Gentle bowfin As the spring rain
falls As the spring rain falls
Mistaken identity Diapause ending for the
Salamanders awake
Killed as snakehead Hidden buried eggs
Crawl to vernal pools
(Ok, so the bowfin one doesn't start with "As the spring rain falls...." :)
And, a new extended version....
As the spring rain falls
Dogue Creek Snakeheads crawl upstream
Caught for a bounty
Slithering Channa
Among the native cyprinids
Devour the Potomac
Big teeth, swims on land
Thousands so near Capital
They are here to stay
But, it is DC
Politicians, Lawyers
One more slimy thing
Congress fights, bickers
Endangered Species Act torn
What an awful waste
Other problems loom
Asian carp leap into boats
Knock down man, bring doom
Eat all the plankton
Filter water clear, no food
For mussels, young fish
Water plants grow
Eurasian Water Milfoil
Hyacinth and more
Block our waterway
Grow fast, kill our plants and fish
No one cares, they stay
No big teeth on these
Cannot crawl overland, breath air
SciFi, no movie.
No one cares unless
Monsters of the deep be made
Or a bounty paid
They are here to stay
Exotic species every
place we look and find
Too little funds and
Too few studies done to know
How their spread to slow
-- end ____^___ ><,DARWIN,> Joshua L. Wiegert AIM UID: JoshuaWiegert ICQ UIN: 276060292 Feel free to contact me by any of the above means for any reason. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I'm sorry for not communicating more frequently, but sometimes its hard to write on a moving planet. - Ashleigh BrilliantThe things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -- Plato
Due to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel has been discontinued. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd D. Crail" <tcrail at UTNet.UToledo.Edu> To: <nanfa-l at nanfa.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:30 AM Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Native fish haiku contest
> Holey moley Josh, you are on it! > > Can this be forwarded to people at the Post Bob B? Did you have a contact > from the Crofton incident? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joshua L. Wiegert" <JLW at dune.net> > >> As the spring rain falls >> Dogue Creek Snakeheads crawl upstream >> Caught for a bounty >> >> Slithering Channa >> Among the native cyprinids >> Devour the Potomac >> >> Big teeth, swims on land >> Thousands so near Capital >> They are here to stay >> >> But, it is DC >> Politicians, Lawyers >> One more slimy thing > /----------------------------------------------------------------------- > / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes > / Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily > / reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA, > / visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are > / consistent with the guidelines as per > / http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get > / help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at > / http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml /----------------------------------------------------------------------- / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes / Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA, / visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are / consistent with the guidelines as per / http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get / help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at / http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml