Sailor's Pride
as he walks with pride
through the fields of ocean tides
youth gathered hearts love
silent spirit seeking lulled salt tinged air
ocean froth waves heave forward snare
rising anticipation swinging forward
from port to port through salted shields
his heart broke the surface as he gasped for breath as he ages
being drawn away from his youth gathered bosom
helplessly turning somersaults inside a tumbling rush surviving challenges
stroking madly yielding for rare hope, truth rhythm of nature, and wisdom
the more you take away from, the bigger new beginnings become
1/1/2016
A Navy sailor of 20 years when I met my husband. Love at first sight if you want to believe , but true for me. Habits were not hard to break from the rough man he was to the gentle soul he is now. Love has a way of changing a person.
Poet's Dozen
A poet's dozen is 12 lines of poetry using the following forms in this order:
One modern Haiku: 3 lines: Syllables 5,7,5
A couplet: 2 lines
Free verse: 2 lines
English Quintain: 5 lines: Rhyming scheme ababb
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