Bri's And Brian's Fish Stories..... [a New Generation Of Fishermen; Big Catches; Family Fun] Poem by Bri Edwards

Bri's And Brian's Fish Stories..... [a New Generation Of Fishermen; Big Catches; Family Fun]

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Over fifty years ago a boy named Bri.... lived in mid-New York.
One day he took a pole to a pond and caught a fish, not pork.
After hooking it, Bri thought.....that playing the fish could be a chore,
so Bri yanked HARD on the pole. The fish flew through the air, landing on the shore.

This year Milt's son Brian, five years old, Old-Bri's sort-of namesake,
went with his family for two weeks to Minnesota and a fishing lake.
A prayer was said, the line was cast, and Young-Brian settled in boat to wait.
And, golly gee, Brian did catch a fish.....much TOO BIG for his plate.
I'm sure my friend Milt was excited, as you'd expect a dad to be, and.....
Brian's eyes were "saucer-sized"....as God and men could see.


(July 6,2013)

Saturday, July 6, 2013
Topic(s) of this poem: fishing
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
a fraternity friend from my cornell u. days has a young crop of kids (second marriage) . he is very religious, and he named his son after me (sort of) ......though the namesake part doesn't necessarily follow the religious part since i am an agnostic/atheist and milt knows it.
anyway, ....milt sent an email outlining a recent fish story his son now has, and i incorporated the email and my own distant fish story into the above poem. my story is true and i assume milt's is also.
(except that my fishing style may have had more to do with ignorance than laziness)
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tom Allport 03 June 2017

a poem that sounds a bit fishy to me (flying fish in New York?) but then there again I Believe some things are heaven sent like a big fish for a little boy with a future tail to tell? Sir Bri of well written!

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Simone Inez Harriman 09 April 2017

Very exciting for the young fella to catch such a big fish. I wonder if he has the same sense of humor as you Bri.

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