That can definitely be a very alarming moment, for sure. Sometimes, swimming pools, and the sea, drop down into the deeper water very unexpectedly... 🏯😎🏯
Haha! A fun, unexpected ending! Pet fish are very therapeutic and relaxing to watch, and are actually surprisingly intelligent, and can recognise their owner and things just like other pets do... 🏯😎🏯
I had to prove I could swim before I could dive from the diving board. It wasn't all that deep, but I had to convince the lifeguard. Good thing I float well.
Ahh, well I suppose they have to be cautious, especially with diving boards. The low ones are fine, but I definitely never liked the look of those ones that are 10 metres high! Haha... 🏯😎🏯
Ahh, a wonderful mini story! I can picture the little fish perfectly, getting separated from his school, and trying desperately to catch back up again with the others. I hope he makes it! 🏯😎🏯
Slightly autobiographical. This is what the coach told me, almost word for word, during high school swim team tryouts. I did not make the team, and my freestyle technique has only worsened since.
An excellent Pod! I particulary liked the repetition of "swimming for my life", and how it was used in both a literal and metaphorical way. Very nice... 🏯😎🏯
Ahh, that is so true! All we can do is keep swimming forward, and cherish the good memories that are floating among the bad ones. That's a great interpretation of the Prompt... 🏯😎🏯
There's been some very hot hot days here in the UK this week! I've had fans running in every room, but a lake would've been much better. And much cheaper! Haha... 🏯😎🏯
In water too deep
Where my feet don't touch bottom
Controlling panic
That can definitely be a very alarming moment, for sure. Sometimes, swimming pools, and the sea, drop down into the deeper water very unexpectedly... 🏯😎🏯
Yeah, been there.
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Splash dance in the pool
Wet wild frenzied water waves.
Leaves me feeling cool.
Haha! That is definitely the perfect remedy during these hot summer days... 🏯😎🏯
I avoid the sea
Keeping head above water's
Harder than you think!
I definitely avoid the sea, too. But mainly because of 'Jaws'. Haha... 🏯🦈😎🦈🏯
I will go any where in a boat, as long as I can keep one foot on the shore.
Pet fish swim and sway
Till one day, they pass through the…
…chambers of your heart.
Haha! A fun, unexpected ending! Pet fish are very therapeutic and relaxing to watch, and are actually surprisingly intelligent, and can recognise their owner and things just like other pets do... 🏯😎🏯
Reach and pull. Breathe. Again.
After the tenth lap, the deep
Is available.
Lovely! And after the tenth lap, I'd also be hoping a stiff drink was available! Haha! Thanks for joining in... 🏯😎🏯
I had to prove I could swim before I could dive from the diving board. It wasn't all that deep, but I had to convince the lifeguard. Good thing I float well.
Ahh, well I suppose they have to be cautious, especially with diving boards. The low ones are fine, but I definitely never liked the look of those ones that are 10 metres high! Haha... 🏯😎🏯
Neither does Mr. Bean. 😁
was swimming upstream
quick current carried me out
finding my way back
Ahh, a wonderful mini story! I can picture the little fish perfectly, getting separated from his school, and trying desperately to catch back up again with the others. I hope he makes it! 🏯😎🏯
Glad you liked it. :)
Swimming in the creek
With gravel beneath my feet
Cold water beats heat
What a great way to keep cool! The rhyming is great in this one, too... 🏯😎🏯
Thank you for the shoutout.
You're very welcome! Have a great week... 🏯😎🏯
"Slapping the water
is a poor way to thank it
for letting you float."
Slightly autobiographical. This is what the coach told me, almost word for word, during high school swim team tryouts. I did not make the team, and my freestyle technique has only worsened since.
A Pod Of Haiku
Deep water problem
Couldn’t see it coming near
Swimming for my life
Some say it’s swimming
Standing in shallow water
Holding a cold beer
Beach bods of all kinds
Not worrying how they look
Enjoying warm waves
Office politics
Keeps rearing its ugly head
Swimming for my life
An excellent Pod! I particulary liked the repetition of "swimming for my life", and how it was used in both a literal and metaphorical way. Very nice... 🏯😎🏯
Two in the wave pool
she in my arms, eyes squeezed tight
my granddaughter laughs
What a wonderful moment! Swimming is such a lovely activity to share with children, and of course, such a valuable skill for them to learn... 🏯😎🏯
I was trying so hard to covey the joy of that moment with so very few words 😊 I am so pleased that you sensed it.
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sea of memories
precious and yet polluted
there's no swimming back
Ahh, that is so true! All we can do is keep swimming forward, and cherish the good memories that are floating among the bad ones. That's a great interpretation of the Prompt... 🏯😎🏯
On a hot hot day
The cold water of the lake
Wakes my mind, self, soul
There's been some very hot hot days here in the UK this week! I've had fans running in every room, but a lake would've been much better. And much cheaper! Haha... 🏯😎🏯
the water is cold
and it's not even winter
but the fish don't mind
A spring fed creek is an ice water challenge even in August.
I can't swim at all
Fear of deep water each time
hydrophobia !
Nice one! I'm sort of in the same boat, but I can dog paddle if necessary.
Thank you , Jeannine!
I think my asthma contributed to my inability to learn to swim. Such a long way across a pool !!
Thank you , Carolyn !
Thank you , Carl !
Thank you , Clownworld!
I tried the three verse style but couldn't seem to get the spaces between each section to look correct, so I separated them with dashes.
Languid dark coils lurk
Uneasily evading
Fishermen at quays.
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Laughter in the sun,
Joy-filled days stilled under fear,
Stolen into murk.
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Sliding between docks,
Trailing sharp failed hooks
Coils find careless feet.
Oooo, revenge!
Lol! exactly