Best Afloat Poems

A cord had been stretched, from our hearts to the moon
across foolish years, to a life far beyond
It coiled around a chair, down the hall, past the door,
that were groomed by the light of a bright afternoon

I was floating on the sea of cold hardwood...

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Dragonfly Afloat On The Lake

A dragonfly afloat on the lake
Flaps its wings to keep from drowning.
With its life in the balance, it senses hope,
And boards the paddle I nudge into place.
Slowly, I draw the oar out of the water;
And watch the dragonfly bask in the...

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In quest to find respite and solitude 
spiritual food
it's to the sea I owe my gratitude

Only in my dreams
while adrift under starlight and moonbeams
I'm free of life's schemes

In slumber I sail upon the vast sea
peace prevails in me
afloat in absolute serenity

My burdens at rest
rhythmic waves...

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AUDIBLE HORRIBLE
hearing paddling away
think silence bouquet

PALETTE TRAGIC
taste creel caught
meals easier bought

EMOTIONAL REVERSAL
warship bombards feelings
cheaper dental drillings

OLFACTORY REFRACTORY
smell setting sail
restroom odors bail

VISUAL PITIFUL
eyesight in lifeboat
memorize your remote

LOGIC FROLIC
mind barge bound
serenity island found






... CayCay
October 19, 2018 
(written for contest)...

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he moves with the gold, talks to the rocks
his voice is a river, he’s looking at her;

she flows through the fire, says she is water
her eyelids are sore, from looking at him as they

blink, again; again she and he
are holding back tears as they fall,...

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My mind is afloat,
In a transparent sea, that
Is wrapped in Chaos...

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When doors close, there's more to it than denying you access to what’s inside. We often think that what’s inside is something we cannot live without.
So we feel disappointed, disillusioned, dispossessed, disabled, depressed.
Sometimes, we are overwhelmed, feeling shut out, as if no other doors exist.

Often,...

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niger lost a night's rest
for her children
swept by the flood 
of her furious night
& as she wept amadioha
brought the victims
afloat on the river....

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Those days are gone, set
afloat upon waves of air-
that in which we dreamed, for we
were dreamers...adrift in the water
that took us to wherever
the currents flowed-
into weedy patches-
weedy and twining like our minds,
like ivy vines on cobblestone walls,
always reaching and climbing
further into the clouds, swirling like
the...

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Nothing but am innocent venture 
into the open sea.
Swimming around, enjoying new friends
Feeling fearless and free.

Out of the darkness you
invade on my space
with no clear explanation.
Are you here to examine me
I need some translation. 

Your larger than I so I need
to understand your need to...

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Our moveable house painted castle and rose,not a life we would have chose.Eighteen fifties harsh and mean,coal cargo so nothing stays clean.Doff your cap,touch your forelock every two mile at the gatekeeper's lock.
Clothes dry on a washing line strung,home for a time whilst the toddlers...

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Set a sail the sea of blue for what 
I know not why a cleansing maybe 
Of my soul to cross the oceans wide
A Myriad of senses and visions ultrusive
Meaningless yet overpowering to the eye
And I the captain of this illusion of vital
Natural repetition wave...

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WICKED AFLOAT


                     He asails the Irish dawn-- avidly tore a hole in yellows
     She in dreams --awaits his eyes blue-cast amidst...

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Freezing water.
Many hours.
Prayer, hymns, and laughter.
Gray fins begin circling our group.

Day Three There are thirteen of us now.
Twenty-six numb legs stop moving.
Hymn singing stops.
Who will be next? I hold my breath.

Goliath is taken.
Pulled away from the circle.
His girlfriend screams. 
Goliath makes no sound. Gives me...

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What Punctuation Marks

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(Dedicated to our Pens)


Commencing with colons saying,
    “Look at what follows me”:
Commas go with the need to breathe, 
Adding, or between, as the case may be.
Semicolons help related thoughts, 
  ...

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