A fish fell in love with a bird one day
What was his reason I could not say
The bird came down its reflection to see
The fish jumped high and cried "Marry me."
The bird simply laughed and flew away
"Birds marry birds!" was all she'd say
But while she flew nothing else came to mind
Save the face of the fish she was leaving behind
No other had spoken to her such words of love
Not the swiftest falcon nor the sweetest dove
To the beauty of his scales a bird could not compare
Or to the strength of his muscles as he leaped through the air
Suddenly she turned though she couldn't say why
Back to the water she quickly did fly.
"Oh beautiful fish how can this be,
A bird of the sky and a fish in the sea?
We never could marry, our worlds are apart.
So why cruelest fish have you stolen my heart?"
The fish gave his reply, and his words sang true
He told the lovely bird what in his soul he knew
"Beloved my beloved, oh do not despair,
though I swim in the ocean and you in the air.
Nothing in this world could keep us apart,
if your love is as true as the love in my heart."
The fish thought about it as best he could,
till he had an idea that would do them some good.
"Sometimes before sunrise at the edge of the world,
I have seen a place where creation's unfurled.
Come with me my love and our fates we'll cheat
Come to this enchanted place where the sea and sky meet."
The bird and the fish both made their merry way
and live happy and in love to this very day.
Now from the look on your face you think my tale a lie
you don't believe a beast of sea can mate with beast of sky.
These things that I sing, I can prove they are true.
The children of the couple are known to all of you.
A penguin is a bird that calls the ocean home.
What of flying fish? It is in the air they roam.
Author notes
I wrote this nursery rhyme for my son on the day he was born.
A contest entry
- The Little Man by wattle.
360 points, ended November 6, 2004, 17 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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ggggrrrreat.
hehe eh ehheheh must laugh at its reality, realy quit a bit of wit and a lovely scheme of rhym, oh you should do some time, for such work so beautiful should be a crime...Lovely I do say, and my heart does not sway, from this littarrary masterpiece o I love it it does please, keep up the good work and let not a soul sway form the fact that this is beauty for each and every day. keep up the lovely work. -
Good and Silly
Hee hee.
I never thought about penguins and flying fish that way. This has a noticeable beat to the storyline. Might I suggest that you keep writting? I keep smiling at all these poems I'm reading... Especially if I recognize the writer as someone who critiques my own works...
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haha really? wow .. dat was totally unexpected. hehehe... i should watch more cartoons then. lol
dnt -
A truly delightful story that I'm sure any child would love to hear - I feel this perhaps is something that your own Son would keep and pass onto his own. A well deserved win.
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Hey thanks everybody, you know badtz maru the penguin from hello kitty. That penguin is my muse.
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damn this was very good! where did you get such a great idea about the penguin? wow wow wow!!! lol .. this is the best! u deserv many golds! tell me tell me .. how did u think of such genius?
dnt -
Congratulation on winning gold... you deserved it by far....
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WOW!!!!! This is great. Thank you for the read. Kenten and I will definately enjoy this one. Good luck to you in the contest. (And I agree, you should get published)
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Extremely Creative, Bravo!! Bravo!!
You are a brilliant poet and your son is a lucky little fellow. I really enjoyed this write, thank you for sharing. This is definitely bookmark material.
Avril
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'Lycus', What a wonderful creative poet you are - thank you
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THat was really cute. I enjoyed it alot.
heather -
Very, very cute indeed! You've a few technical errors, for instance the first stanza doesn't have puncuation, while the rest does. Usually a poem either does or doesn't. The other is 'there merry way' should be 'their'. Ah, don'tcha love synomyns? Spell check doesn't catch them at all.
Anyway, this is absolutely adorable.
Val
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Fantastic
That was brilliant, I have a children's poetry book full of poems like that and I'd consider that better than most of them. I really enjoyed that, well done. -
hehe AWWWW is damn right, lol now this poem makes me wanna go hug everyone....and I can't say that I don't always want to hit someone but still, maybe I'll hug then hit them ::eyes josh and grins impishly::, but anyways, that was really fucking sweet and you should publish it damnit, you don't have a choice now, I demand it. Too good not to be shared with the rest of the damn world...even if the rest of the damn world ain't good enough to share it with....and I'm constantly contradicting myself so I think I'll stop while I'm ahead...or am I behind...damnit...doing it again...sorry. But fucking great write, even if it's mushy, but valid points and happy.
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Very nice indeed
This is so neat you should write childrens books. I love this it's a poem but reads like a story. So cute Thanks for sharing it Dad! -
Awwwwwwwwww Ha ha mother!! hey your son is luckey to have a dad like you. This is an awesome piece and the end is cool. I love how it switches around like this. You hit the mark on this one, I'll bet It makes your son happy every time you read it to him. josh
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I'm a dad but thank you, feel free to print out.
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Stonkingly Brilliant
Genius piece! I
IT! Great stuff!
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Beautiful!!!!!! <3
Oh my life. He is so lucky to have such a talented mother of you, i swear that is so amazingly beautiful, you should seriously think about getting that published, im not gonna crtiisze because seriously i cant, i've been told im good at poetry, but i'll never be that good. Mind if i print this out?
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