Life Boat Poems

I 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...

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Lost 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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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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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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Every thought,
came back,
to you,
pitiful indeed.

Camping in my,
thoughts,
an unpleasant,
nights unrest.

Morning was,
no better,
the smell,
of hot coffee.

The wood fire,
burning,
last nights
desires.

The lake,
ripples,
with sounds,
I remember.

Can you,
hear me crying,
when,
it's storming?

Splashing in...

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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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It was one day in December,
another day in the calendar,
but for him, a different one.
That day his life took a turn,
fed up with his misery,
wandering...

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Smell and taste of salt -sea legs- and a meeting of endless open sky and ocean...

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He likes to wait until his lingering end,
sitting on the beach with fish and chips.
Often wonders what life is about.
Why is that boat there, that...

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I love spending nights on the lake.
Once the oven-like sun disappears,
things get suddenly quiet, except for
the occasional hoot of an owl, crickets, frogs
and the soft...

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life
Make the most of it
Everyone has a specific number of days here on earth
But no...

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I like the smell of rain 
That permeates my nose 
a little time before  miraculously fat drops 
start falling on my head .
They bring...

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Sturgeon Moon
So soon
Summer slips through our fingers
Our own version of Michigan underwater beasts
Ogling the luminous bellies of boats swimming down Clam River

Dockside a roar with...

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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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Over white waters, a vessel
She goes dipping and bobbing,
'Cross the deep blue trestle
Her captain nearly sobbing

Hands at the helm
Still, she does not steer,
Just navigates this...

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