Heart with Joy suffused,
Later Help refused!
So, No Hopes infused,
It’d remain confused…
A Factory Worker,
For twelve years Dock Worker;
One could not be great,
If one would just wait.
“Who does jams his gate
To walk with poor gait:
Who does ends up ‘Poor,’
About this ‘For Sure’
Denied sponsorship
He won’t sail his ship:
The Refused, Confused!
Confused, The Ill-Used.
Categories:
dock worker, absence, cry, humanity, money,
Form: Rhyme
Ningbo Stranger
A dock worker in Ningbo diagnosed with Covid
So, the port is now shut down.
Continents away, we've never met
But at him, in annoyance, I frown.
Suddenly, this stranger has entered my life
We're in an odd sort of relationship
He is causing a great inconvenience
Now our desired commodities cannot ship.
But his specter lingers in my mind
I'm wondering how he is faring
He probably has a wife and kids
My emotions shift to caring.
This plague has touched the entire world
We share a virus with one another
Maybe it's here to urge us to touch
Each other as sister and brother-in-law.
Molly Moore
Categories:
dock worker, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
Somewhere far away
someone is reading what
you've published
Everyone of you out there
has been exposed
Lights continue to shine on
in the distance
Both in the city
and in your mind
Somewhere far away
someone is reading
what you've published
That person might be a
lawyer, doctor ,dock worker, homeless person
or an aesthete
Just keep reminding yourself
everyday that you have talent
Ignore the critics
for they are not creators
of original work
As I sit here in the asphalt homeland
I feel the night wrap itself around me
like a crystalline blanket
Verse is an excellent friend
(at times)
Categories:
dock worker, faith, poetry,
Form: Free verse