Long Asea Poems

UndefeaTed.  A Boxing Lesson.

A friend, off the Vineyard,
wrighted a ship.
And, perhaps himself,
and certainly the worlds ‘round him.
His words were fashioned, shipshape and watertight
as were the splines and bungholes and rudder pins and
All the Things...

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Leaving at midnight on a Greyhound, I'm excited I'll be seeing my baby sister's family for two days and watch my nephew perform in CATS. In my small safari travel bag, these things I have...

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Soft Chains – Cold Steel

cold steel and darkened hold
bound for destinys untold
asea in darkened misery
a towering flame – laid cold.

unbound in aftermath of strife
adrift in memories of life
fading in the pain of emptiness
the faces of...

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“Aye, me maties, ‘tis a stormy sea dis day
Shiver me timbers, let’s make way for da bay”

But as Peg Leg Pete slowly turned ’is ship ‘round
A great beauty on da rocks was t' be found

“We’ll...

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Watch your dream fading away
Draining into asea of shallow bay
Watch the deepest passion flaming 
Leaving naught,but a trifling maiming
Watch it melting undeniably 
Your ultimate portion of heart falling automatically 

Did you ever feel me?
Did you...

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When life seems so tempest tossed,
And all seems so hopelessly lost,
Claw back up that slippery slope!
Just remember that there is always hope!

When things never seem to go right,
And you feel you've lost your guiding light,
And...

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Leander loved Hero, who lived on the opposite side of the strait, and would swim to her each 
night, but was drowned in a tempest. Hero in despair cast herself into the sea.*

What body this...

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Warrior to dark's most daunting dreams
savior from thoughts that run too deep
Terrify, not one dares it seems
brings panacea to night's sleep

Beacon for flailing ships asea, 
the Ana of fifty shades Grey
Beauty saving the nocturne beast
keeps...

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The day before today, there was another me,
another me less lonely, another me free.

The day before today, when once there was
liberty, I was a creature of the ocean, my days 
and nights asea. 

The day...

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soothing music, the supreme, 
                   softest relaxant,
          gracefully...

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The magic of the moment lost in fog
Retains a sinful wishing of itself
To sit beside a busy little elf and ask an inane question for the joy

To watch a quick confusion raise a doubt
As ageless...

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