Water Boat Poems

All morning
the river wore a thick fog
along its length, until 
a great looming shape emerged,
tall, gliding almost soundlessly
towards me, becoming the bow 
of a ship...

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There once was a man from Mozambique

Who went canoeing most every week

A white water battle

Cost him vest and paddle

Now he's really up the freakin' creek...

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The water, 
the distant buildings,
the small boats nestled 
in their own reflections,
all seem captive 
to a still 
that has settled 
the evening, 
paused in a...

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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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The cruise ship had to detour at bay
At the dock they were turned away
Creeping through the waters fill with ice
They took a chance like the...

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I hate wet socks.
I'm knee-deep with diapers floating by.
The steel stairs steps (that go up!) 
Just 10 feet from me.
Seawater pouring in from every orifice.
I'd...

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Bowing to the mighty ocean 
Relentless is her pull,
Into the blue depths
'Til she's good and full

Ice took it's first shot
As steady we ran right in,
Sailing...

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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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m                 m
       m...

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dawn by the river
daylight has barely arrived,
mist dances gently

morning reverie
how perfectly the songbirds
fill the silence

the sun is his clock
accurately keeping time
has the time he needs

old...

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Green broccoli hills,
Swaying daffodils.

A tall tree of oak,
Hedged by hawthore just like a cloak.

The sparkling canal with a colourful barge,
How do you steer something so...

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Today we stopped at Subway 
and grabbed our favorite subs, chips and drinks 
then headed to a picnic table 
across the lake from the boat...

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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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