FISH • by Amy Corbin

Fish

 lie belly-up; inert

and very  gloomy. Drowned

 bloated  vermin  float  atop. Wrap-

pers and trash hover in filmy brown

  water. A rainbow slick glazes the mucky

 bay. On and off the water-taxi we go. 

Ravenous,  our  minds  shift  to 

thoughts of pizza, wings, and

   nachos. Grateful, we 

are  for  the

 beauti-

ful

sunny day.

 The sign reads,

 “Waterfront Revival Complete.”

 

Amy Corbin has been previously published in filling Station, The Cynic, Ascent Aspirations, Shine, Every Day Poets,Ignavia Press, Every Day Fiction, and Haruah: A Breath of Heaven.  She will soon be published in Flask and Pen and The Battered Suitcase.  She likes to sing in her car. 

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Posted on May 8, 2009 in Concrete, Nature, Poems
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12 Responses to “FISH • by Amy Corbin”


  1. Joan Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 12:41 am

    This is excellent – both the sentiments and the shape. Great images and a fantastic last line. It’s very thought-provoking! I enjoyed it very much.

  2. Paul Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 12:57 am

    Yep! It’s a fine piece of poetry.

    The phrase ‘very gloomy’ made me laugh. a very Python-esque way of describing something that’s dead.

  3. Kathleen Cassen Mickelson Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 7:18 am

    Clever and sobering at once.

  4. Amy Corbin Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Thanks, guys. I really appreciate your reading and kind comments.

  5. T.J. McIntyre Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Nice one!

  6. PSC Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    Nice job, Amy! Thought provoking, yes — and sadly, all too real.

  7. dj barber Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    Great job, Amy!

    –dj

  8. Amy Corbin Says:
    May 9th, 2009 at 3:40 am

    Thanks, Pam and dj.

  9. Roberta SchulbergGoro Says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Amy – Please do not any longer bring your pre-wrapped refreshments on the water taxi. You are contaminating the waterfront.

    This is poetry because if the reader ingnores the length of the lines (put there for a silly shape on the page, not to influence the reading) and reads the poem according to the sense of it only, it has good rhythm.

  10. Casey Quinn Says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    hey amy, nice poem. love the shape and more importantly that you made the poem have value without it. nicely done

  11. Amy Corbin Says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Thanks, T.J., Roberta, and Casey.

    Roberta: I am not a litter-bug.

  12. Nancy Wilcox Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    :) I like the dry wit of this one. I know, fish.

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