E. J. Pratt Fish Poems

  • 1.
    Perched on a dead volcanic pile,
    Now charted as a submerged peak,
    Near to a moon-washed coral isle,
    A hundred leagues from Mozambique,
    ...
  • 2.
    Now it was clear to every Shade
    That some great wonder was before them,
    As Tom upon the palisade
    Emptied, as fast as Lulu bore them,
    ...
  • 3.
    He seemed to know the harbour,
    So leisurely he swam;
    His fin,
    Like a piece of sheet-iron,
    ...
  • 4.
    Time-morning

    A half-point Nor'ard from the West,
    A bluish-tinted spot of light,
    ...
  • 5.
    ‘The witches' device for the equitable distribution
    of the liquor consisted in the construction
    of tens of thousands of stopcocks and bungs
    which were fitted into the perforations of the
    ...
  • 6.
    To make a perfect fish menu,
    The witches found they had to place
    Upon this alcoholic base
    Great stacks of food and spices too.
    ...
  • 7.
    Not since the time the sense of evil
    Caught our first parents by surprise,
    While eating fruit in Paradise,
    One fateful morning, had the Devil,
    ...
Total 7 Fish Poems by E. J. Pratt

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