Mystery Boat Poems

The many boats around sit in the harbour
One tailing the other now and then
Serried lined and flanked with one another
They pause for thought gathering day...

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Roger’s waist was the linchpin 
when we launched “The Rose”
off Garrison’s Cove on Bailey Island.

He let out the rope around his belt
as she slid off...

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Mysteries into mysterious
The thought just makes one curious
History having accounts within its own log
The wonders through the creation of the seas
1871 was a year when...

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Fathoms below
Diving slow
Buried treasure to see
Searching for me
Captain Bluebeard had treasure on the ship
A mighty storm caused the ship to dip
Suddenly the ship went down
It...

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The ocean's surface glitters,
Reflecting the eyes of all,
As smiling spectators gather,
To witness nature's call.

The waves crash against the shore,
In a mesmerizing dance,
As the sun's rays...

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The body lies still, no breath to take,
A loved one's gone, a heart does break,
But where does the essence of the soul go,
Beyond this life,...

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I watched it emerge
from out of the fog, monumental
in size, a sheer cliff face of steel 
moving pass me, almost
quieter than my breath 
but for...

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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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On the boat
Swaying and tossing
Waves and ripples
Hands together
Hearts together
Land in sight
Yet miles away.
Paddles broken
Yet flapping
No stopping
At slapping
The silvery surface.
A course chartered for rough waters
The boat...

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The old Luzzu lies on a slipway beneath the sun’s strong rays
           In one of...

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blacken bones
ghostly galleons roam
sail endless seas dark 
deep the night washes 
over each soul 
that ride waves deep
drive the secret engines 
of the damned cross...

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Moonless are the nights on oceans
Waves dance in total tidal darkness
Positions must be kept by stars secure
For submarines gone missing 
Gone drifting into foreign seas
Hiding...

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She grew resplendent on the docks,
Growing upwards from below,
A magnificent sight to behold,
A luxurious hotel to sail the sea,
Rich, famous and poor all looked on...

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in the green, green garden,
under the blue, blue sky,
did you throw me a rose
on the sly?

on the slow slow river,
in the wooden log boat,
did you...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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