Ignore my mocking eyes, young flippant fish, Be freezing cold to anyone so snoopy, But really you make quite a pretty dish, And so I write a sonnet to you, guppie. Undaunted fellow, sail undaunted on, As hours go by the silver depths unroll, How many miles canst proudly boast at dawn -- Around a so absurdly little bowl? A lightning grace enchants your sudden darts, A peerless rainbow sheathes your streamlined form, And yet your ego comes not from these arts, But from the non-existent goal you storm. For all my words, I fear my searching soul Is like a crazy guppie in a bowl! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN OLD MAN'S WINTER NIGHT by ROBERT FROST MUSIC IN CAMP by JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON BEAUTIFUL THINGS by ELLEN P. ALLERTON MY DEAREST WIFE by WILLIAM BARNES ROBIN'S SECRET by KATHARINE LEE BATES SHAKESPEARE by HENRY AMES BLOOD |