Briney Poems - Poems about Briney

A Real Boy

...I walked beneath the ribcage of a giant whale;
Encapsulated in the briney entrails of an empty long-dead being.

Its grimace echoed in these halls of boned wall,
Of which calcite chambers temper;...

U K is O K, try it for your holidays

...Welcome to the British isles, where cash is flowing
Where much resides, history on every side of killer
Kings and queens provide, a tapestry of style and wiles
Villan's and villein and many wrecke...

June

...When the sun above is shining
On the sea, so bright and briney
And each day is a beach day
Where you’re nestled in the dunes
It’s June

When the sun above is blazing
On the beach on which you’...

This Is Not the Ocean

...this is not the ocean
these are my tears
shed for the ghost of you

dark blue and depth
fathoms below they flow

salty grains like stars
they fill the universe
of this briney deep abyss of p...

Art

...i'm supposed to be
a man of words
absurdly called
a poet

i believe the old lines
in rhyme are
i'm a poet but
don't know it

hoping that that is
public domain
so please don't
sue me

b...

My Magical Kite

...I'd love to build a magical kite
Then find myself a steep hill,
Strap myself in, wait for a gust,
Oh just imagine the thrill.

Off I would soar, into the blue,
To mingle high with the clouds,
...

Tempestuous Sea

...I sailed the tempestuous sea

The squally water threatening to drown me

As I follow the stars hoping they will guide me home

Shouting at the wind

'Don't assail me!' 'Lord please save me! '...

The River

...The River

The river sings its sweet lament
in ancient voice softly lowing,
vibrant melodies subtly meant
to plumb the depths of our knowing.

Around each bend it curves, flowing
onward towar...

A Briney Brew

...Wer curthing in a briney brew
All gurglin’ such a slimy stew
Did mousey chap a laddle tilt
And fill his fizzog til owt it spewt.

Poor butcherin was seen at fault
The growly hag had bowed it ow...

Sea Turtles

...A foggy night just tip-toes in
Like a whisper on a cloud.
And the haloed harbor lights above
Warmly welcome the sparse inlet crowd.

The briney salt air softly beckons me
To heed the seagulls' ...

Convict Part 1

...Yesterday my wife and boy passed on from this despicable scene.
Trapped in the floating, cesspool of human misery for months we have been.
I tried to weep for them, yet no tears would break free fr...

Sweet Confession Tide

...Sweet Confession Tide


Sweet briney trickles o’er my steps

Waves swill all sign here I have been

Draws misery below to ocean depths

Salts the wounds inflicted so obscene

Leaves my sou...

Hope

...The tumultuous sea of foam
Churned by the night winds and haunting souls
Natures gales bring forth torrential sadness
tossing  boats, upon a briney sea

The trees bend slightly in the wind, 
Uprooted...

Ocean of Voices

...Standing here in the ocean, stood here all alone
This tiny little rock is all I have to call a home
Trapped here by my otherselves that are running around my head
A different one floats to the sur...

The Pillar

...Currents of chaos
Battering battering my fragile ports
Steady flow of tidal constance
Fluid life and yet 
I drown silently
A water sogged pillar
I steady the pier and hold true
Against the und...

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