January 7, 2021 · 1:45 pm
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Orange Fish – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Orange Fish

A school of orange fish swam
so gently through my breakfast,
spreading out across the crusty sea,
cresting amber waves and buttery coves
under the shadow of Damocles sword
poised to slice the moment in two,
and be caught in the net of mine.

©Paul Vincent Cannon

“I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade.” D.H. Lawrence

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30 responses to “Orange Fish – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. V.J. Knutson
    January 7, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    Wonderful spark of creativity to start my day with.

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  2. equipsblog
    January 7, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    Delicious metaphor (figuratively and literally). Now I’m hungry.

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  3. paeansunplugged
    January 7, 2021 at 3:28 pm

    Oh wow! I love orange marmalade!

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  5. Jonathan Caswell
    January 7, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    WHERE—ARE THESE FISH?

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  6. rugby843
    January 7, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    Orange marmalade? Yum

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  7. Liz Gauffreau
    January 7, 2021 at 11:56 pm

    I just love the D.H. Lawrence quote! It’s the sort of advice people tend to give me. The sword of Damocles in your poem does give me pause . . .

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  10. Rupali
    January 9, 2021 at 3:41 pm

    Just lovely! It reminds that I didn’t have orange marmalade for ages.

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  11. Amy
    January 10, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    orange marmalade… spreading out across the crusty sea, loveit. 🙂

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  12. Chris Hall
    January 11, 2021 at 7:44 am

    Sound advice from Mr Lawrence and my mouth waters at the thought!

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  13. Charis Counselling
    March 25, 2021 at 1:02 pm

    Very good 😄

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