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...SOJOURN IN THE WHALE by MARIANNE MOORE TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY [IN HER MOTHER'S ARMS] by AMBROSE PHILIPS THE HOUSE ON THE HILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ON THE DEATH OF A METAPHYSICIAN by GEORGE SANTAYANA BLESSING THE LIGHTS by ALTER ABELSON IN BATTLE by ABUL HASAN OF BADAJOZ MY DEAREST JULIA by WILLIAM BARNES THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: SILENCE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |