Dream Boat Poems

Afloat 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...

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She has been dreaming of the day when her Bo will come home and stay, her Bo has been out at sea since the “thirteen...

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Wide awake and dreaming, this old heart never sleeps 
wandering through a sea of feelings praying in for keeps 

Cinematic colours of a seascape, hopeful...

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a tiny boat
an endless sea
deep as dark
infinity
the space I go 
it has no sound
it has no edge
it is unbound

lowest star 
light negate
I inhale my shadow...

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we were in Shallotte
far away which is remote
when we bought a boat

we rode down a stream
which did appear in a dream
was rare so would seem

house...

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All words and wonder, wobbling copper green
Foam and guano floating 
In the sea cave’s lee
A flock of gannets raucous on a rocky pile
And the ever-growing...

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Its rusted iron ribs
hint a once proud shape
that now rings a hollow gut 
filled and flushed 
by tides for the last
ninety years.
Built in Glasgow, 
this...

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A nice Freudian Quote: " We are imprisoners in the realm of life,
like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean."

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Row, row, the...

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No one believed you,                     ...

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Amidst the tempestuous waters and dreams
Some argue we are all linked by similar streams
Yet, I disagree, as countless distinct ships,
Cross those raging waters, reaching for...

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Peace

The lonely island
The soothing water sounds
The various shaped marshmallows in the sky
The fish which live and travel under the water
Wherever there is only pace is...

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A captain will navigate his ship
keeping it safe for his men.
A pilot will navigate his plane
for his passengers.
Like the ship's captain and the airline pilot,
we...

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Hot bath in the morning
Swiping for hours
favorite food on plate
slow and steady
Like a tortoise against a hare
Content with small fishes from a pond
When there's a...

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Pretty sailboats glide in molten sun
toward a new gold horizon


Written on 3/7/2023
For: A New Crystalline - Any 
Theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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I'm at an expo 
an expo for foreign countries' universities
they're advertising themselves to us
the people with little
the little people

I am seated
At a chair so comfy
Yet...

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