A Fishing Prayer

As its a sunday I'm posting an extra poem, without the 'twitter format' restriction. Its dedicated to my fishing instructor, companion, soul mate and true love

Worm and pellet, corn and bread

Cast offerings to the riverbed

By chub and perch, by roach and dace

Grant me good fishing in this place

 For stone and gravel, reed and bank

The water goddess I must thank

And leaf and flower and branch and tree

For shade and for tranquility

To bream and gudgeon, ruffe and rudd

Respect I offer, true and good

To grayling, salmon, barbel, trout

Reverence and praise devout

Hook and line and rod and reel

Thy rituals help my soul to heal

carp and eel and tench and pike

Please grant forgiveness for my strike