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Array ( [sid] => 162083 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Late Evening Trout. [time] => 2010-08-30 02:49:56 [hometext] => While walking yesterday saw a lone fisherman. Just a few thoughts. [bodytext] => Sun stroked water, gypsy heather
Cutting a purple swathe through moor
To distant hills and the smoky horizon
Of a late summer evening gathering.
On the river bank, camouflaged by feverish foliage,
A lone fisherman casts his line, a long thin snake
Hissing through the stillness,
The fly, a delicate perfect imitation, lands silently.
And ruffled by a breeze and gentle water it glides
Across the surface like a temptress determined to lure trout
From the cool clear depths. Determined to deceive
And make good a fine deliverance.
The fisherman stands alert to any movement,
To any change in the water's solitude.
And there in a rock pool a trout, a sun ghost at worship
At the temple of his dreams, catches a hint of the fly.
Follows the line of that artificial beauty, grabs, swallows
And thrashes through the cavern of his kingdom
Until at last he is floating through air on the end
Of the hissing snaking line.
Gasps in astonishment at his ending.
The heather is purple. The horizon smoky still. [comments] => 8 [counter] => 257 [topic] => 27 [informant] => cashfan1 [notes] => Corrected spelling as requested ~ Moderator_18 Aug 30, 2010 [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 13 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => NaturePoetry )

Late Evening Trout.

Contributed by cashfan1 on Monday, 30th August 2010 @ 02:49:56 AM in AEST
Topic: NaturePoetry

Sun stroked water, gypsy heather
Cutting a purple swathe through moor
To distant hills and the smoky horizon
Of a late summer evening gathering.
On the river bank, camouflaged by feverish foliage,
A lone fisherman casts his line, a long thin snake
Hissing through the stillness,
The fly, a delicate perfect imitation, lands silently.
And ruffled by a breeze and gentle water it glides
Across the surface like a temptress determined to lure trout
From the cool clear depths. Determined to deceive
And make good a fine deliverance.
The fisherman stands alert to any movement,
To any change in the water's solitude.
And there in a rock pool a trout, a sun ghost at worship
At the temple of his dreams, catches a hint of the fly.
Follows the line of that artificial beauty, grabs, swallows
And thrashes through the cavern of his kingdom
Until at last he is floating through air on the end
Of the hissing snaking line.
Gasps in astonishment at his ending.
The heather is purple. The horizon smoky still.

Copyright © cashfan1 ... [ 2010-08-30 02:49:56]
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Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by UNORTHODOX on Monday, 30th August 2010 @ 05:28:45 AM AEST
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I can honestly say
this is the first time
fishing has been spoken of
in such dramatic some how elegantly
meaningful tones
the back drop derived from your
narrative was deeply layered and fantastical

-UNORTHODOX

Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by mehuel on Monday, 30th August 2010 @ 11:05:43 AM AEST
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the way u enliven the entire scene is remarkable, and there were so many bits that were so profound that i dont know where to start from, like "....water's solitude"... Beautiful work...

Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by FragileStrength on Monday, 30th August 2010 @ 01:18:55 PM AEST
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This was great!

Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 30th August 2010 @ 04:13:24 PM AEST
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Again, you have painted a vivid picture for us all to see with your words!

Thank you,

Tim
cool dude

cool dude

Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by tinybitinsane on Monday, 30th August 2010 @ 05:42:46 PM AEST
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i loved this! u made it soo clear for me too see everything that went onn

Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by ming on Tuesday, 31st August 2010 @ 08:57:10 AM AEST
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Beautiful! Very pretty word painting. Here is my fav.

Sun stroked water, gypsy heather
Cutting a purple swathe through moor
To distant hills and the smoky horizon
Of a late summer evening gathering.

ming

Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by spud on Friday, 3rd September 2010 @ 08:53:43 AM AEST
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Hi Dennis,

So vividly described that I could almost taste the
trout and yet still mourn it's end.

A fine piece of poetry.

Tommy

Re: Late Evening Trout. (User Rating: 1 )
by northernlights on Saturday, 4th September 2010 @ 12:05:18 AM AEST
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So lovely to walk into Dennis's world and be able to see through his poetic eyes a moment's photograph delicately described in infinite detail and brought to us on a plate of subtle emotion

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