Figurehead Poems - Poems about Figurehead

Gate for the Dead

...Built in the middle of Nowhere,
A gate of turquoise, very rare,
A sculptor carved a figurehead,
The gate was built to guard the dead.

It's best to come on full-moon night,
for the dead don't c...

Sailing on the Bay, a Living Poem

...
On the bay the wind is scurrying
along its flock of waves,
with white crests honey combed, 
to flip over their edges,
on blue foreheads.

The bow of the yacht slices 
through the waves drive...

Dippity Doo

...Starching my hair with Dippity Doo
It stood up like a figurehead too
It was a contest between me and Lou
To see what strange things our hair could do

Dippity Doo Dippity Doo
I loved you so muc...

The Flying Dutchman

...Hoisted high Black flags sail,
Camouflaged by a misty veil, 
A bow braced with forward guns,
Upon a ship no-one outruns,
This sight was seen through a scope,
A view of horror crushing all hope,
...

The Sound of Silence Part Two

...Hello Darkness, my old friend,
I'm afraid we have to start again,
The visions planted in my head,
Fake nutrition we've been fed,
An agenda thats just for one,
Evil's son,
Within the sound of si...

TransplanT

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   Aided by the wind, 
entities take flight like prismatic colors- 
talismanning chanced direction 
"of watering misfit eye", 
looking for a new place 
to touchdown and...

Behind the Beard

...
 With the start of snow and festive delight,
A tale unfolds on this magical night.
 Be-clause Santa, you know, is more than it seems,
A secret held tight by holiday dreams.

 And as we explore...

Figurehead

...Riding a thermal, without a flap of wings,
hot air billowing his black cloth canvas,
a crow sails the gray ocean of a foggy afternoon.

No flap of the wings, no readjustment
of rope and sail, it...

Poisonous and Polished

...Venomous eloquence, 
so polite and yet cold;
Pleasantries are plastic  
tone sometimes mistaken;
Quiet not dramatic;

Venomous eloquence,
answer’s already known;
Words are a figurehead;
Each...

Calling From Within

...Religion becoming meaningless
when propriety goes away
Nothing to sit atop the lies
nothing to lead astray

Claiming the title to prophecies spun
each figurehead stands tall
To augment the leg...

Lady Hood Ornament

...Oh she of many lovely looks and names
reflects the golden glories of the day.
Her mythic face points to the western way
an intrepid mascot for freedom's winds
this flying lady lives well out in f...

The Fates of Plates

...Two fresh plates to adorn my humble chariot.

The one on top had the honor of being mounted at the front,
as my customary parking pattern
is to back into a space on the far side of the garage.

...

Hero

...Courage 

Bold 

Sacrificing everything 

To save or to help everybody. 

If I can just help somebody 

Along this way and keep the faith 

And keep fighting for a cause 

Not belonging...

Remember Me

...To the window
Eyes travel for an arrow
In speed of effective allegro
Decorating attention's bravado

Remember me
Don't forget thy company I keep
To have you such night glee
When lonely you in...

Human Bloom

...a child collapsed cold in the garden 
talisman waved with the wind 
violently close to a pardoning-
hardening, molding the kin to her seam inter-winged 
horribly marbling volatile harmony 
azure...

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