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Premium Member The Coxswain
I see a weary coxswain
That steers a crooked boat
Across a  sea of madness
With endless empty hope

He searches for a memory
Of what was just a dream
In clouds of misty mayhem
And winds that howl and scream

He looks among the folly
And the prayers he did not pray
His...

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Categories: coxswain, sad,
Form: Quatrain
The Coxswain
Rendition from the third degree,  
writers lost in euphoric decrees
blocked, what's happening to me
lost in the "I don't knows"
the articles such as A, The, Thou
& prepositions.
What next?,
Where does the story flow?
a daunting task 
Nobody knows
as if Tony Rich & Babyface
were writing songs in my...

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Categories: coxswain, america, black african american,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Curious Coxswain
The death of ego
With its many faces
 that seek to limit and define

Awaken from a self imposed slumber
Listening to the hushed sounds
Of the authentic voice of mine

Your observation a moot point
as seen through those
Green filtered cataracted eyes

We are in this boat
together love
It should come as...

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Categories: coxswain, august, perspective,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member The coxswain calls the cadence
The coxswain calls the cadence
…I don’t like his tone
But I am forced to listen
Cuz he’s got the megaphone

I think my oar is twisted
As it defies my wishes
It hits the water making
Loud splashes and not swishes

The other oarsmen wonder
Why can’t he get in sync
They blame it...

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Categories: coxswain, life,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry