Bass Fishermen
Are Anglers
Cassandra Dallett
He sits on riverbank
quiet
waits
indefinitely
says nothing
baited line
Me I’m silver stripe
restless
big mouth
open
all flit and flash
this way and that catch me
I’m eager to bite jump hook
and fight
lip gaff gut drag no release
He got me. caught up again
a snag in my hungry hungry heart
Cassandra Dallett lives in Oakland, CA. Cassandra is a two-time Pushcart nominee and Literary Death Match winner. She has published online and in many print magazines, such as Slip Stream, Sparkle and Blink, Chiron Review, Stone Boat Review, and Great Weather For Media. A full-length book of poetry Wet Reckless was released to good review from Manic D Press May 2014. In the past year she authored Bad Sandy (Lucky Bastard Press), Pearl Tongue (Be About It Press), The Water tWars (Pedestrian Poets Series), On Sunday, A Finch (Nomadic Press), and most recently Armadillo Heart (Paper Press) with MK Chavez.