Who is this fish, still wearing its wealth,
flat on my drainboard, dead asleep,
its suit of mail proof only against the stream?
What is it to live in a stream,
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This is the kind of writing style that I crave- -it has such texture and flow and depth and imagery and excellence!
...............an interesting and thought provoking write....fish have interesting lives...happy birthday nancy!
Water Walker, a collection of Willard's poems has one I come back to again again-her 'Foxes Fall to St. Francis' from the poems with title borrowed from sport page headlines. Other favorites from that book: In Praise of Unwashed Feet and Magician's Wives. I wish there were more of her poems. Jacob Russell
'A Wreath To The Fish' ('una ghirlanda per il pesce') ..I like also the title.. ;)