Best Sails Poems

A prolific singer, you mimic songs of Blue Jays -
                             From the poem, The Mockingbird by Vijay...

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Oh what a tangled web we weave,
ever haunting in devious wombs...
tattered voyagers embarking to the confine,
and by nightfall, swarthy leather pants
whip and crack like the white flag
blowing and tearing in a cold snap.

On ebony sails the ravens are perched,
pecking at threads that dangle
from dusky cloths...

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How does a bird fly?
Simple, it raises its sails
to a sea of wind.
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I feel the tinge of a windblown face
And set my sails to open space
Leave behind my shadowed sorrow
To explore wind-fed days of tomorrow

I'll find direction from the wind
Let it guide and not rescind
It's pushing force that moves me on
To await the light of every dawn

And...

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MY SHIP SAILS

my ship sails at midnight,
my love and I out for a joy ride,

as waves rock our world,
by the glow of a sappy moon.

our sea salt lips tingle,
the warm caribbean breezes

engage our sensate shadows.
pure bliss, in cups of cheer.

burdens of work, far, below deck.
my...

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"Sails" 

Running along 
the cliff edge
like dirt music 
racing sharks
in the shallows

he wrote 

his messages 
on walls 
tall ships 
breezing 
in the sales

torn pages
pinned 
to the flip side
walking the floors
of Freedom

recording notes
moving his fingers
along the day 
like he’s playing 
the keys of a piano

the words...

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Tyrian Sails Across Stormy Seas Sailed

Tyrian sails across stormy seas sailed,
and a bold prince they deliver
At every port cheerily he was hailed,
as an arrow straight from its quiver
Bade he the pilot to next morn tarry,
as he late morn gathered her so true
A pretty queen stolen...

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In the hold tears are shackled
White eyes stare dark corners
Bare breasts hang limpid
Humanity dowsed in sewage

The slaver pitches, rolls
Each wave a fathom from home
Each trough a deeper despair
The screams and creaks in rhyme

Lost souls ghost the gloom 
Living meat on planked beds
The stench of shame...

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WEATHER SAILS

What if the clouds themselves were like sails of a giant
Heavenly ship, its masts the very shafts of ethereal light
Cascading from Nirvana itself, white powders weather wings,
Guiding this planetary blue worlds atmosphere, in the ocean
Of a vast universal black sea, amongst the elliptical timeless...

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Sails gliding on the shimmering sea,
don't be hasty to engulf silence 
as the chapel's choir engages in a spiritual oratorio praising Him;
an octave higher or lower brings
their inspirational hymn to a desired sound of felicity...
those tones that the loud organ makes!



We, as they, are lifted...

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He Lost Wind Of Her Sails

In the ocean of his mind,
always turbulent,
there sits a Bermuda triangle,
ships being lost, swallowed,
for he was once
a ship lost,
swallowed,
never to be heard
or seen, too,
especially with his ex.
In his coral kingdom,
bright colorful fish swim.
So many.
So many
tangs and angels.
Yet
he is so oblivious...

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This then is the moment-the wiley eyes of destiny are upon her
How wretched are the journeys she has sought
When Fate has dealt her mighty blows
She will seek redemption and bow to the resignation
Of moments lost-rampant realities to face
And yet
Somewhat aligned with that dark horizon
There is...

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Aye and it’d be “Land Ho”, ya lazy landlubbers!
It’s where ya’d be if ya’d had yer druthers,
Braggin’ the seven seas and swiggin’ pints of ale, 
Chasin’ maidens and wishin’ on a mermaid tail!
Look sharp! Turn to! heave ho! All hands on deck,
Er I’ll have hemp...

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Sailboat afloat on a journey of light
 Seagulls take wing, navigators in flight
 The sun is a timepiece, seconds in the sand
 The clock tells no time, it's missing a hand
 
 The wind is a dancer, to the rhythm it sways
 As the waves...

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She
sets sail,
November,
riding waves of
eddy leaves left from October’s debut.
Majestic and proud, she takes firm command,
steering the bow
of Winter
toward
Spring....

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