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No Anchor For Rancor

No Anchor for Rancor

Wounded the ship of my soul, 
With tattered sails,
Heels up in malevolence,
Venom puffs out the jib
In leeward grudges of tactless spite
On a pointless reach 
Heading up into retaliation.

Heart hardened sends out a deep tap root,
Like a dagger board,
For my blustering hubris
To drop an anchor and moor animosity
In a portage of perpetual whirlwinds
With undertows of enmity
Crashing about in irons of spite.

Yet steady winds rise up
And I must come about
Heading into prevailing winds 
Then journey through hubris doldrums,
Sails filled fresh with newborn winds,
Orphaning rancor - breathing in forgiveness  -
Sailing beneath full sails of resurrection

Copyright © Sam Kauffman | Year Posted 2023

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David Drowley Date: 8/10/2023 8:55:00 AM Congratulations Sam. Well written and on point! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/10/2023 11:04:00 AM Hi David! Thank you for your visit and delightful note of congratulations! The contest theme really did lend itself to a sailing theme and images. Blessings and gratitude to you.

Mark Toney Date: 8/8/2023 5:57:00 PM Wonderful poem, Sam. A Fav for me. Congratulations on your podium win. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/10/2023 11:02:00 AM Hi Mark! Thank you so much for your note of congratulations and the honor of your fav. So grateful. Sending you blessings of summer joy!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/8/2023 4:19:00 PM wow, so well done. A huge congrats to you, Sam. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/10/2023 10:54:00 AM Thank you so much Andrea! Your feedback and congratulations always bring sunshine into my day. Blessings and continued prayers!

Janice Canerdy Date: 8/8/2023 12:53:00 PM A big CONGRATS on your win, Sam. You have used powerful figures of speech to describe the evil power of rancor. Janice Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/10/2023 10:53:00 AM Hi Janice! So grateful for your note of congratulations. Writing on this theme proved to be a powerful journey into the debilitating world of rancor and malevolence and choices to wallow or grow past rancor! This placement is such an honor among so many wonderful poems. Blessings of summer joy to you!

John Hamilton Date: 8/8/2023 8:03:00 AM Congrats Sam on a great win, enjoyed your unique phrasing on this one. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:11:00 AM John, thank you so much! Writing this poem turned out to be a unique, personal journey. We used to race a little fourteen foot FJ. When thinking about the contest theme those experiences provided the basis for this poem. Fortunately they are happy memories! Blessings to you!!

Lin Lane Date: 8/8/2023 6:33:00 AM Time to congratulate you for a podium win, Sam. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:08:00 AM Thank you so much Lin! It is an honor to share the podium with you! Blessings!

Christuraj Alex Date: 8/8/2023 4:09:00 AM "steady winds rise up And I must come about Heading into prevailing winds" - Very beautifully written. Congratulations! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:07:00 AM Thank you so much Chris! This was a challenging, yet amazing, journey into the heart of rancor - definitely a journey of discovery. Blessings to you!

Lin Lane Date: 8/7/2023 1:52:00 PM Full sails headed into resurrection sounds like the compass heading to go. Otherwise it would be a ship of fools, being pulled into a whirlpool of anger. Great descriptive writing, Sam!! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/8/2023 10:05:00 AM Thank you so much Lin! So many times we do set sail on the SS Ship of Fools by holding close the anchor of rancor refusing to let it go and letting it pull us into endless whirlpools that go nowhere! Love your reference. So grateful for your feedback and lovely words of compliment. Blessings to you!!