Best Cargo Ships Poems
Below are the all-time best Cargo Ships poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cargo ships poems written by PoetrySoup members
Beautiful BeirutAs the moon smiles down on the sparkling Mediterranean
The gentle rolling hills
Reach bejeweled fingers into the sea
Spilling the overflow of sparkling lights
Onto fishing boats that...
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Categories:
cargo ships, beautiful, city,
Form:
Haibun
Sleeping MachinesThe harbor gave a dim illumination,
lampposts vaguely penetrating the dark water.
As waves like shades of wine drowned the jagged shore of stone,
I watched a fibrous...
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Categories:
cargo ships, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
On Mulish Eardrums I Pound This NoteBefore morning sun was dressed for the day,
the white noise came and shook the darkness,
like swells swinging ships on the French Passage,
cargo ships...
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Categories:
cargo ships, history,
Form:
Narrative
Men of Honor In the MistMen of Honor in the mist Kokoda 1942......
Men of Honor in the mist,...
Sometimes by a bullet kissed,...
Shoot the buggers they'd insist,...
Threeo plonked,...
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Categories:
cargo ships, adventuregreen,
Form:
Rhyme
The Nobility of Women of MeritEven precious jewels cannot approach their value,
For the women of merit are priced beyond them.
Their beauty is found in the works of love they do,
And...
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Categories:
cargo ships, faith, life, love, people,
Form:
Rhyme
In Flagrante Delicto[starboard port]
the ocean—an onyx plate predawn—
somnambulant ships preen with a swag of
warning lights
massive hulls: cargo ships, flotillas, tankers,
passenger liners loll; red lights buss
the somber slate...
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Categories:
cargo ships, love,
Form:
Free verse
Croquet On the Lawn At Three Pm1 2 1 2 in a tutu playing croquet at three pm
Abracadabra is a giant kilo of horse manure thrown at the head with a...
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Categories:
cargo ships, addiction, america, baseball, basketball,
Form:
I do not know?
The Great EscapeThe Great Escape
Perched on a rooftop terrace in glorious sunshine he watches ahead
Floats on his sky looks inwards and ponders the magic path unravel
...
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Categories:
cargo ships, faith, fate, freedom, life,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
cargo ships, journey, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Ruminate On ThisShe has a proclivity in being jaunty
As she looks down the asphalt way
With stunted growth of apple orchards
That blossom in the spring
They begin; they begin
A...
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Categories:
cargo ships, passionlonging, longing,
Form:
Prose Poetry
QuietI heard the sea gulls as the sea roared.
A great view of the Golden Gate Bridge,
as I watched the ships flow through the Gate.
After work,...
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Categories:
cargo ships, christian, city, silence,
Form:
Personification
We Are Not Cows To Be SlaughteredOne cow is equal to one soul;
One soul is equal to one cow
We are all cows walking on the street,
All souls are cows the...
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Categories:
cargo ships, africa, art,
Form:
Free verse
Hong Kong Harbor ViewMoving white neon lines,
Trace I.M. Pei’s Bank of China.
Elegant understated rhythm,
Precise and perfect.
Flowing lighted flags of cargo ships,
Behemoths of the world.
Bare bulb strings of pale...
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Categories:
cargo ships, places
Form:
Free verse
When I Met My FatherWhen I met my Father
There are many cargo ships in the bay of Cascais this Monday afternoon
and I thought of my father; he too...
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Categories:
cargo ships, family, introspection, life, father,
Form:
Blank verse
My BoatMy boat
A small boat moving through choppy water.
Prompt from "Grief" by Raymond Carver
Some sail in yachts
Some relax on cruise ships
Some transport fruit on cargo...
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Categories:
cargo ships, boat, sea,
Form:
Free verse