I bought some bananas and also some fish,
and I put my bananas in a pretty pink dish;
then I named all my fish: Cedric, Gertrude and Frank,
and sent them to swim in a sizeable tank.
x
In the evening I sat there and ate some bananas,
contemplating my fish in my comfy pyjamas;
they were pearly and pretty and orange and cute,
and I wondered if rosy barb fish would eat fruit.
x
Sometime later I wended upstairs to my bed,
washed my face, cleaned my teeth, took a tablet and read;
then I switched off the light and I fell into sleep,
and I dreamed of great seascapes and fish of the deep.
x
But one of my fishes got lost late last night,
he was there up till bed-time and looked quite all right;
the other fish seem to be awfully upset,
they are swimming round backwards and not all that wet.
x
I don’t understand where my fish, Frank, can be,
it would have been different if he lived in the sea;
he could have explored, found a cave and got curious,
and met with his God Parents, Doris and Nereus.
x
But here, in my house, life is normal and tame,
nothing out of the ordinary happening again;
so all I can think must have happened to Frank,
is he ate my bananas, exploded and sank!
I just love this! 🙂
heh, heh, thank you, and welcome to my poetry cave! I hope you have a dig around – all sorts here x
Delightfully mad… I loved it too!
The pyjamas were for you 🙂
smiling at this one!
Marvellous! I hoped you might x
Awesome – love this.
I’m so glad. This was my birthday poem – a bit of the scorpion in me, perhaps??? 🙂
Well done Julia. I like this.
Frank’s a good name for a fish, too
Oh, it’s nobodysreadingme by the way. WordPress is playing up again:-)
Thanks from Frank x
that is awesome, very nice ,, creative and funny too
A real smile is good for the soul, I think x
fantastic poem julia!
i fear someone trespasses your home at night!
a fish burglar???
I loved this too! bizarre but weirdly loveable, simple, straight, good.
congratulations!
Thank you, Pip. Bananas might be the word you are looking for 🙂
I’d like to re-blog this later today, if I may? I’m going to start doing a re-blog every Thursday!
It would be my pleasure. Thank you 🙂
Awesome!
Much enjoyed the reading!
Rachael
Reblogged this on Shashi Moore.
Thank you, Julia ! I needed some humor today and this was just awsome!
Fantastic job.
Paul
Glad Frank and I did the trick, Paul x
Oh my God! I hope you are submitting for publication. Reminds of Theodore Geisel, whose fence I used to climb over with my friend when we were little.
Ah, good ol’ Dr Seuss 🙂
PS- I am forwarding this to my family.
Thank you, I hope they enjoy!
So glad I came across your poem. Enjoyed it much! Thanks for posting your poems.