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Untitled, a poem by Lindsay M. Haynes, USA Other Children, children's Poems Other Fish Poems DUAL CATEGORY THIS POET COUNTRIES Categories: Children, children's Poems & Fish Poetry Viewed 2558 times Author: Lindsay M. Haynes, USA Share Poem Untitled My beautiful fish swims around his bowl He’s so small that I call him Buttonhole One strange rainy day I went out the door And I left my window open for sure Well on that long day he went on a trip I think someone must have gave him a tip For my little fish hopped through the window Into a puddle that was way down low A wave of rainwater took him away And that wave took him straight down my driveway But just then things started to look very gray As he slid to the gutter, I'm afraid to say It swallowed him without even asking! Hit the water like a bullet flying He was almost knocked out by the big blow So cold, it was as though he had hit snow! Confused my fish didn't know what to do So he swam in big circles and wide zigzags too Through the pipes he swam for hours on end Without anyone that he could befriend Then I came right home after a small time To an empty fish bowl and a small crime My window was open, nothing to do I'll get a new fish and call him Andrew But I miss my little Buttonhole fish You know he was a very cool goldfish! So I guess Andrew will just have to wait ‘Cause I need haste to change Buttonhole's fate! I stopped at that moment and thought, “I’ve got to go! So I went to the lady who smells like jell-o And knocked on her door afraid she’d be mad I was drenched to the core and feeling very sad She smiled at me and said “Come right in!” And made me feel right at home like her kin Then handed me a bottle that was sparkling “This will take away what is troubling And will make everything all right again” The rain had stopped and I ran home again And drank the potion that was brilliant green But at that moment I thought her dreadfully mean Because what happened then was not what I thought right For now I was a fish with a tail that was white! Flopping around on my dry blue green rug Through the window I went with a small tug Then hit the hard, wet ground with a big bounce And slid right into the hole in the ground Searching, I swam big circles and wide zigzags When in the distance I saw a white flag I swam right up to my fish to scold him I told him he can't just leave on a whim Suddenly I wasn't fish anymore I looked for the exit; we're at the core I scooped button and climbed up the ladder I ran straight home, getting a lot madder To my window and to the round fishbowl In he went, and that is how it is told. Click to purchase Print 51084 0 Other Author Poems Recent Site Documents What type of Valentine do you wish to have? Blog by: Mukeshkumar Raval Just Among Friends (A24) Blog by: Chris Johnson ARE LARGE PHARMACUTICAL COMPANIES PLAYING SCROOGE Blog by: Marcia Schechinger Code Red! (A tale of a media man) Short Story by: Edgar Eslit CONGRATULATORY SPEECH Blog by: Dowell Oba finally... Short Story by: bahar sarafrazi Why I Write About Monsters Blog by: Kristine Trudeau Wonder of Wonders Blog by: Rajaram Ramachandran One upon a time.. Blog by: Pattra Shuwaswat The Rockhill Cosmo and Her Butterfly-I Short Story by: Yarpei Shatsang         If you like this poem, post a message below to the poet!   To Respond, enter a note and then click the "Post Response" button below   Your Response:   Your Name   Your Country       Here are the previous Messages left about this Poem From Comment about poem or author Response Country Response Added     Send this poem to your Friends and Family           Use the following form to support the author by sending this poem to your friends, family and co-workers. Each time that you forward this poem to another friend of yours, the poet will earn marketing credits to get their poem pages displayed even more on the Internet.    Your Name:    Friend's Email:    Note:         Have this poem read to you by one of our Poets! Rate this Poem 1 - Average 2 3 4 5 - Award Winner Not Rated Yet HELP THIS AUTHOR OUT BY COPYING THE FOLLOWING HTML CODE INTO ANY WEBPAGE <a href = "http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=51084">Click here to visit VoicesNet.com to read the poem called "Untitled" by Lindsay M. Haynes, USA</a>