Friday, August 17, 2012

An Angler's Luck


Image:1 Hank with two of the spoils, not quite biggies but ok for fun's sake.

Laid back feeling miserable
Lazy stupor crying out loud
The quietness is unbearable
Designs of landing a wallop
Far from grappling with big shouts
Resolved to fate hoping to fight
Divine intervention is allowed
An angler waits for the big bite

A huitain where a rhyme scheme of a b a b b c b c and of an 8 to 10 syllables are taken as guides provided by Gemma

Written for Gay's presentation of Gemma's huitain at d'Verse in Forms For All 
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13 comments:

  1. Gemma WisemanAugust 17, 2012 at 2:23 AM

    An interesting topic! An angler does sometimes hope for the miracle of landing the big one!

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  2. ScarletAugust 17, 2012 at 2:57 AM

    We are always waiting for the big bite ~ But it looks like you had fun ~

    Nice form Hank ~

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  3. Brian MillerAugust 17, 2012 at 3:37 AM

    nice...you worked the form well man...ha...the waiting...been there...the fish will come or they wont but there is always the waiting...smiles...flows really nice too hank...

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  4. hyperCRYPTICalAugust 17, 2012 at 5:51 AM

    I hope you get that big bite soon Hank!

    Anna :o]

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  5. Pat HattAugust 17, 2012 at 6:08 AM

    Waiting and waiting can annoy me
    Especailly as the flies surround
    Hate those things at my sea
    Too many are surely found

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  6. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 8:19 AM

    This flows really well and was a fun read.

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  7. PattiKenAugust 17, 2012 at 8:41 AM

    I'm glad you got a bit of divine intervention, Hank. Most of the fishermen I know like the waiting part, though. Maybe it's the anticipation of the big one that might just bite this time.

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  8. BodhiroseAugust 17, 2012 at 9:15 AM

    Fishing is a test of patience for sure...I like what you did with the form, Hank..very entertaining..like the photo too..cute...

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  9. BeachannyAugust 17, 2012 at 11:16 AM

    This is genius in making the contradictions work! The inner quiet fighting the inner need well expressed here in a beautiful application of the form!

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  10. Stafford RayAugust 17, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    Yes, the waiting. But as in the song; Lazybones from ages ago, sometimes it is the silence and the time to just be we want. Fishing is the name we give it while we hope they do not bite. However, I would be happy to catch and eat those two.

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  11. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 8:06 PM

    Very sweet poem and well done with the form! k.

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  12. Cressida de NovaAugust 17, 2012 at 8:44 PM

    This is a great photo of you.
    Fun poem. Ha ..boys and there fishing stories.Well done.

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  13. UnknownAugust 18, 2012 at 11:09 PM

    very nicely done. Some really fun and well-built lines here. Excellent read. Thanks

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