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Nechayeva
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I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head
I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head
You probably saw it too because it was all over the internet
It looked like it hurt but somehow it didn't end up dead
It was still swimming until it got stuck in a fishing net
I wonder if the other fish found it funny
Me? I didn't laugh at all
I know how it feels to be kicked whilst you are down
It's like watching the ocean waves roll, but they never reach the shore
I think of that little fish all the time
and how I wish I could be as sad and tragic one day
Because even though that video felt like a crime
There was beauty in the way it dealt with the pain
You could learn something, you know
about life from that video
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I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head
and figured that I can't give up, even if it's all they've ever said
to do
I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head
and I won't give up - just like the fish with a harpoon through it's head
It was 2am and all I could think about
That's another fishy's baby, so cruelly taken out
But the worst part is that it was fine until the net came down
It would have survived if it were just allowed to be free
I think of that little fish all the time
and how I wish I could have the same resilience
Because even when missing part of its body
It was so obliviously brilliant
You could learn something, you know
about life from that video
I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head
and figured that I can't give up, even if it's all they've ever said
to do
I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head
and I won't give up - just like the fish with a harpoon through it's head
Nechayeva’s timeline
- April 2023
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08 SatAnniversary
5 years of membership
- March 2023
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14 TuePosted a poem
I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head
"I saw a video of a fish with a harpoon through it's head" - April 2019
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08 MonAnniversary
One year of membership
- April 2018
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09 MonReceived a critique
on Spring Fling (April Contest) from @scribbler
"welcome to neopoet. I really enjoyed the type rhyme pattern you used. Also enjoyed the poem itself......stan" -
09 MonReceived a critique
on Spring Fling (April Contest) from @trekker
"Nicely done. It flows and is very relatable. Welcome to Neopoet! trekker" -
09 MonReceived a critique
on Spring Fling (April Contest) from @raj
"It is good to see that within hours of joining Neopoet you have submitted your first poem here for April Contest.. There are workshops too which you may want to join... Welcome to Neopoet and look forward to read more o…" -
08 SunReceived a critique
on Spring Fling (April Contest) from @Eumolpus
"I like the end, very Marianne Moore to me, the way her sonnets about how her affairs were great rides and would just crumbles at the end, with no regrets. I do think personally the poem could be shortened, without losin…" -
08 SunFirst publication
Spring Fling (April Contest) (since unpublished)
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08 SunJoined Neopoet
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First poem published 1 days later.
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