The Important Things

Frederick Sears' iHaikus

The Important Things
Words and Photos: Frederick Sears

For the second time in two weeks of my life I am flying over the Gulf of Mexico and wondering what it is I caught off the beach of Celestine Yucatan.

Seatrout are out... Near shore lizard fish are in Triangular head with teeth

Important things “Near shore Lizard fish” Not work

Bonnethead shark, Cobia, Blacktip Shark, bait flung Onshore breeze, Surf, Deceivers, cast Aged parents Florida Spanish Mackerel this year (sore shoulder)

Beer in SeaTac was $14 O'hair $9 Bad iPhone missed computer training Fishing seems best morning tides empty beaches

Prison warned of your release Death threats All fish have teeth here Changed the will she’s beneficiary now Move

“In fourteen months I only smiled once...” - Bob Dylan My face hurts from sunburn and smiling

One, two, three The common vulgarity, accelerate punch Onshore breeze cast

Serenely casting in dawn light All these fish have sharp teeth spines Forehead red like dawn vacation

Thong blisters and cut feet Twenty-pound hard mono works Gulf Azure fish all have sharp teeth

Unprepared 20th parallel Mexico Yucatan Fishing an unknown surprise is the adventure Verde, Azure, Cobalt, Silver fish