Voyage of the Soul
...In the timeless tumult of time’s tempestuous tide,
I find myself adrift, with neither rudder, nor guide.
Each crest and trough, a murmured decree of fate,
In this ceaseless sea, I strive to naviga...
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Categories:
halyard, anxiety, courage, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Captain and Cook
...Three times the Master spoke
and three times the capstan broke.
Decks awash with briny spume,
the storm raged in the gathering gloom.
'Pull in that spar or else we're doomed!'
Above the roar the...
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Categories:
halyard, adventure, fantasy, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Leaving Harbor
...The hustle and the bustle of the port is all around
The shouting of the merchants quoting prices by the pound
The throwing of supplies over gunwales is all but done
The time has come for us to le...
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Categories:
halyard, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Sea Fare
...Edge of wharf diner courting saline tastebuds,
Halyard rope bell hop with a catch,
Grandee gourmet glutton wolfs marinated cod...
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Categories:
halyard, journey, joy, life, light,
Form: Tanka
An Emerald, Most Rare
...It was glorious ...
A glorious, glowing morn ...
crimson crept up the sky, as if air-brushed ...
little round globs of fair-weather clouds tiptoed on the reach,
(so as to not wake the moon,...
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Categories:
halyard, beauty, color, memory, ocean,
Form: Narrative
Life On the Dock
...Like silent sentries
in a row
the pylon docks
await my arrival.
It is low tide as I
step onto the
gangway.
Crusty barnacles
cling tenaciously
to the pylons
as salt sea water
laps the rock...
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Categories:
halyard, adventure, boat, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
A Ship In a Bottle
...A Ship In A Bottle
My great Grand Father sailed to New Zealand on a ship called the Wild Deer in 1872. I have always loved ships in bottles, and one day decided I would drain a pretty bottle of ...
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Categories:
halyard, appreciation, art, boat, kids,
Form: Ballade
Droplets
...Water falling, trickling downward
wet mossy stones shine and glimmer
droplets dancing tumbling onward
Soft tinkles as they head coastward
the sounds echo like a crooner
water falling, trickling down...
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Categories:
halyard, nature, water,
Form: Villanelle
Prep
...To those who have done prep
Prep up for break, hanging in morning dew
Made fast with sailing twine, awaiting dawn
Brass belaying pin holding halyard to
I glimpse across harbor, Third Fleet’s mo...
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Categories:
halyard, life, work,
Form: Sonnet