Losing Face
One may see puffins and parrots
any hour of the week
both birds bear a big colourful beak
the former pelagic feed on fish
and live in large colonies on coastal cliffs
tho' monogamous collectively breed as a bunch
but with renown as the Atlantic sea clown
in Iceland several are served as lunch
the latter arboreal primarily frugivorous
toco being by far the
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Categories:
atlantic, bird, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Posaidon's Surfboard
Upon the waves where the wild winds sing,
A tale unfolds of a vessel and its wing;
Through the tide, it dances, graceful and free,
Harnessing the ocean's heart, a sight to see.
With cargo holds filled, treasures abound,
From the Pacfic to the Atlantic, dreams resound.
A bill
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Categories:
atlantic, culture, ocean, sea, storm,
Form: Ode
SEA WANTS ME
SEA WANTS ME
Waves are here for the winners
spirals floating in turquoise
dance ululating undulating
blue bright sight
a point with paddle board
to soar sanguine Seas
I know not whether I’m
merman or beach sand speck
two meters high wants to
shame, but they are only game
Seen on yacht so ready
steady from Cape to Rio
spectators on Signal Hill
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Categories:
atlantic, 12th grade, adventure, emotions,
Form: Ballad
Ship of Dreams
The ship of dreams
Opulent surroundings
Fancy bed linens
Luxurious dinner plates and tablecloths
Gleaming virginal utensils
Dazzling crystal chandeliers
Polished walnut woodwork
Gold gilded fireplaces
Wardrobes ready for furs and dresses
An experienced captain
Eager staff
Bustling activity
Musicians, artists, businessmen aboard
High ranking officials, wealthy industrialists, celebrities
Cruising flawlessly in clear blue sea
A haven and heaven during the day
Easy sleeping and dreaming in the evening
J.P. Morgan was
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Categories:
atlantic, history,
Form: Free verse
The Atlantic, I’m Pathetic With Spurring Emotions But So Are You
{“The salty ocean splashes and smears against my knees and I cannot help but mistake it for the bleeding of my heart they tarnished and flashed open. From the cool air that shafts within the breeze, your breeze. The willows for which I take a glimpse at, confining our prosperity. Introspection they seize with their
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Categories:
atlantic, absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse
At the Beach
Waves call out in song,
Sea breeze teases sunlit hair—
Sands of time await.
Flip-flops mark our path to peace,
Horizon holds dreams aloft.
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Categories:
atlantic, beach, vacation,
Form: Tanka
Battle for the Atlantic I
When anarchy consumes a barren soul,
the hatred overwhelms the beating heart.
It sickens minds and steals the body whole
then rips the cloth of empathy apart.
Existence lies between what evil craves
and what your world may courier by sea.
Your life is steered by ships upon the waves
and sustenance determines destiny.
But death awaits beneath the tidal rush
where
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Categories:
atlantic, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Battle for the Atlantic II
With lone intent, all freedom it will wrest
if obstinance you let these wolves deny.
As tonnage sinks beneath the torrid crest
your struggles for survival magnify.
Each flailing ship that ferries surety
is fodder for the fathoms of abyss.
Their shattered hulls sink swiftly ‘neath the sea
to slumber in the tragedy of bliss.
But if the whims of Tritan so declare
the
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Categories:
atlantic, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Battle for the Atlantic III
His restless wolves still taunt each dauntless ship,
though sly attrition neutralized their hunt,
for subterfuge let not a whisper slip
as vantage shifted on the battlefront.
A riddle solved unveiled the raging packs
as alpha domination was denied.
The murky depths, once cloaking their attacks,
no longer let the roaming devil’s hide.
Beware their silence seeking to avail
for confidence shall feed complacency.
Be
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Categories:
atlantic, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
My Atlantic Home
Smell of jazmine mixed
with fishy waters.
Smell of something missed
long time ago.
Listening to the seagulls
squawking in the morning
brings me back to my ocean.
Three days out from the inland,
I faced happiness again.
Three days with my windows open
to the
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Categories:
atlantic, allusion, beauty, bird, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Ferocious Oflaherty Wild Atlantic Way
Why this is my tale
Of my family tree and roots
The what and where
My Gaelic Celtic
Surname origins came
Straight out of my Liverpool home
Retracing my heritage right back to
The emerald island of Eire
Galway Bay
And the Wild Atlantic Way
Which paved the way
Where the
Ferocious O'Flaherty
Clan initially began and surname came
To Aughnanure Castle
On the
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Categories:
atlantic, history, ireland,
Form: Free verse
Ace In Atlantic City
buckle up
a hundred dollars
at the poker table
gives you
less time then you think
only an ace
could kill the mood
they had the ace
Ace…you are done
Atlantic City won
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Categories:
atlantic, money,
Form: Light Verse
Namib Desert
in Namib desert,
Atlantic meets the desert
a wonderful sight
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Categories:
atlantic, africa, beach, beauty, ocean,
Form: Haiku
The Atlantic Ocean An Unrelenting Mistress
The Atlantic ocean...,an unrelenting mistress
More'n ten thousand leagues under the sea
next to an octopus's garden in the shade.
OceanGate manufacturer
of the Titan Submersible,
which vessel that set out to reach
Titanic shipwreck with five passengers
officials believe the suffered
a “catastrophic implosion”
apt analogy to mein kampf.
Major tsuris, the loss of innocent lives
or being robbed blind
for seventeen thousand
five hundred buck a
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Categories:
atlantic, abuse, analogy, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Sand Bar
Sand Bar
"Your focus determines your reality." —Qui-Gon Jinn
Witnessing an
amazing low-tide
phenomenon,
as if a walkway to
a parallel world
has suddenly appeared,
extending one-half mile
from East Beach
out to sea
People are slowly
gathering, walking, stopping,
stooping, staring in silence,
speaking softly—
I'm as eager
as Simon Peter
to join them, yet
somewhat afraid of
walking where
there has been
only seawater
minutes before—
Chattering dolphins
beckoning in the distance
instill confidence
So I join them,
stepping from
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Categories:
atlantic, beach, environment, nature, ocean,
Form: Free verse
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