Saturday, October 16

the beauty of the koi


the beauty of the koi
in the water
was such that
I put down my camera
and suddenly


I could see
their scales
like dragon pinecones
their mouths
like bellows gulping

their fins
like procrastinating satin
their flesh
like singing from India


{poem by me; seattle japanese garden}

4 comments:

Caitlyn and Chad said...

This is wonderful.

Brooke said...

thank you, caitlyn. :)

elizabeth said...

dragon pinecones!

they are so beautiful.

in the first photo, it looks like they're swimming up to say hello.

Brooke said...

aren't they? they were so tame (looking for hand-outs, really) :)