I Write Fish Home

I write fish home,

knowing their journey perilous,

pebbled with the danger of maw and man.

 

I write them home

to creek and stream,

to bear and net,

 to spawn again.

 

I write them home

to complete the cycle,

to nurture instinct,

and to validate visions

held by ancestors

worried in graves

unmarked by man’s eager hand.

 

I write them home become someone must

and because song is insufficient.

 

I write them home,

to turn toward the sun

and say I have done my part.

 

I write fish home. 

copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2012

Reviews

[Adam Whitworth]

Yes, and this is something you should be proud of; and the poem too, I'm very taken with it.

[KAREN]

Written well, and very heart felt!

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So unique. I really enjoyed this work of art :)

[Dr. Wood ?]

yeah..if only we could write peace home too

great poem

[Sami Khalil]

An eloquent write...Thank you for penning...:)

[h d e rushin]

the idea of modernism (1737) was to devalue supernatural elements. but 98.7 percent of all written
after Frost has supernatural elements. so since we can't excape it we burrow inside of it. we 'write
our fish home', and we a comfortable in their fate.

dana

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I so enjoyed this poem, I found this very stimulating,
evernthough I still haven't entirely got my head
around the curiously significant title and line, 'i write fish home',
but on the whole, i love it

[Audrey Howitt]

Thank you so much!

[MOON]

Poignant write , we deplete the land and the oceans. Great cause.

[Mary]

Poignant, powerful and beautifully written, thank you for sharing your poem, Audrey