Freedom Boat Poems

Once a promising cruise 
has become a curse 
fare thee well 
to a land I will never meet 
as I become one with the ocean...

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Along the upper estuary, 
boats laid beached on mud 
like whales you see
on news clips stranded
helpless in the drained shallows
of a low tide. These boats...

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The foghorn sounds from the beacon of light.
This has always been the love affair,
Between the lighthouse and the sea.
A man stands on the beacon like...

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Fisherman's Luck 

The rocks brushed by the waves, 
caressed and embraced by the ocean, 
slowly wearing down the land, 
to be carried away in pieces
back...

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[Written as a sort of sea shanty style thing-a-me-Bob. Tin Fish = Torpedo]


When the tin fish hit me starboard I was thrown into the sea
I...

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Forever am I adrift on the seas of solitude
where the misunderstood finds solace and peace. 
My soul may weep from time to time
But solitude enfolds...

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Honey’s makeshift spit. Wouldn’t pay a dime for a harlot. No need to count up a tally when in hindsight it’s a waver.

‘’Use in discretion.’’...

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-On September the sixteen, sixteen-hundred and twenty
 The Mayflower set sail for the land of milk and honey
 To the land called Virginia, on a...

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Stepping aboard, freedom within,
Chugging along with the breeze through your hair,
Courtesy always shown on the water, it's fair,
It's not about a particular boat,
It's not about...

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Global pride! Greatest story-theme worldwide! Oceanic!
Voyage liner - Atlantic! British cruise ship! Titanic!
Born in the yard of Harland and Wolf! Floated to venture!
Who did ever...

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As August day darkens with sunset

There are always those
Who cannot let go of the summer

The sail of the boat on Torch Lake
First a yellow flame
To...

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STUCK IN TIME

I’m stuck in time, all my ships have sailed
The sea is rising, as the cold winds wailed
If only my hands were not held...

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ONE FOOT OUT OF THE BOAT
The white hotel! “Clinic”, slips behind his dragging coat and shambled shirt
He surprises himself once more; swallowing prescribed prescription freedom,
From...

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Sue had a notion
  to cross the ocean
She boarded a ship
  gave the porter a tip

The air was bracing
  her heart was...

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fo'c·'sle    /'fohksel/  noun  deriv: forecastle
      1. the forward part of a ship below the deck,...

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