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Fish and Frogs · Poetry Minific ·
Organised by Anon Y Mous
Word limit 15–1000
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Dialogue between surfaces.
"Both born in water, but I am free
To see the world above your sky,
Your fins keep you down where birds would drown,
While I watch them fly!"

"My fins let me swim and soar,
To explore bottom of lake to top.
What good are your legs up there in air,
When you only hop?"
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Structurally, this is mostly unconstrained, with no rhythm and only a couple lines from each stanza rhyming. I like the argument between fish and frog, though I'm a little surprised the fish doesn't make a point of the tadpole (and possibly the frog, depending on how large a type of fish it is) being something it eats. Though you only have limited space, and they made their main points. I have to say, the fish makes the better point, when he cites what he's able to do, while the frog can only cite what he sees others do.