Best Life Raft Poems

Dragon took his penguins aloft to view the eclipse on that fine day.
They were careful to use the special viewing glasses as their mainstay.
The penguins...

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Another sleepless night
 
A went back in time litany of failures
What I wanted to do I never did
My happiest time was when living alone
In the...

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In my family garden,  there grows a lovely rose.
A beautiful blossom who helps rid me of my woes.
  ~    ...

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From fathoms deepest keep, where man,
Shall not dare go, a white toothy giant
Dwells, with hatred's malice, this is a living man
Eater, whom lies at the...

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The Lonely Fisherman  
He sat on a rowing boat in the fjord he wore a yellow raincoat 
and a southwestern cap matching his coat`...

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Addiction
Addiction is a frightening and lonely place where paranoia runs wild. Fear of being found out, watching and waiting for something. Always wanting; for that’s...

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Hope and…a father is could be 

Against all odds and expectations
so many rules and norms and
clever theories society’s demands
cultures and conventions there is
no magic wand...

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The Man…The Spirit

His name was Dr. Martin Luther King;
He was a peace-loving human being.

HIM

Preaching peace and love–
A mountain top of a man:- 
Martin Luther King.


THE...

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A thing so paradoxical, sin
So all encompassing it’s grasp
A curse of eternal thirst
though we are drowning.
Our hands desperately scratching for a life raft
Secretly made of...

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AMERICA  -  THE MELTING POT FOR FREEDOM



I know, as you do, that there is no man who 
Wouldn’t trade his rice bowl empty...

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THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND

Two mighty workhorses, colliding Titans,
Leviathans of the Saint Lawrence river.
Devastation’s maritime wrecking balls,
Slamming head on, even after the warnings 
Sounding, had been...

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THE SAILOR

There was a young sailor from Rothesay
Sailed his yacht around the bay of Biscay
But a storm sunk his boat 
He's no longer afloat
And the...

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It has to be said that in a bad situation funny things can sometimes happen,
Some things that've happened to me, should be in a comic...

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RAF navigator Ron Day and I took of from Banff, Scotland,
I was in the RAAF, an Australian, and we flew in formation:
40 Mosquitos to attack...

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on this stage
 as i face the struggle within
 setting the past aside
 i've grown used to my indecent hostilities
 transfixed by the sadness of...

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