Horatio Nelson
Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint Kitts,
where, in the late 1780's, Nelson had lived,
and still bears traces of his presence today,
in various parts, pieces and bits.
When our windjammer Skipper informed us,
'Shopping here's good, snorkeling is bad,'
I...
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Categories:
boat, character, fun, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Summer 2Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, trees, firefly, fireflies, cuckoos, rice fields, rice paddies, bush-clover, Iris, Irises, temple, temples, Japanese culture, light, daylight, lit, boat, boats.
Fireflies
turn our trees
into well-lit lodges.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
A noontime firefly,
dim by daylight,
hides behind a pillar.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Firefly watching,
the tipsy boatman
rocks the...
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Categories:
boat, culture, light, summer,
Form: Haiku
MISTY Sea Day
I love the blue water,
as I am rocked to sleep.
The salt air fills my soul,
as I dream far away.
I am awakening,
to a misty sea day.
...
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Categories:
boat, blue, fun, love, magic,
Form: Free verse
From the Quay
Categories:
boat, ocean,
Form: Haiku
HOPE OR LOST?With smiles they waved goodbye
barefoot on the soil that raised them
carrying nothing but names
and the weight of dreams too heavy for home.
They spoke of Europe
like it was morning on the other side of night
and more prayers than food.
Is this hope?
To trade the peace of home for a foreign land?
Or is it loss
leaving love behind for...
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Categories:
boat, 12th grade, africa, farewell,
Form: Free verse
The Skye Boat SongThe Skye Boat Song from Starz series, "Outlander", a book series written by,: Diana Gabalden
Find me a lad that will give me his hand
protect me with body and soul
Blood of my blood, bone of my bone
He vows in the Gailic of old
Here is my heart, here is my hand,
Here is my...
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Categories:
boat, inspiration, time, travel, true
Form: Lyric
7 B's Of Summer
Spring is sprawling
out there somewhere
in a Bikini on a Beach
drinking Beer
toes in the sand
glass in hand
while snowflakes are falling
and winter's still here
then when good old
sunny summer comes
(and swallows do too)
oh to go Barefoot
in a Boat on the sea
Barbecue in the garden
play Ball in the park
fun in the sun 'til evening twilight
lowers the night a curtain...
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Categories:
boat, humorous, sea, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Thirty Knots an Hour
His very bones smell of ocean
beard lashed with its salt
On land, rubber legs awkward
...
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Categories:
boat, identity, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Sailboat
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Sailboat
Under
the white seagulls,
yacht's passing wing
off the sky, off deep end —
sea moves me lagging these feet
in water...
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Categories:
angst, boat, deep, introspection,
Form: Verse
The Camel
If a camel is the ship of the desert
then speaking equally
a ship is the camel of the sea
altho' a camel can go without water
for up to seven months
a ship without water on which to float
is neither a barque a barge nor boat
as the camel needs food
to get over the humps
it seems like a dromedary
conundrum to...
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Categories:
animal, boat, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Marinated
Categories:
boat, sea, word play,
Form: Monoku
Evil Dress in SuitsThe morning filled with beauty and luster creeps slowly under the mangrove tree and anchored along the tropical coast where the skies, sea and my lover frequently meet. Something unusual was going on there that disperse tension in the atmosphere and the shrubs planted along the shores breeds a kind of bird that make their...
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Categories:
america, beach, boat, business,
Form: Prose
Red-Crested SampanRed-Crested Sampan
?
Shariful Alam
June 10, 2025
Hudson, New York
United States of America
?
If by chance we meet again someday,
If desire brings us close once more,
I’ll breathe deeply again at the foot of the mountain,
Smear your gentle gaze across my soul.
I’ll cross treacherous roads—
carefully, ever so carefully.
On a melancholic evening, I’ll go to Silentville.
That day, I will become the...
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Categories:
boat, 12th grade, america, bangla,
Form: Free verse
Rude Awakenings
'twas on a matopoeic morn
woken by the crack of dawn
fell out of bed
'pon my head
feeling floored
and quite forlorn
but yet again
all at sea
afloat on board a boat
by an ocean wave
my sleep was wrecked
when debunked
and then decked
...
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Categories:
boat, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
No Words To SpeakThe morning breaks with a solemn look on his face and the sun hiding behind the pregnant clouds suppress the morning with lots of doubt; I couldn’t tell what was going on in his head but he was gathering stones and emptying them on the sprawling lawn, while the universe watches with its open gut...
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Categories:
america, boat, business, care,
Form: Narrative
Specific Types of Boat Poems
Definition | What is Boat in Poetry?
Poems Related to Boat
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