Slice of Life: Catch of the Day #SOL21
Ice Fishing
A community that gathers daily
Emerging with the sunrise
Still gathered at sunset
Working together
Sharing augers
Visiting shanties
Slammers set up
Hole hopping begins
Waiting for the flag to signal
Spending long days
Bracing the cold
In hopes of a catch
More often
Stories, laughs and memories
Are taken home
I spent the past few days watching my mother-in-law paint the ice shanty that was the scene of my accident. It was not a steep ski slope, a mountain ridge snow-shoeing trail or a fancy ice skating move that did me in – it was simply shooting the breeze in my characteristic fashion with the local ice fishermen that caused my broken arms to be the catch of day!
Poetry Type is Ekphrasis: poetry that is inspired by art. Inspired by the poem Reach in Dictionary for A Better World by Irene Latham & Charles Waters. This book is available in Epic – it is one of my favorite poetry books!
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