Long Frigates Poems

Into A Dark Raging Storm, Tempest And Hail


Into a dark raging storm, tempest and hail
alas, sadly all was to be to no avail.
Twelve pounders broke loose crashing about
some over the wind praying in a shout.

Prisoners...

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Legend Of The Black Dove 

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she knew all the moves
Queen's Gambit
Sicilian Defense
Bura's Desperado Sacrifice
with her arms wrapping me
we barreled the freeway
racing headlong into the wind
balanced on two wheels below
as free as mustangs in the mountains
abandoned in the moment with the...

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i wander these winter beaches 
where autumn's storms
have removed the footfalls of summer
believing in spring

here i am alone listening
to the waves mellifluously remind
yet never recalling
floating the river Lethe
alone where the frigates soar above
pelicans traversing the...

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she is running down the staircase
que pasa, que pasa, echoes before her
i am on the front balcony
watching the butterflies wander
from one miniature rose to the next
having my third cup of coffee
cream, Kahlua, a tad of...

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my friend,
          beacon, bright ...
               how you have bewitched my years,
 ...

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the boat is as weathered as his face
it is his life, his treasure
steering the prow to sea hours before dawn
and in that darkness, the nets are set
small talk meanders the ponga
time to catch up on...

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Select the right alternative
Despite rigours of states of nature
Electing to sweep aside your initiative
In the midst of shocks and blocks that determine to fracture  

Well meant decisions to break free of the past
Draped in...

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i become lost in these lazy days
the ones i have learned to allow
sitting here on the balcony
watching the frigates glide to Bolero
below a content ocean, empty beach
my attention was broken by a Tropical Queen
butterflies in...

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Midst mild and wild tumults like eddy, vortex, swirl, and whirl,
A maelstrom is a summation of curl and twirl and hurl;
Weather and season get amalgamated with currents,
Winds, storms, gales, squalls, haboobs, and wuthers become deterrents;
Vacuum,...

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i suppose they will all
be soon to depart
the danish girl
has removed her top
the germans will soon follow suit
the french girl
will arrive soon minus everything
there goes the male tourist
down the beach
time to stroll, exercise
amidst the breasts...

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is this then my fate
watching the scurrying crabs
rearranging sands, counting the waves
the wary eyes of the magnificent frigates above
your eyes were to me
exotic birds of aquamarine
whose free flight
stole my thoughts
my breath
my heart
now i have a...

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Only silence dresses her rigging now
To the call of the bosun’s whistle
Her hatches now stand locked and secure
Where long past sailors once lingered
She is the last of the old frigates
Moored in the shallows of Charlestown
Board...

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Father, your ship keeps me waiting here, my eyes
Peeling horizon for mast or sail
Where the frigates fly, and seagull, wind slanting, cries
I walk the sands silent shadows pale
Hungering for a deck to stand 
Beside you,...

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You may talk of submarines 
And of other war machines
As you sip your beer and talk of yesteryear.

You may even look with awe
At the ships that roll and yaw,
And the carriers as steady as a...

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Frigates flay above the waters
Sea smells of salt
Manta swims through ocean depths
Sailor puts the nets on the bay 

Sunset has a deep orange glow
Suddenly something orange shines besides the sun
On an island volcano spits lava...

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 A CASTLE OF TEMPTATION - collab with JA Fraser

A CASTLE OF TEMPTATION

Proudly standing amidst three lochs, verdant hills
a Castle enciente breathing beauty but sadly chants 
passed feuds sparking battles having harried their foe
and it's...

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A CASTLE OF TEMPTATION

Proudly standing amidst three lochs, verdant hills
a Castle enciente breathing beauty but sadly chants 
passed feuds sparking battles having harried their foe
and it's demise caused by Frigates cannonball screams.

Colonel MacRae-Gilstrap rebuilds now...

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Let the Wind Blow Through

My house is built of fragile sticks
Each window opened shows a different view
Clean or with a dusty film, yet held close
A skin of remembrance hidden deep
Different footprints in the sand

The wind...

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Underwater where sound
carries much farther
the bustling of fish feeding
awakens the whales 

tis morning above
frigates are moving 
their noise like fright rising
all the sea's creatures
suffer it's passage         ...

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On a Sea Wild and Stormtoss'd
Once, on a sea wild and stormtoss'd, two boats were flung, no sure hand at their helm, no guide to steer, they at the mercy of every wave lashing. Oft...

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"Midnight Pearl"


There is none faster to traverse the seas
Or stirring terror in hearts 'round the world.
Her sails as black as midnight steal the breeze.
This envy of the deep is called the Pearl.

She lies in wait...

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Sinbad and Columbus nautical
Miles from home 
Their flotilla of frigates
Sea sailed flags, flown 
Compulsorily becalmed
Roped to steadfast bollards
Wharf bound

Red, green marine, sea blue scene 
Maritime, party time, home time 
Shore leave, can't leave, must leave...

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If Emily—Ms. Dickinson—could pen
fresh lines of verse today; what, I wonder,
would she say? Where would she even begin?
How will today change her verse—I ponder?
Would the Lady in White still write of books, — 
those “frigates”...

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