Fish Supper

Fish Supper

Hurry, be quick lad whilst

the tide

is still out and not looking ..

Be sure

to note all of them empty

old worm-casts ..

Each one of em laying bone idle

out yonder ..

Then fix a point lad, tween

horizon and tip

of the mast, of Yours Truly ..

And when

she returns, place your

hook-bait,

your trace and lead sinker

tightly, but ever so

lightly o’er that very same

spot where

them old empty worm casts

were spied ..

And when we are done son,

we shall both

and ya ma son, each dine on

bass, sole and codling

for breakfast, dinner and supper

then hunger no more ..

Reviews

[Robert Haigh]

Interesting to find you here, Neville! I recognise a few of your poems from "My Poetic Side" where I posted poems under my real name for a while, then I left! I recently rejoined under the pen name of "Distant View" - mainly because Teddy urged me not to desert MPS. She was (up until now) the only person at MPS to know that "Distant View" is Robert Haigh reincarnated, so to speak! Oops! I've let my secret out now! Good to run into you, my friend! I enjoyed the read too!

[Neville]

well I neva did .. tis good to see you too Rob & thank you ........................ Neville

[duff]

The roar of the sea as dinner swims below. You can feel the ocean salt hitting you in the face. Hard work and effort is worth it for the daily catch. The payoff to feast on. A great read Neville.

[Neville]

I always find a full face helmet useful these days .. it can stop the salt stinging and catch any tears .. bless you duff, I really do appreciate your visits and inevitable take on my scribbles ...... Neville :)

[duff]

You are so welcome. My pleasure

[Barbara Meistrell]

Fish Supper is to long and to wordy but evokes a sense of smell of the sea.of seagulls crying out for their share of the catch... excellent effort...

[Neville]

poetry my friend is one of those many beautiful things in life where intrinsic beauty is in the eye of the beholder .. and so, while I thank you for visiting my most recent little scribble, I won't worry too much about what you think, or your interpretation of it .. I might however, have been more bothered if you knew how to avoid contradicting yourself in a review, by not making spelling errors in it and seeming less condescending .. I might just cut and paste your little note into the final draft of my seventh anthology prior to publication & straight after I read your, as yet only poem here.

All Good Things, Neville :)

[Barbara Meistrell]

am sorry i offended you, Neville…it was not my intention…i like the format you write in…and your poem did evoke a smell of the sea to me …

[Neville]

on reflection, perhaps I was shooting from the hip .. maybe we should start again .. N :)read more
on reflection, perhaps I was shooting from the hip .. maybe we should start again .. N :)

[Barbara Meistrell]

let’s start again…I was just reading some of your poetry…some are thought provoking and others I have to think about while others create an imagery…will keep commenting at times if you don’t mind…this the first time I have ever put some of my poems “out there” for others to read and in the same vein I have very limited experience reading the poetry of others …yours was the first one … friends Barbie

[Neville]

sounds like a plan in the making .. friends, Neville