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“On the Beach” for RDP “Sepia” Prompt

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This fish and the other objects in the first picture were found in exactly this position on the beach. I was fascinated by the beauty of the arrangement and the details of the fish that was not a fisherman’s catch but had obviously died either before or after it washed ashore.

(Click on first picture and then on arrows to enlarge photos and view gallery.)

 

for the RDP prompt, which is also “Sepia.”

I used these photos many years ago for a “Sepia” prompt by Cee, who inspired so many posts over the years. R.I.P. Cee!!!! I post them here in memory of her.

Gamefish

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Gamefish

See how the mighty fisherman holds me in his hand
as he drags me from the ocean to set me in the sand.
For twenty years, I’ve moved myself in freedom through the sea,
but by tonight it seems I’ll merely be somebody’s tea.

The dVerse Poets Quadrille pompt today is “fish.”

“Fishless Chips” for SOCS, July 18, 2025

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I received the below new lunch menu from a local restaurant :


A NEW LUNCH MENU is being offered from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

  • Fish & Chips with Coleslaw
    Burritos ( Shrimp or Fish)
    Chimichangas (Shrimp or Fish)
    Tacos Shrimp or Fish
    Large Salad with  Shrimp

          This was my mental reply to their message:

          Fishless Chips

          Never have I had a wish
          for any kind of seafood dish––
          fillet of flounder or tuna knish.
          The only menu I find delish
          is piscine-free, served with a flourish.
          So if this bod you wish to nourish,
          just french fry spuds and skip the fish!

          The prompt for SOCS is “chip.”

          “Habitats” For Lens Artists Challenge 326, July 1, 2024

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          An Egret in one of its two favorite habitats.
          This is its other favorite habitat–high up in a tree
          with a nest of hatchlings.
          A fish out of water. Not a welcoming habitat.
          Good habitats make good neighbors.
          Oceanside brush
          needlefish. Again, out of its habitat, but close
          Tsavo Game Preserve, Kenya
          The snail’s habitat is where there is food. In this case, the cat dish. Better here than the leaves and flowers.

          Eyes of the Ocean

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          My wifi connection here at the beach is so slow that it has taken me ten minutes just to download/upload this photo, so others will have to wait. This is the eye of a needlefish seen on the beach yesterday.  It was three or four feet long…Okay, finally, 20 minutes later, I was able to load the “eyeless” portion of the post.

          For Nature Photo Challenge: Eyes

          Ocean Truths

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          Ocean Truths

          The oceans teem with sterling fish that stream above the sands,
          working their ways through currents beyond the landward strands.
          Particles of plankton sift down through the brine
          giving all the silver streaks something on which to dine.

          Stingy bit by stingy bit unites to make a feast,
          for tiny flashing fish up to the ocean’s largest beast
          that slams the surface of the sea to leap into a scene
          far above the plankton that streams through its baleen.

          Since those depths that nourish it do not provide breath,
          that which brings it life may also bring it death.
          So while tiniest fishes float safe within their lair,
          the giants of the ocean must come up to find air.

           

          Prompt words today are sterling, work, particle, teem, slam, stingy. Image by Todd Cravens on Unsplash.

          Change of Menu

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          Change of Menu

          Though my visitor is an excellent cook
          who bought a fresh fish right off of the hook,
           he said although sturgeon is usually reliable,
          he found that this one was sadly not fryable.

          Somehow, its innards were too well united
          which meant that the rest of it could not be bited.
          The end of the story is simply that
          we tossed the fish to the dog and the cat,

          got into the car and took a small ride
          to purchase burgers with fries on the side.
          The irony, though, of our untasted sturgeon
          is that my guest was a prominent surgeon!

          Prompt words are visitor, united, reliable, cook and prominent, Image by John Cameron on Unsplash.

          Fishermen

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          (Click on photos to enlarge.)

          Fishermen

          On platforms built over the bay,
          the fishermen begin their day.
          In spite of last-night’s sordid fun,
          they’re up before the day’s begun,
          ready to join their fishing fleet
          so later we can leave replete
          with fish from platters piled high
          with clams and shrimp and codfish pie.

          Wild fishermen of bar or tavern,
          in days of old in inn or cavern
          drank their wine and emerged bleary
          to their boats, hungover, weary.
          Simon and Andrew were the first
          to leave their fishing nets and thirst
          for cups of wine filled to the brim
          to change their lives and follow him.

          Joined after by the other ten,
          they all became fishers of men.
          And even though eons ago
          they, too, had their wild oats to sow,
          these fishermen would be surprised
          that since then they’ve been canonized,
          thus feeding souls with other than
          can be dished out in dish or pan.

           Prompt words are platform, sordid, bash, canonize, fleet and platter.

          Animal Pot Pourri: A Photo a Week Challenge

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          Click on photos to enlarge.

          For A Photo a Week Challenge: Animals

           

          Kleptoparasitic Tendencies

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          Kleptoparasitic Tendencies

          At first sight of the sperm whales, the fishermen all cringe,
          for these felons of the ocean loiter on the fringe,
          and when they hear the motors hauling in  the lines,
          each poacher dives to steal the fish, hook after hook, and dines.
          The perils of the ocean include gale-force wind and rain,
          but this larceny of sperm whales is the larger pain.

           

          To see sperm whales targeting fishing boats for an easy meal, go HERE.

          Prompt words for the day are fringe, rain, first, felon and fish.