Fishing in the Rock Pools
Rock Pools
The waves break on the rocks,
White water sparkles as it drains
Over the surface and down
Into the crevices, cracks,
Holes and gaps
Where small children play
With their fishing nets.
They laugh aloud
As they try in vain
To catch the tiny fish
Who easily evade
The hunters’ wily ways
And swim from pool to pool
Through narrow tunnels
In the stone.
Photo’s: Author – Apologies for the quality – copied from an old video.
©DGA 26.10.2010
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28/10/2010 at 6:12 am
Wonderful, Adee! I still love splashing around in rock pools and examining the fish you find there.
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28/10/2010 at 6:16 am
I could so easily retire in a rondavel at the seaside and be a beach bum!
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28/10/2010 at 6:18 am
Perfectly captured, and the quality of the photos adds to the nostalgia.
Lovely.
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28/10/2010 at 6:24 am
Thanks, Cindy! I also thought so and I’m glad you agree – sort of a dream-like quality…
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28/10/2010 at 6:18 am
I want to retire there too!! Beautiful en peaceful…is that your children Adee?
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28/10/2010 at 6:25 am
Yip, Amanda, me and the children taken long, long ago… That is/was the most wonderful stretch of coast in the whole world!!!
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28/10/2010 at 10:26 am
it;s such fun to do, especially in warm water areas
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28/10/2010 at 3:19 pm
Oh, yes, Sidey – has to be warm water seas!
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28/10/2010 at 11:55 am
smiles this brought back some cool memories of younger days…
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28/10/2010 at 3:20 pm
Those memories and times are so precious…
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28/10/2010 at 3:15 pm
I love this poem, the way it dips into a single and singular moment with children playing in a rock pool. A lovely nostalgic feel to it, pictures and all. I sometimes deliberately age or blur photos (using a photoshop-like software) just to add to the nostalgia or mystique.
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28/10/2010 at 3:24 pm
Thank you, Ruth. This was one of those poems that just ‘came’ in a couple of minutes with no tweaking necessary… I keep meaning to have a look at photoshop, but have never managed to get around to it.
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28/10/2010 at 8:24 pm
I saw exactly what you were writing! Loved it!
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29/10/2010 at 2:16 am
Thanks, BV. I was so pleased to have the old video for the memories…
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28/10/2010 at 10:09 pm
…those were the days my friend…we thought they`d never end….
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29/10/2010 at 2:19 am
We can’t stop things from changing, and freeze time… ‘adapt or die’ is the name of the game.
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28/10/2010 at 11:08 pm
I liked the photos with this piece!
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29/10/2010 at 2:20 am
Yes… I struggled to decide which to use…
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31/10/2010 at 5:34 am
Your words and pictures remind me so much of my childhood on the SA East coast 🙂 Thanks for the bit of nostalgia!
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31/10/2010 at 5:42 am
You’re welcome. The pictures were taken on the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (my favourite place). 😀
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