Cargo Poems - Poems about Cargo

The Cargo on Board

A tugboat was pushing a barge.
I wondered just who was in charge
For the cargo on board,
Which I wish I’d ignored,
Raised some issues which somehow loomed large.

Porta-potties were lined up in rows.
Full or empty? Too far for my nose,
But the thought of that load
Being merrily towed
Made me hope there was naught to dispose.

Certain subjects make some

Burning Bushes Treacherous Cargo

"Burning Bushes Treacherous Cargo"

They say hell 
is on fire 

but there in 
The Lawrence Forest 
exist many, 
burning bushes 
waiting on deliverance
delivering messages,
hidden shadow angels
waiting for their
Bardo exodus

they are 
allowed to 
come and go 
but they are 
drawn back 
to their torched
habitats 
like moths
to flames

their footprints
scorch the missing years
in the desert sand, 
the place of

Dangerous Cargo - With Apologies To Hedy Lamarr

She slithered from the jungle in a Vera Wang sarong
Like some wicked juju temptress with no sense of right or wrong. 
I remember how it thrilled me, 
Oh yeah, when she shimmied in the buff;
And that first time she let loose, I thought I’d never get enough.
She hid a wealth of smuggled goods among her

Against Stupidity

 Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Friedrick Schiller 


We are now used to accept that money
Is our gods, and getting it is pure honey.
I bought a cargo vessel that would make me rich
And docked it in a port where I'd find no hitch.
Soon enough the ship was full of dark containers
All painted black,

Precious Cargo

I felt nerves standing in my way, both nervous and excited at the same time 

I started opening my mouth confirming a permanent visitor our home would welcome 
A friend who would be carried as a precious cargo 

I became speechless and breathless, overwhelmed with excitement
I could not even form words or express them 

I

Precious Cargo

The sidewalk stretched for miles
   that concrete roadside line.
It swerved and curved,
   and dipped and rose.
Alongside U.S. 29.

We knew each crack, and every hole.
   and every bump and drain.
Knew when to coast the downhills
   and when to grind the chain.

Our bikes gave us our freedom.
We rolled and

The Sinking of the Cargo Ship El Faro

The Sinking of the Cargo Ship, El Faro


The Bible, itself, speaks of the men of the world that go down to the sea in ships
because notably, they see the Hand of God move more than we all, 
For in the midst of a storm, these seafaring men cry out with all of their might
to God,

A Cargo Crisis

Run a way truckers 
abandoning trucks and loads
serious problem

Fragile Cargo

Not entering among those sterile walls
your mind is firmly resolute with decision

not wanting to be cutted
you are leaving your life
in hands of earth

but will you be wise enough
to ask her a right questions
determined enough 
to hear the answers

I know you are afraid
not feeling your body as your own anymore
it is still your body
and those cuts

Cargo

Commodities.
Packed up
Wedged together
Shut out from light and air, 
Little creatures indifferent to life or death
Stacked.
Branded.
Horrified
Of what comes
With the open door.
Looking for the first opportunity
To Leap
Escape
This intolerable life.
The Mass grave
Of a two-dimensional reality.

Compassionate Cargo

"Compassionate Cargo"
in the chapel of my heart compassion reigns
extending helping hand to less fortunate
sharing tender love touches souls steeped in pain
causes smiles to emerge, releasing regret

compassion for creation caresses hearts
implanting words show care to grow fruitful starts

creation hungers for sincere open doors
to quench thirst through understanding inner cores.

Cargo Shipment

Why is it that when you send something by CAR, it's called a SHIPment, 
but when you transport something by SHIP, CARgo is how it's sent?

My Preciouse Cargo

I ride in the morning my cargo as preciouse as the sun
I think about my cargo and where I must take it
And how careful I must be on each run
My cargo is rare in fact they're the only two
No price could ever own them
No trade would ever do
And yet it is here I bring them

Jettisoning Cargo

The sea rose up to kiss the sky 

crashed down upon the ship   

then tossed it high 

like some baby with a new toy. 

  

The slaves emerged blinking 

in the harsh  light  on deck 

Their chains for ever linking 

their ultimate fate. 

  

Suddenly the chain pulled tight

The Cargo

The hull of the boat was full
Lying so close to each other
They used a tool
To clamp the irons on brother

Lying so close to each other
The stink in the hull was death
To clamp the irons on brother
The boat moving pitching beneath

Lying so close to each other
They used a tool
The stink in the hull was death
The hull

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