Dr Richard A Martin Jr Poet Sonnet

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We Went On the Boat - a Sonnet For David

It was our pride and joy, that boat...our prize.
We'd sail to Key West every year in fall,
After summer downpours left the noon.
We made our pact there as we both had suffered
from the plague ungluing all our lives.
Now, I'm here next to his pallid body - 
pale blue masque on, jaw aslack, grotesque.
He made the leap; he had escaped, was gone
Upon a journey I could not attend.
He left me all alone to to sail solo.
Yet, he was captain and I his lowly mate.
Who would pull the spinnaker to catch the breeze?
Or talk with me as a person, unaffected?
Now, I was all alone just cast upon the water...

I sold that boat...

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Sara Kendrick March 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM I like this one. I feel all alone at this time in my life as well, but I see you are not really alone with a lady by your side. Thanks for sharing this one with us. Sara K Dr Richard A Martin Jr March 20, 2026 at 12:22 PM Thank you.

Diane Christian February 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM well done on your featured poem. thanks for sharing Dr Richard A Martin Jr February 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM Thank you

Beata Agustin August 15, 2023 at 7:19 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts filled with nostalgia through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed. Dr Richard A Martin Jr July 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM Thanks

Leo Larry Amadore May 16, 2021 at 5:11 PM I read your sonnet with interest and a great deal of empathy -- my condolences for your loss and my hopes for eventual lessening of your pain. You made a fitting and proper poetic eulogy. Thank you for letting us read it. Dr Richard A Martin Jr July 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM Thank you, Larry!

Line Gauthier February 4, 2021 at 9:21 PM Very touching ~ lovely to find your poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology. Dr Richard A Martin Jr July 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM Thank you

Cathleen Weissenborn October 22, 2020 at 10:08 AM Wow. I wasn't expecting that. Brought tears to my eyes. It is said that Death ends a life down here as we know it, but it cannot end the relationship. I have found this to be overwelmingly true. The relationship is of the soul, the spirit and lives on. Dr Richard A Martin Jr July 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM Thank you

Orochi C. Joshua September 20, 2020 at 4:53 PM Well penned tribute to a beloved amigos. Very touching Dr Richard A Martin Jr July 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM Thanks

Anisha Dutta September 17, 2020 at 8:57 PM Life is like that. Well-penned. Iam touched. Blessings. Dr Richard A Martin Jr September 17, 2020 at 9:36 PM Thanks!

David Walker September 17, 2020 at 12:45 PM A sad passing of the tourch. Are we ever ready? Again, I love the story in the way it is told. Dr Richard A Martin Jr September 17, 2020 at 9:36 PM Thanks!

James Marshall Goff September 17, 2020 at 11:41 AM Richard...as a reader of this well crafted poem...I was pulled in with line 1...the best poets always accomplish such method..."It was our pride and joy, that boat...our prize" notice the elipsis after boat! one is allowed to imagine their journey of pride and joy...how very delightful! Lovely work...jmg Dr Richard A Martin Jr September 17, 2020 at 9:37 PM Thanks!

Lorraine Peterson September 17, 2020 at 11:40 AM sounds like you lost the love of your life Dr Richard A Martin Jr September 17, 2020 at 9:37 PM One of them, yes. Thanks!

Mahtab Bangalee September 14, 2020 at 11:52 PM Now, I was all alone just cast upon the water...sad not the last line; wide, wide alone on the wide, wide water......I enjoyed this poem; ....MB of BD Dr Richard A Martin Jr September 17, 2020 at 9:38 PM Thanks!