treat :)x
ReplyDeleteThank you too ~
Deleteyou have no idea how much i would love to be sick today and go fishing....ha....love the whimsy in the end as well...that it was the man that was caught....
ReplyDeleteI wish...good to be whimsy at times ~ Thanks Brian ~
DeleteWow the ending kind of threw me as well! I love when that happens unexpectedly :) the sigh of a great poem
ReplyDeleteBreath of Fresh air! I think dogs on leashes feel this way.
ReplyDelete...and then your alarm clock rings.... this is very dreamy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Margaret - it does have a dreamy, surreal feel.
ReplyDeletean unusual twist to the ending well done...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this, it stands the reader on her head and is a total turnaround. Brilliant. So entertaining!
ReplyDeleteI love this. What a fun juxtaposition of the normal fishing trip!
ReplyDeletealways say that but is true love this Grace!!xo
ReplyDeleteFun ending :0)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathryn :0)
DeleteHa ha, Grace. You poem matches the picture where all is acting out the unexpected.
ReplyDeleteOpposites attract they say so it might well come out this way some day. :) You noted
that I was laughing along with you. And I am still smiling. :)
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Happy to see you like it Jim ~ Thanks ~
DeleteFabulous, Grace. You are so good at seeing things from a new and different point of view, and your descriptions are delightful. I wonder what the little fella is going to do with the man now that he's caught him.
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Bring him to the deepest & farthest part of the sea ~ Thanks Kay ~
DeleteSo creative Grace. Fun to go places totally unexpected! Thanks for posting !
ReplyDeleteThanks for the wonderful prompt Peggy ~
DeleteYou probably caught my husband-lol
ReplyDeleteFun to read Grace!
I love the view over here :D
That's really funny Ella ~ Thanks ~
Deleteyou hit a triple, here, Grace :)
ReplyDeleteThanks M ~ I think I got a good fishing equipment :-)
DeleteA man in a business suit...now there's a nice catch when you're skipping out of work. Hope it wasn't the boss.
ReplyDeleteNo,not the boss, smiles ~ Thanks Nara ~
DeleteFor every day spent fishing.
ReplyDeleteOne day is added to your life
Even metaphorical fishing...Really...Look it up!
As usual Grace, you have penned a top shelf Gem!
Don't think that you aren't in the Elite of poetic writers that frequent Bloggerville.
Your creativity is second to none.
Thanks for playing this week again, you ROCK the Provence baby!
Have a Kick Ass Week-End and Thanksgiving
I believe you on that quote ~
DeleteI rock, we all rock, whoowhoo ~ Thanks for the enthusiastic response G-Man ~
Reading this a second time through... I think the man won't want to be a "catch and release" :)
ReplyDeleteI think so too ~ Thanks Margaret ~
DeleteI always assumed the hook had something to do with who was and who wasn't caught
ReplyDelete- Alice
Delightful! This sounds like the best kind of fishing!
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