Fishing Stories
He was just a young boy of four,
ready to go fishing with his brother and father,
already telling fishing stories,
boasting that he was going to catch a fish
as tall as he was, one of the things
he must have learned from his dad
when giving him lessons on fishing,
but if you don’t mind,
please ask your father
to take a picture of the fish you catch
so we can all see how big it was,
but if that doesn’t work out
because nothing was caught, go ahead,
and just draw a picture of yourself
holding that gigantic fish of yours,
for there is nothing better than
a good fish story for the world to enjoy,
a whopper of a tale for all to feast on.
Duane Anderson currently lives in La Vista, Nebraska. He has had poems published in Fine Lines, Cholla Needles, and several other publications. He is the author of On the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk, Conquer the Mountains, Family Portraits, and The Life of an Ordinary Man, and In the Eyes Of.
You can see more of Duane's work in 13.4 and 13.1 and 11.2