Best Seven Seas Poems

The sails are raised upon the ship "Unknown,"
to travel slowly on life's seven seas.
I look upon such things as I am shown,
in hopes to solve life's little mysteries.

I now am sailing with a gentle breeze-
to learn of what I can until I'm grown;
so I can handle life with greater ease.
The sails are raised upon the...

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The first water bed Sammy sees

he says he is going to seize.

He believes on this bed,

when he lays down his head,

in dreams he will sail seven seas!


Posted March 23 for a contest judged March 2016
Now used for The Second Chance #2 Poetry Contest of Broken Wings...

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“The Winter Tree’.

 The winter trees are dreaming,
 of violent summer storms,
 wind, thunder, and lightning.
 Of wild horses running in the rain, under a harvest moon,
 chasing night rainbows.
 Falling snow tickles their branches, 
 A falling tree, 
 That: never hit the ground,
 she didn't surrender to your chainsaws,
 because you caught her,
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We sailed the seven seas with vinegar in our brains
Singing ingrained sea chanties, with repeating refrains
We did not eat oatmeal, the rats ate all of our grains
We were proud persnickety pirates, there were no kinds of chains

Our parents tried to coax us out of the sea and the rains
But we were determined to make our...

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The first expanse we crossed was called Delinquent Sea.
We trolled its murky depths with dreams of piracy.
Though landing swag with no regret, 
Contentment slithered through our net.
We squandered all our plundered booty wantonly.

The next gulf we traversed was Inconsistent Sea.
An open-ended course with no contingency.
We took the long way ‘round the Horn 
And spent the...

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I've spent years 
and several centuries 
swimming and paddling 
across, beyond and beneath 
the seven seas, lagoons and crystal oceans 
on all portions of the earth 
searching for you
waiting for you 
and trying to feel your presence 
but now 
we have finally 
found each other 
we shall promise 
never to leave each other
stranded again 
for...

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Beware the boats of paper
That sail on gentle breezes,
And never leave the harbor.
Life is lived on open seas
That are prone to hurricanes.
Your boat must sail through the storm
And continue down the main.

5-14-20
Contest: Finish Line In Seven
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud

Theme No. 2: Paper Boats...

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The sapphire seas 
show in seamless 
turquoise spread 
the perfect poise 
of unique aquatic 
equanimity of enormity
harmoniously sparkling 
lilting luster
of cerulean sky
reflection echo 
resonates with 
cobalt whisper 
of waltzing waves.

Platinum periphery 
embroidering embellished
lustrous lattice
of drifting cloud
corrugated clumps 
suffused with
silver sunrays
of cupid’s arrow 
adoringly enticing 
entrance overtly
the ancient mariner 
to embark upon 
a new voyage 
of...

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I dreamt of north and south Pacific 
Of the north and south atlantic 
Of the Indian and the Arctic 
And the vastness of Antarctic 

But it was in the Pacific 
That my heart was pacified 
For your beauty is terrific 
Your charm struck my pride 

September 12, 2022...

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The seven seas sailed,
the high mountains have been climbed...
the softest lips kissed!...

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With every gust of wind, secret taboo,
secreting a web a cocooned prison 
of liquid knowing, flowing,
emulsifying impossibly old and new.
In the beyond of the known, stair-stepped, 
desert bone flashed into 
your consciousness a confident cajoling.
To stew, on the broth of you.
A teasing shot across your bough 
of lost resistance and preservation 
your eyes rolling white...

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Childhood dreams on paper boats
swam in the wake of silk swans. 
Torrent of time on life stream 
carried them to sunset sea.
With twilight wind on thrashed sail, 
I glide beyond seven seas,
where bay of bliss anchors soul.

May 16, 2020
Syllable count : 7 each line
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
Theme Chosen : Paper Boats
Contest : Finish Line In Seven
Sponsor...

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Adrift in rite, Forethrift of every 
               wind-sworn thing.

           By Night and Gale Banshee wale, 
         styled in Sylphstream.

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Sometime the sea makes you feel at ease
Then there are other times, sea please
The seasick feeling
The body that becomes unwilling
Over the waves
Now behave
Look below
A boat moving slow
Sea of wonder
A Lighthouse and shore yonder
Some say the seas are a friend
The question would be when?
Sea tail
Maybe the time I was drinking Ale
Breezes just confusing the senses
Ships seeing...

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A man sails the seven seas
Then one day he shouted out, please
When a mermaid siren him
For him it looked grim
Until she was caught by a group of Chinese

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