observe the fish charmer
liquid crystal rippling
on amber skin
he wades waist deep
with salty fingers
rolls morsels of bread
casts them over clear blue waters
is rewarded
by a swim of
silver armoured mouths
shoal and scatter
shoal and scatter
he can stay there for hours
time what does time matter
— Genista Lewes —
First Prize in first competition held by Poems Please Me. July 2011