Long Briney Poems

I sailed the tempestuous sea

The squally water threatening to drown me

As I follow the stars hoping they will guide me home

Shouting at the wind

'Don't assail me!' 'Lord please save me! '

As I sailed this tempestuous...

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Yesterday my wife and boy passed on from this despicable scene.
Trapped in the floating, cesspool of human misery for months we have been.
I tried to weep for them, yet no tears would break free from...

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A foggy night just tip-toes in
Like a whisper on a cloud.
And the haloed harbor lights above
Warmly welcome the sparse inlet crowd.

The briney salt air softly beckons me
To heed the seagulls' caw
My flip-flops rhythmically click and...

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i'm supposed to be
a man of words
absurdly called
a poet

i believe the old lines
in rhyme are
i'm a poet but
don't know it

hoping that that is
public domain
so please don't
sue me

but I find myself which
is usually hard to
do but...

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Standing here in the ocean, stood here all alone
This tiny little rock is all I have to call a home
Trapped here by my otherselves that are running around my head
A different one floats to the...

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Welcome to the British isles, where cash is flowing
Where much resides, history on every side of killer
Kings and queens provide, a tapestry of style and wiles
Villan's and villein and many wreckers; rode tides; attuned to
The...

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The River

The river sings its sweet lament
in ancient voice softly lowing,
vibrant melodies subtly meant
to plumb the depths of our knowing.

Around each bend it curves, flowing
onward toward its fated reunion
with unkempt sea, wild and blowing;
embracing briney...

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Wer curthing in a briney brew
All gurglin’ such a slimy stew
Did mousey chap a laddle tilt
And fill his fizzog til owt it spewt.

Poor butcherin was seen at fault
The growly hag had bowed it owt
All eyes...

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I walked beneath the ribcage of a giant whale;
Encapsulated in the briney entrails of an empty long-dead being.

Its grimace echoed in these halls of boned wall,
Of which calcite chambers temper;
Sturdy glass upon the shores.

Licked by...

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I'd love to build a magical kite
Then find myself a steep hill,
Strap myself in, wait for a gust,
Oh just imagine the thrill.

Off I would soar, into the blue,
To mingle high with the clouds,
Free as a...

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The tumultuous sea of foam
Churned by the night winds and haunting souls
Natures gales bring forth torrential sadness
tossing  boats, upon a briney sea

The trees bend slightly in the wind, 
Uprooted by natures decree
Young birds quiet,...

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