Long Dutchman Poems

You’ve heard of the Flying Dutchman,
the ghost-ship that travels the seas,
there’s countless legends about it,
a great deal of variety.

Some say it’s just cursed to wander,
a result of some ancient sin,
a crew long dead yet still...

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for King Wen, circa 1151-1143 B.C.E. – with seven mind-bending kowtows

There where you had no occasion for play
There in your confined Ming I space
Where change wrought no change
In your fate
But for those plagued by your...

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(Haiku)

Gold dust rides whirlwind,
softly speckles wet canvas,
Lost Dutchman Mine found

Prose ~

"Maggie save your strength..." words whispered in the corridor of a prestigious art gallery in Paris, France. The elderly lady, dressed in black and trimmed...

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Gather friends if you care to hear, I’ll favor you with a tale
About the fate of a gallant ship that long ago did sail
Built of the finest teak wood in the year sixteen-thirty-nine
A three mast...

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On the skeleton of a sleeping goddess is my beloved Netherlands, 
Waters in her branches are curling my roots as a Dutchman 
And her gigantic heart seemed to born the beauties you may choose and...

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I Wanna End Me

It’s chill dawg. I’m just a savage. Gotta take that redpill homie. Two squared. Remember the illusion and have a giggle. No need to pout. It’s just a lil fun and games....

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The wind through the rigging howled
As we were tossed about
Waves so high you could be buried at sea
To the bottom sunk in a trice

Fools we were to be out here
To think, outrun the weather
Caught we...

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Intrepid winds once....

Whispering serenities promises; uncharted

Into the chambers of their souls!?

Watching these invisible wings now

Carrying their dreams so, very far away ~

While reaching out to touch the hand of

Echoing breezes illusive embrace?!

To grasp the intangible...

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Oh and in the thick of fog 
The lighthouse is just a dim 
Shadow in the night everybody 
At James Bay knows this is that 
Time of the year as the ocean 
Rages with fury...

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Intrepid winds once....

Whispering serenities promises

Into the chambers of ones soul?

Watching these invisible wings, now

Carrying their dreams but far away

While reaching out to touch the hand

Of echoing breezes illusive embrace

To grasp the intangible things

Through bars of...

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Off the cape of good hope,
On dead-man’s rocky reef,
A legend from old was born.
Behold The Flying Dutchman, 
Phantom’s driven ghost ship.
Seeking infinities isle beyond,
Mortal fleshes reach.  
The captains wheel sets a
Study coarse full ahead.
Treachery’s...

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Poet: Ken Jordan
Story: Apache Junction
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: April/2014


    Gonna take the 405 train
to Apache Junction.
    Bought me a one-way  ticket, 
and I ain't look'n back.

    When I get there, I'm gonna hike...

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...“Harpoons away,”this ensign said,
“Impact in a minute or less.”
The captain nodded, strange as this was,
they’d picked on the wrong ship to test.

Out on the Atlantic waters
across the waves the missiles screamed,
striking the Dutchman amidships,
blasting the...

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(Those who are familiar with the legend of
"The Flying Dutchman," or even the Wagnerian
opera with that title, will find it easy to
get into this poem; if not, I urge you to
check it out. Within the...

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Down syndrome
It is like a landscape that labour under dark clouds
when I remember, the call I got from former woman friends
she had broken up with me because she was pregnant 
with Dutch fellow from Amsterdam...

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A romantic young man from Sherwood 
Bought a ring for his girl and felt good
He left it on the bus
Air was blue with his cuss
Chased after it as fast as he could.

A chocolate lover from...

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Have you ever gone on a treaure hunt for artifacts or for gold?
Have you been studying legends of old?
Well my brethren searching, seeking, knocking, you can truly find true treasure.
The Holy Bible is a jewel,...

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An ancient ship
Black sails raised
They reach for any breeze
Ignored by Calypso
Feared my men and spirits alike
Lost souls wander the unpolished deck
Waiting in unbearable heat
As souls drift by on tattered boats
Screaming for release
Knowing they are bound...

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Scientists say it’s just a mirage,
but sailors claim the ghost ship floats
in air, with stormy seas below.
Again he tries to round Cape Hope.

Captain van der Decken angered God
one savage 18th Century night.
Vowed he’d sail till...

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Spring is coming, chasing the snow and ice.
My favorite plant thrives in heat, well-known.
Her blossoms, a symbol of sacrifice
for the winter's harshness, she will atone.
Sturdy perennial, roots grow and spread;
she turns her face to the...

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Night Guardian

A steward of memory
  —the caretaker of dreams

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014) 


    The Eagle Cries

A new American profile
   —the look of fear

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)

   ...

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Among the cries of lonesome gull
  A crude cross-slash, grinning skull

  Below the tattered crimson sail
  Those that did weather the fiercest gale
  Noblemen fearfully bow
  Seamen kneel before its...

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Sirens call
       And tempests toss
      
        The Dutchman asks his due.

 Scythed by moonlight
   ...

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Mighty Mariner, The Dutchman flying
the seas so high. You have never made it to port 
in the decades that have passed you by.

You are the world's famous, non human
ghost and doomed to sail the ocean...

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