Leave the ground to fly upward forever
a quintillion atoms blasting astray
It’s April 20, Crack open an Easter egg
be careful not to drop, if a Fabergé
Celebrate Apollo 16, NASA’s high point
also light a candle down Columbine way
Luna doesn’t judge beyond her influence
so can’t be complicit in the price we pay
Deepwater horizon, fades into distance
not to mention some Dictator’s birthday
What marks a memento of lasting impact?
recurring dates in an almanac of ricochets?
Every once in a phase, flies by April 20
she turns her face, but cannot look away.
Categories:
deepwater, meaningful, moon, perspective,
Form: Ekphrasis
The ship in the harbor is sailing
with a blue flag aloft;
returned from a season of trading,
its crew is in sorrow for the captain has crossed
from this life into the great unveiling
at God's golden shore.
Note: If you are sad and describe yourself as "feeling blue," you are using a phrase coined from a custom among many old deepwater sailing ships. If the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port. (Origins of Naval Terminology)
For: Blue Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Mystic Rose Rose
Categories:
deepwater, death,
Form: Verse
My sweetened temper
Was all due to a little adviser
Some light form, so divine
Instead of giving me wine,
Bid me to be the clandestine
On that same night which seemed darker!
My choice, so daintier,
Was guided by a little singer,
Invisible, in my head, it rocked
The blessed words which I made into my own
So that today I am still alive like the dancer,
Like the charmed One, I am not a mere daydreamer!
Worthy Angelic Power, Sheer Beauty, My Protector,
Guide me for ever, in the dark alleys of this deepwater!
Written on 17 March 2012
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Categories:
deepwater, faith, inspirational, introspection, me,
Form: Sonnet
A prayer for those who are in dispair along the Gulf Coast due to the BP Deepwater Horizon
oil rig explosion. A prayer for those who waited and their loved ones did not return, Amazing
Grace Wash Over Thee.
Amazing grace wash over me.
My tears are a river to the sea.
Lord above, we know you know,
the oil that is washing upon our coast.
Amazing grace wash over me,
and lift my soul up to Thee.
Lord above, hear my prayer,
for those who are in dispair.
Amazing grace wash over me.
I lift my hands to God you see.
My prayer for those who were hurt,
and those who will never return to earth.
Amazing grace wash over thee,
families were left in disbelief.
Empty hands, their loved ones gone,
Lord Jesus, guide them safely Home.
Amazing grace wash over me,
the oil is filling up the sea,
from Louisiana to Mississippi.
Animals are dying,
and people are crying.
Amazing grace wash over me.
Categories:
deepwater, animals, death, dedication, depression,
Form: Lyric