Journey Boat Poems

I 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...

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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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Along the waterfront where the piano keys play,
A harbor of echoes, where notes gently sway.
Keys like ripples in a tranquil bay,
A melody of inlets, where...

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It's a beautiful evening as we wait in line to board our boat
Autumn is in the air we require a light coat
The Mississippi river waters...

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I went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of...

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Rowing on unknown waters,
                   paddling slow, 
...

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Let's push the borders of reality
Of knowing what's wrong or right
Without an agenda that makes
The sheep follow closely behind
What is it like to fly with...

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You are a stable boat on mighty river named struggle
This perennial river flows, sometimes calmly & sometimes fiercely
Dear boat, it is easy for you to...

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I like the dark,

The unseen, unknown, the scary,

Except for heights, that you can keep away from me.

 

I like mystery, 

The clues, scenes, the possibilities,

Just...

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Flow away,flow away
Flow away my river flow

I dream of a river,my river,flow
I dream of a boat,I built,flow
Man the station, man the station don't get lost,flow

A...

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Fresh off the Boat

With barely half a foot trod 
on this his preported addopted Newfoundland

He was instantly heard to 
utter these his first and last
words

When...

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WHEN ISN'T THE QUESTION TO ASK

When isn't the question to ask. 
You will find no answer to satisfy 
The curious mind or anxious heart,
You can...

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Human history is difficult;
hard pressed,
discovering
and rediscovering,
connecting
and reconnecting feelings
about therapeutic needs
and sacred wants
for trauma-prevention peace
trust
joy

Through co-empathic singing passions
which may,
too often, 
feel stressful

Irritating
depressing
stormy
before unconditional win/win regard
for Self...

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I have never been sailing in the sea
I’ve thought of it often, a dream to be

Peaceful movement in vast water so free
A beautiful skyline, with...

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The last breathe
The last death
The last phone call
The last fall
The last funeral
The last burial
The last roll
The last poll
The last smile
The last style
The last flight
The last...

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