Long Freighter Poems

The Letter         

A young man strolled along the waterfront,
His mind and heart at ease.
Said an old man, sitting on an upturned punt,
Gazing out towards the sea. 

“Come...

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A handsome rooster with red-breasted feathers, soft and lustrous,
and a head covered with golden plumage,
was too unhappy to sing about his age,
so he embarked on a long journey, sadly departing from his friends.  


Thousands...

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When the well-rested rooster woke up at noon, he found himself in the lap
of a gorgeous boy and he was telling his mom with urgency,
"I want this rooster, he can keep the lonely and moody...

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Hieronymus Bisch, a swamp-dwelling fish,
musician extraordinaire carved out his niche,
by gathering the garbage humans tossed away
cleaning and sawing, was determined to play
his compositions for the entire neighborhood
and I must tell you, he is very good.

Old...

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Below this dome
The earthy place 
Lies a stone lighthouse 
Sturdy standing in place
Across the waters it does face 
Brought to birth at 1810
 
She’s been there for years 
As fishermen left their piers  
Guiding...

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Remembering a dog


When I was young and for us not rich there was
navy academia you could learn engineering, navigation 
and catering, with my eyesight I settled for catering
After going through the grades, I got a...

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The ship Wreck 
A sparkle, the freighter exploded and up in the air I flew. Looking down the ship 
had vanished in the glitter of sunlight. Into the sea I fell, bubbles and angst, 
but...

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On the cliff at the Worm’s Head 
High above the horns of the bay
I see the surfers ride great waves
With horses’ manes
That ever fail, but never end
In the strong Atlantic surge

In the estuary at Dartmouth
Where...

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Watching little crabs scuttle out of holes building fences of round wet sand bricks.

A long necked long legged white crested round eyed sentinel watches a line of pelicans sliding on wind currents  
caused by...

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Cause the world keeps turning, burning 
flipping upside down, my feet can walk fast forward
And I built a bridge too far!

I'm an angelic being without a reason or host
On wheels or wings, my engine thrums

I'm...

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Agoraphobia
 Voyaging from Cuba to South Korea across the Pacific
takes about three weeks on an old freighter, but we knew
it had a beginning and an ending.
We have been held up in our flat for three...

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In 1947 in the Straits of Malacca near Indonesia
An old Dutch freighter the  SS Ourang Medan 
Sent a message out that the whole crew was dead
With the last message from the operator being, “I...

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He walks around with a secret untold
Its taken his peace, and life begins to unfold.
No one understands the pain he has to bare.
Now everything tastes different, even the air.

Life is now empty stares from the...

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Took a cruise down a river of booze.
Pissed my pants and filled my shoes.
Now it's time to clean it up.
Take a shower and drink a cup.

The fever caused my nerves to shake.
I had to leave...

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Inwards
Admiral Nukhimov lies in the usual position, on her side, on the seabed with sixty four bodies still aboard. Hit by a freighter Pyotr Vasev making a disaster. Two divers died while retrieving bodies from...

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WATERCOLOUR  PICTURE


Strolling slowly in  tree  pergolas
Golden  roofs  and  sunlit cupolas

Caress  of evening breeze warm
Fountains  with  their arching  form

Sunlit water   in the distance -
Million...

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Awoken at 3:30 a.m.
On Mackinac Island at the Grand Hotel
By a freighter blowing its foghorn
Like a calf half separated
From its mother

Bellowing out there somewhere
Lost and meandering
In the thick fog
Stunned by the freezing May water.

Up from...

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She had me restored to my mummy
After disappearing like a needle
And made me quit acting dummy
And worshipping a TV Idol.
Clearly My social mother
Also, on merit Biological
Quieting a hostile Brother
Increasingly rashly illogical …

A woman who could’ve...

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When the wind catches the sails at night
And the masts protest with screeching,
Sailors say the ghosts are causing a fright
From deck to crow’s nest beseeching.

The captain already gone below the deck
To spend an evening with...

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More than fifty ships go through the Suez Canal on any day.
However, a very large freighter has blocked the passageway.
The ship called the "Ever Given" comes from a company in Taiwan.
Unsuccessful efforts to move the...

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