“One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!”
“In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish”
"In Heraclitus' River"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)
Context: In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish,
a fish kneels to the fish, a fish sings to the fish,
a fish begs the fish to ease its fishy lot.
In response to a question in the House of Commons about the fishing industry losing money due to Brexit red tape https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-01-14/debates/329F59AC-D8A3-464D-AF4D-58C7EAA560C6/BusinessOfTheHouse#contribution-F5E677D7-58DE-4634-88A4-E97E2AA8F7E6 (14 January 2021)
2021
“If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.”
Tales of Southern Rivers (1924).
“I want to get out in the water. I wanted to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory.”
Interview: Sylvia Earle Undersea Explorer http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/ear0int-1, Academy of Achievement, January 27, 1991
"In Heraclitus' River"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)
“This next song is about… fish… just one singular fish… he was a lonely fish, but he died happy.”
31st of August, 2007 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, introducing "Tuna in the brine"
On Stage
“The salmon may be cited as typically fish-shaped fish.”
Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight (1906), Chapter 1, page 33
“We are like fish
In this vast sea.
And Satan fishes
For you and me.”
"Monish" (translated in J. Leftwich. Golden Peacock. Sci-Art, 1939, p. 56.), 1888.
“It is to be observed that "angling" is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.”
When Fellers Go Fishing http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kCAAAAMAAJ&q=%22It+is+to+be+observed+that+angling+is+the+name+given+to+fishing+by+people+who+can't+fish%22&pg=PA147#v=onepage, The Leacock Roundabout, (1945)
