Best Pier Poems

As the life of the day nears its last breath,
With a glow of crimson, forewarning its death,
Upon its cresting, the reflection, daunting,
The sea sets free...

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I don't need mawkish photographs to see
the drowning rowboat tethered to the dock,
a withered seahorse clinging to debris
as umber water seeps through feeble caulk.

The cord...

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* For Mary Kathleen Lessard Caithness *

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I

when the world had no headsets
the sunbathing crowd
fell asleep to the sounds of
transistors played loud
while the deckchairs and windbreaks
kites, beach balls and more
formed the stripes,...

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Metallic city howls like a wounded animal
scraped by nocturnal vigils
of grandchildren and elders
emaciated like tuberculosis lungs
gasping from chug-chugs of tobacco soot...
and the face of a...

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Melodies of magical wind chimes
Carry me back to such blissful times
Hand-in-hand we planned for a long life
Dreams to share as you made me your wife

When...

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They chatted for so long
The day was here to meet
She was so excited
Feeling her hearts every beat

He was Scottish and oh so lovely
She thought he...

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I stand upon the pier
Watching the roaring waves
Crash on the hard dark rocks below.
 
The sky is overcast
Electricity is in the air
And rain is not...

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Full moon ... or nearly ...
          I sit on the pier as it groans with swells,
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My Handicap Beach


As I lay here and look out the window from our hotel at the absolutely amazing view..
It makes me wonder how something so...

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On a beautiful picnic was I
with a wonderful gorgeous new guy
till breaking the mood
and spoiling our food
came a ravenous huge ugly fly.

We got up and...

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I sit here alone on these jagged sea washed rocks

the seagulls squawk

picking at left over food scraps

left in the sand 

smells from the hot dog...

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I see a red, red rose covered with dew.
It's perfect; I pick it for my friend dear.
My lonely heart is strained and I feel blue.

There...

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The sun dips silently over the horizon

painting the cloudless sky

with shades of red, yellow and peach

Arm in arm two figures silhouette in the distance

closer and...

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   Scintillating hues disperse on blank canvas,
        electric essence sparks azure palate mauve;
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