Best Sailboat Poems
~ Sailboat,
in
~~~ calm
weather
~~ you are wasted
but if the winds gust
and howl you are hastened.
~ So I too, through adversity,
~~ am as you are indeed.
For turbulence
pulls taut the slackened lines of apathy,
it fills torpid sails with purpose,
and impels me to proceed.
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() Ahoy!~~>
() I am
() Captain....Dan
() I have been trying
() for quite sometime now
() to change this once beautiful
() world.Change it from all of its new
() dark and dreary days.To change how
() people now think,and also show them that
() there are so many other new and exciting ways.
() To show this great boat floating out on the open sea.
() That's waiting for you to climb aboard before it drifts free
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All of the people working so hard for their money,then just
throwing it all away? Buying new things they don't really
need just to keep up with the hip new way. Why not
tell yourselves you really don't need those things.
Then live your lives your own separate ways?
I'd hate for you to be standing all alone
on the beach,when this boat starts
to suddenly sail away
Captain Dan,
who always cares:2-12-13
Wind is blowing pretty hard.
See why the hand holds
Will lift you and slam you. Sometimes the boat leaves the water completely.
Your raceing around the deck trying not to be swept overboard.
You are so soaked, wind chilling you to the bone.
Half filled with fear
Yet the grin says I'm having the time of my life
Make a mistake your dead
I have no care about dead. Doesn't matter to me.
I'm alive. Nature slamming me every way
Waves that lean the boat to where you swear the boats mast is almost touching the water each rock of a wave
What's crazy I can't swim a lick .
Don't care. Better my body on the ocean floor than ashes sitting forever on someone's shelf
You can sit in a couch feeling sad thinking life has past you by .
Waste away in sorrow
No thoughts on tomorrow
Or get yourself up go out and bring life to you
Like its said you live only once.
You live every day.
you die only once
Your choice. Make the most out of what short time we get, or you waste away wishing.
Yeah. Only you can make this choice
At the water’s edge I stood.
Oh my heart was invigorated to see the soft ripples in the water.
There was a warm breeze that also moved my hair.
I felt the Lord’s presence all around me.
I took my tiny balsa wood sailboat and set it in the water.
The gentle wind and the current said a hushed goodbye.
Off across the pond my tiny sailboat went-
As though Christopher Columbus had nothing on him.
It worked so hard to reach what it felt was the open seas.
It was jostled around in the water and it spun about a few times too.
A giant Irish Setter approached it on the other side of the pond.
Licking his chops to pounce upon my precious sailboat.
He had plans of ruining my blessed voyage and sink my mighty vessel.
The Lord had plans of His own too.
A gentle breeze came around and briskly turned my boat around.
My heart raced with anticipation.
I wanted to jump in the pond and scoop up my precious sailboat.
The Lord said to my heart, “No child. This voyage is under my control.”
“I am the anchor. I am the mast. I am the owner of the wind. I will bring your
sailboat back home to you in my perfect timing.”
Then I felt the first drops of rain.
Rhythmically dancing across the surface of the water the rain came down around
my little sailboat.
It propelled my mighty vessel back into my hands.
Oh my heart jumped for joy as I had learned the most important lesson that day!
I learned that once I begin a journey with my Lord and I allow him to steer my
ship that he will always get my boat back to the harbor.
I also learned that what appears to be a storm on the horizon can by the catalyst
to bring my vessel home.
Amen.
Thank you Lord for seeing me through everything.
I am just a big kid on the most incredible journey!
Gwendolen Rix
12-28-14
( a short story for my best friend).
The sailboats all line up
For their annual sailing
race
This race always take
place
In the summer season
At the beach called Big Lake
A race like this last one week
Whether rain or shine
This race will continue
All sailboats must return
to start
For the ending of the race
This race gathers a crowd
When coming to shore
The first to reach it
Will be the winner
Hold me.
My heart's adrift.
Now hard aground, torn sails.
Can we just once sail WITH the tide?
Again?
Inspired by the Painting of Vincent Van Gogh
"Fishing Boats On The Beach at Les Saintes"
sky stunning sapphire, sand spectacular amber, sail-boats snoozing snug...
