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Premium Member The Loss of the Andrea Gail
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
These see the works of the Lord and his wonders in...

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Categories: america, death, fishing, ocean,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Orca's Revenge
A fishing boat left the port of Kinsale 
The rain was lashing and blowing a gale
Fishing grounds were in sight
Then they had a great fright
Along...

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Categories: fishing, humor, sea,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member In Sandalwood Dreams
Turned and tossed like toys
Riding the mighty waves
Their master does what he wilt
To them his humble slaves

Rudely he flings their boats asunder
But calm can be...

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Categories: boat, fishing, ocean, scary,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Blue Horizons
beyond cobalt horizon’s expanse
fishing ships far offshore call to me
how joyful were those years
casting, catching, communing
lines between God and nature faded

ocean tides rule my life
joy...

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Categories: fishing, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Where the Woods Open
There's a path I always take
down to the river where the woods
are dressed down open
The light of the sky
doesn't shine in your eyes
but leads the...

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Categories: fishing, autumn, imagery, inspirational, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Companions
Tiny boardwalk along the Halifax River
Waiting to see what “catch” nature will deliver

Royal Palms’ fronds rustle in fall’s gentle breeze
No noisy distractions from teens on...

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Categories: bird, fishing, nature,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member IN THE SHADOW OF SUNLIGHT
Pete Kovacs was a cop based in Cyprus, a small mid-western town
Nothing much happened with regards to crime from sunup to sundown
But on the 4th...

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Categories: america, child, fishing, missing,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Love of a Gentleman
There is a place where the land bows down to kiss the misty tide,
Where rolling waves bring memories of the place my heart resides.
There among...

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Categories: family, fishing, love, sun,
Form: Quatrain
Hope
Don't rush to wash off the sea salt 
drying on your skin;
the hopes it carries from other oceans,
those remain yet to be seen....

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© A.O. Taner  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fishing, august, beach, beautiful, cool,
Form: Verse
A Farm Yarn
When we were young boys on our farm.
A fish tale never meant any harm,
We oft were given a look,
When from such a tiny brook,
We claimed...

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Categories: adventurefish, fishing,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Call Your Mother
Call Your Mother

Pick up the phone...
do it now. 
If you can.
Later if you must, 
I trust that you, 
know the difference. 

She never put you...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fishing, abuse, confidence, earth, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Farmer Joe
On the banks of the mighty Skagit,
where the rushing waters flow,
sat a fisherman of merit,
the one known as Farmer Joe.
Long he sat there, long he...

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Categories: fishing, old, time,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Fishermans Brush With Death - Sea Shanty
One fine day I was fishing at sea
Two big blue whales swam up by me
They flicked their tails sent up a spray
All I could do...

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Categories: boat, fishing, water,
Form: Lyric
My Island Girl
Island girl
I've got my eyes on you
Loving the way you move
So smooth
Longing for you hand
My song
Take me to your wonderland
Come on
Cause together, island girl
Just us...

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© Lyric Man  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fishing, beach, beautiful, dance, destiny,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Big Brown Bear
big strong furry brown
fishing for salmon with paws~
prancing through flowers   




Date Written: 4/12/2022

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Categories: fish, fishing, flower, humor,
Form: Haiku

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