7 Haiku on Goldfish and Why

I. Why don’t the fish drown!?
Incessantly they circle
the circular bowl.

II. Quoth the painter: “I
wouldn’t mind being the Ver-
million goldfish.”

III. What if a duck swooped
down and ate it up? Poor soul–
would it even mind?

IV. All of you, drink up!
The seafaring fish don’t mind;
cups are landish things.

V. I’ve concluded ducks
and fish share intimacy –
as I do with plums.

VI. Tell me, what do you
think amuses a fish? No,
no, I’ve tried juggling.

VII. Now, consider the
hummingbird – flighty, fast, but
not quite so fluid.

0000000000000000000Inspired by:
0000000000000000000Stan and Oliver, goldfish
0000000000000000000Henri Matisse, Fauvistic painter
0000000000000000000Rumi, mystic poet
0000000000000000000Wallace Stevens, poet
0000000000000000000Orrin Johnson, my brother

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Maddy Johnson, age 14
Bar Harbor, Maine
Submitted Independently