Silently the wind slips into the night
Settling down beneath a silver moon
Shimmering across still waters,
Slowly creeping across somber sky
So stealthily no one sees the storm
Subtly slipping onto the farthest rim
Sailors’ warning sometimes an epitaph
Sunrise will see the sails must be trim
Suddenly, scurrying below to perform,
Sickly seamen who are wont to die
Still are called to stand their quarters
Simply to do their duty, none too soon,
Stretching sinews with all their might.
written August 4, 2021
[an experimental poem using alliteration
and reverse rhyming. The center of the
poem is the line ending in "epitaph."
Thereafter the rhymes are reversed.]
ultramarine sea
chartreuse waves rolling away
temple chimes soar high ~
symphonic bells ring
reminiscent of seashore
calm cadence sublime ~
sail boats pensive mood
on amber jade sandy beach
fishermen to board ~
few float in ocean
in a trance - seductive dream
midst celestial blue ~
mystical sight far
away waiting grooms for brides
anticipating ~
emerald ocean
cerulean waves crashing
onto turquoise sand ~
April 15, 2022
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's Painting "Fishing Boats On The Beach At Les Saintes"
Top Picture - Painting by Malabika Ray Choudhury
Second Picture - Painting By Vincent Van Gogh
For Brian Strand Premiere Choice Contest
Syllables checked by HMS.com
A gold sailboat for souls
Each star is marked
The celestial embodiment
Of hazel hope floating
Empowered by heavenly heart
Silvery universal art
Illuminating onyx sky so dark
Read by those inclined to see
More than most humanly possible
A joyful journey to destination
Burning brightly in anticipation of
Of the next destination
We sailed along the rhythmic crashing waves
Strong and brave, we have embraced destiny
Eyes on horizon, watched the sea behaves
Our composure traced on its melody
The wind has lashed and symphony started
We held our hands as waves cradled the night
The sky has showed the stars and we charted
Our journey finds another morning light
As boat swayed at the mercy of the wind
We sent devout prayers, faith, and submission
Where all chaotic path branched out unkind
With water fine spray, increased our vision
A beautiful infinite happiness
To carry us back to shore with calmness
September 22, 2020
* I
see
waves
rolling in
interrupting
the horizon line
the winds picking up
my sails with sky combine
like a comet in the vastness
of space I am a speck in the sea
drifting endlessly, as humble as I
could ever imagine to be, to know
I may disappear in a moment is as
freeing as it is chilling, fleeing land
with water spilling onto my feet. will
it
be
my last voyage or the first of many a quest. seeing
mother nature at her best. An overwhelming of
serenity. Here I am anyone, without a need
for identity, as my foundation shifts
swiftly, I sail away. Happily adrift
The sun’s rays
Beat through the clouds,
Creating silver sparkles
Upon the crest of the waves,
Which surround the lonely sailboat drifting
Towards the small rocky island.
Green tuft of trees, like hair,
Growing over the bald spots.
Small cottage clinging to the point
Like a poor man’s castle.
The arbutus are shedding their rusty peel,
Revealing rich golden nakedness beneath.
Pine fragrance hovers around me
From trees not yet eaten by the pine beetle.
I hear my hound rustling in the leaves behind me
As she chases yet another annoying insect,
While sitting on my bluff
Surveying the never ending landscape.
Wide open skies and great expanse of ocean,
Toy sailboats in the hazy distance,
Sound of lapping waves below me.
Mother Nature has outdone herself again!
S-ail
A-long
I-ncredible
L-ittle
B-oat
O-n an
A-dventure
T-o the unknown
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I wandered lonely as a sailboat in the sea,
the sky was blue above me, the land was far,
I felt the soothing breeze, my mind was free
tiny ripples around the boat, calm was the water.
my whole life flashed in front of my eyes,
a dolphin jumped in close to me - what a surprise!
A cheerful dolphin circled around,
it was such a fascinating sight to see,
I was mesmerized with what I found,
The dolphin playfully following me.
I couldn't believe my eyes, what I saw
How majestic was he, I was in total awe!
our rendezvous lasted for an hour,
never enjoyed the ocean like this,
my mind was engrossed to see his power,
it was an exceptional moment of bliss.
whenever I am pensive and alone
I long to see my sirenic friend unknown.
September 20, 2022
I Wandered Lonely As...Challenge Poetry contest
Sponsor: Natasha L Scragg
Inspired by the poetic form in Wordsworth’s “Daffodils “