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Rapids AheadThere once was a man from Mozambique
Who went canoeing most every week
In a white water battle
Lost safety vest and paddle
Now he's really up the freakin' creek...
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Categories:
boat, water,
Form: Limerick
On An Evening in April
The water,
the distant buildings,
the small boats nestled
in their own reflections,
all seem captive
to a still
that has settled
the evening,
paused in a lull
between breaths.
There is no wind
to crease the surface...
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Categories:
absence, boat, eve, water,
Form: Free verse
What means real? HuhPeople being simple, sadly always stumble.
As we they ecounter stairs they wanna believe or not, quick they get into greif and deciding for a dot.
,,God sounds surreal", they say.
Lamps that Cover the stars? The Hunger...
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Categories:
boat,
Form: Blitz
Message in a BottleI bottle my emotions,
Seal them tight like messages in glass,
Cast adrift in vast, uncaring seas,
Only to wash ashore, unbidden and misunderstood.
It was a journey long and weary,
These bottled whispers floating aimless,
Until sands of fate urge...
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Categories:
allegory, boat, grief, hate,
Form: Free verse
Dolphins alongside a Fishing BoatOld boat, time-worn path,
Dolphins glide through emerald waves,
Leaping side by side—
Their joyous dance in the mist,
Paints the sea with morning bliss....
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Categories:
boat, fish, sea,
Form: Tanka
Mus MusculusAmidst summer’s day
Post middle school finale
In the concrete valley
A vanguard viking lay
We gathered as a ragtag crew
Peeled his corpse off the floor
Carrying him, despite the gore.
To the stream, as we knew what to do
Fashioning a...
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Categories:
boat, childhood, death, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Fishing lifeI loved my life on the fish quay,
among the fisherman's bays,
Just to be involved in fish,
And learn a skill that pays.
Filleting fish all-day long,
For chefs with Michelin stars,
Local chippies,hotel chains, bistros and certain bars.
Some...
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Categories:
boat, fish, fishing,
Form: Rhyme
The Mirror of My soulCome and touch the mirror of my soul before I grow old; come and touch the mirror of my soul before the sun goes down and the evening gets cold.
I wake up this morning with...
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Categories:
boat, courage, environment, friendship
Form: Narrative
ShipwreckedLost upon the waves,
Ship splinters 'neath storm's fury,
Sky merges with sea.
Island sands embrace my plight—
Hope blooms in the heart of night....
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Categories:
boat, sea,
Form: Tanka
Stellar endingsAfloat in a river of stars,
Ecstasy knits the raft of thoughts,
A destination is what I seek,
Sailing away mindlessly, expecting the waters to speak.
The water calmly paves the way ahead,
As the fog of disturbance clears.
Hesitation takes...
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Categories:
age, anxiety, boat, dream,
Form: Quatrain
The Rock of TimeI have weathered the storms of ages and I have completed all the races; the clouds have broken away in the skies shining the light on the multitude that is trapped in the dark, mankind...
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Categories:
best friend, boat, books,
Form: Narrative
That Sinking FeelingWhite foam on rough seas
The boat was pitched to and fro
Then capsized with ease...
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Categories:
boat, sea, storm,
Form: Haiku
the end of the linethe end of the line
Once upon a time, Norway was a shipping nation
thousand of people employed in this endeavor
because she was a low-paid country and could
haul, mostly American cargo around the world
Alas, oil along her...
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Categories:
best friend, betrayal, boat,
Form: Blank verse
Buoyed as nothingSurprise
Unpredictability
An arising newness
Without connection
Appearances seemingly
Buoyed as nothing......
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Categories:
boat, words,
Form: Light Verse
dali's sad nightmareThe Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Morphed metal beams into steel scraps
Oh say what a fright
The dawn's early light
Ends the anthem-man's span with taps...
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Categories:
america, boat, loss, pain,
Form: Limerick
Specific Types of Boat Poems
Definition | What is Boat in Poetry?
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