Long Cargo ship Poems

As I thought upon the coming of February, the month designated as Black History Month, I began to think upon potential ancestors of long long ago. My imagination got the best of me, and this...

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Nylon waste is often akin to a brushed out stable, manger, or stall. But brushing the carpet is often a resemblance of a swirling cloud of dust and tobacco shards and tobacco shards are not...

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Our lives and our time
Fired useless
Into the air
Toy cap gun shots
Those winter palaces unstormed
No tax offices ransacked
Where is utopia I asked
And no-one knew
They looked at me with pity
As if I still talked
To an imaginary friend
At...

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As night draped its cloak over Baltimore's sleeping form,
A cargo ship, the MV Dali, sailed to greet the dawn.
From the bustling harbor shores it had slipped away,
Bearing goods for far-off lands, under the sky's dark...

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Many Biblical scholars, modern day's prophets and those who are having
dreams/and or visions--seem to have one common thread.  Referring backwards
into ancient Biblical Old Testament times mentioned in the book of Genesis. It is
in Genesis...

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Ridding small businesses
from the Theocracy resetting the diabolicalness through idiocracy
Update, obfuscate code test test test trust penetration the Oligarchy programming all the rest
Of us
Bleeping SOS MF in kind.
5G and Electric Eye reverse mask,
Rewind.
GPSNL-Media 4th Reich....

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The Sinking of the Cargo Ship, El Faro


The Bible, itself, speaks of the men of the world that go down to the sea in ships
because notably, they see the Hand of God move more than...

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He was turbulent, fearful, and a dipsomaniac. He was dead to the target, undeniable emulation of his father. So I've been told.

Equated with many of his uneducated and socially stigmatized peers, starting at an early...

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A long long time ago
Before digital took over the planet.
My grandfather was n airman in WW2.
He never dropped a single bomb
or even fired a weapon in that war..
He was a bit of a pacifist
live and...

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one day a cargo ship lost control 
and crashed into a busy commercial pier
the determinant cause of the accident
was a lack of daily maintenance and care
for when things don't get the proper care and maintenance
an...

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The golden rings

It was his first work as a leader of a job, which made him anxious
onboard the ship, the captain told him to wear a uniform
but one with three silver rings since he was...

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I am an ant,
I am the gentle pitter-patter on the Earth,
The black dots that trail on your floor,
And that little heartbeat.

I am a cargo ship on the rough shore,
Following the stencil of,
The deft path before.

As...

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Furry mice

Many years ago, I was in Houston (Texas) to victualize 
a new cargo ship, back then a ship carried a large crew 
for all the functions needed.
The ship chandler was keen to show me...

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The Baltimore Bridge Tragedy
copyright 2024 by jon gutmacher

The Francis Scott Key Bridge
was built with great care 
but a ship took that bridge out
it’s no longer there

Over 100,000 tons and fully loaded
three football fields long
crashed into...

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 Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Friedrick Schiller 


We are now used to accept that money
Is our gods, and getting it is pure honey.
I bought a cargo vessel that would make me rich
And...

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Retired Sea Master.
Brilliant sun, cold wind from the Atlantic I’m standing outside 
the hotel by the car while my wife is arguing with the staff, 
apparently we had been overcharged but I had already paid...

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Sometimes writing poetry is my mistake,
Better to embark on a large cargo ship,
Which will take you to Tahiti or Honolulu,
Better give candy to a blue-eyed schoolgirl,

Sometimes writing poetry is my mistake,
Better to cook a chicken...

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Before it was Camp Justice and a U.S. military base,
Diego Garcia was a peaceful paradise, a beautiful place.
The U.S. and U.K. wanted the island swept and sanitised,
Depriving the community from basic supplies.
Never an uninhabited island,...

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Is he a Poofter?

I was reading “An American Tragedy” by Theodore Dreiser 
reading slowly because the writer proceeded slowly in his writing
It was eleven at night; I was going to bed when I had finished...

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The lucky ship 

I sat on the terrace at the enchanting hour when the sun has gone westward
but it is not dark yet and saw a long sleek cargo ship in the bay.
A well-kept ship...

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The Hidden 

In an old cigar box I have old black & white photos, 
nearing Christmas I sometimes take them out- one
can say I give them an airing and let them see my 
decorated tree;...

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Welcome onboard
 
I don’t care to read of other people dreams it has nothing to do with 
me, so I will tell you a real story. The day after my anniversary I walked 
along the...

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Quietly the red and gray ship slips out the river's mouth. Guided by the pilot's skilled
hand between the buoys into the open sea.  The red paint a warm contrast to the soft blues and...

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‘Neath the umbrella the sun peeked shyly,
My eyes flickered on the wash of the surf
A seagull in search glanced at me wryly.

A fine day at the beach, earning a smiley
Relaxing on Mother Nature’s sandy turf,
‘Neath...

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Once  upon a time

I was, it seems like 100 years ago,
on an old fashion cargo ship, the carried all sorts
from potatoes, flour, machine parts, plastic flowers,
and tinned fruit, meat, and hats for the wife...

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