NaPoWriMo #6 – The Cast / The Rise

Rhiannon had suggested in the day 6 NaPoWriMo prompt at Read Write Poem that we sort through a collection of our pictures as inspiration for this day’s poem. Although I veered a bit from her precise suggestion, the process of sorting brought me to the pictures I have of my fishing adventures, and that inspired this — so thanks Rhiannon!



This is my sixth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku

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The Cast

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cliff-climbing conifers
stir in the brisk dawn
as breezes swoop the gorge
rustle my jacket
nip my cheeks

across the casual rapids
near the stony shore
rainbows surface in slack water
hungrily gulping morning hatch

my most recent offering undulates past
in the glinting chatter of spring flow
unacknowledged

chuckling
I turn

elbow steady
I begin to rotate my lengthy bamboo
behind to two PM.
silently stripping the slender thread
from current’s surface
leaving a razor crease
disappearing quick as it comes

the lacquered rod bends forward as I lift
then slowly flexes back
the line arcs behind in flight
trailing silvery spray

backward pressure builds
as line nears full unfurling
but just before
a smooth return
slowly brings the shaft
again to ten AM

now
I feel the forward pull of the soaring mass
as overhead the line recoils
midair

the glass-green fiber
rolls out ahead
over azure ripples

the singing strand painting an “S”
in the cloudless sky

quick
smooth
and quiet
the line is re-wed to stream

the feathered morsel at the tip
offered yet again
coaxing a ready trout
to rise
and strike

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The Rise

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fly reel freshly oiled

new tippets cut and tied firm

spring trout on the rise

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poem and haiku by: rob kistner © 2010

• photorendering at top of this post is entitled “The Cast” – by: rob kistner © 2010
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…for more NaPoWriMo 2010 poems: readwritepoem

10 thoughts on “NaPoWriMo #6 – The Cast / The Rise

  1. Fresh caught Salmon, Trout – I’ve eaten it but never tried catching it. It’s an art form that I admire but I’m clueless about the science of it.
    6 of the best, so far!

  2. I like:

    – how you use the alliteration to add to the visual imagery and not just make noise. And without over-using it.

    – how time works here–for, with, and against an activity requiring such patience.

    – how you let us in on your humor.

    Nice casting!

  3. Rob,
    I really hate fishing and anytime I’ve gone I have just cringed at the process,bait, dead fish, hooks etc … But I really love how you write. Wonderful as always!

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