Long High sea Poems

Lorca Translations I

Gacela of the Dark Death
by Federico Garcia Lorca
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I want to sleep the dreamless sleep of apples
far from the bustle of cemeteries.
I want to sleep the dream-filled sleep of...

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He had do fight all odds
A man of unbreakable idealism
Alone with his ideas

A mysterious death at high sea
The truth will never be known
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Gegen alle Widerstände
Ein Mann mit ungebrochenem Idealismus
Alleine mit seinen Ideen

Mysteriöser Tod auf hoher...

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It was quite an adventure. I never had sailed. 
Appearances looked like the last trip had failed. 
“That rickety old thing? Ya’ sure it will float?” 
Nodding my friend said, “Don’t call it a boat.”

We...

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only god forgive we don't
we are not the curse 
of all your crimes
we are not guilty 
of all the deaths of 
the innocent 
dead on every streets
we are not the reason
why we are in poverty...

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Entered to take part
In Robert James Liguori
A noteworthy ship poetry Contest
Wednesday
27th October 2021


From Liverpool 
The Port of Empire

He came was born and wanted
away and out from that moment 
on

And at the tender age of 16
he...

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Someone lied 
They claim always that they are called by God 
Then They Created an event place for worship
They preach always about their god 
And collect offering for thier God
Some of them in Africa 
Are...

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You’re bigger than me
You’ll always be bigger 
So significant 
to me you are 

There were 3
And then there were 4
That we heard about all our existence 
And finally met
Watched our bodies grow bigger and bigger
Our...

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I walk too fast on these busy sidewalks under the towering, illuminated skyscrapers,
any tourist or visitor notices the pace of my footsteps...that's so distinctively Newyorkese.


I talk with a northern accent so clear and distinguishable; and...

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So sad
So sad, that everything, living  sadly; both animals and plants 
Ants are no longer find in our homes; 
Are sad; seeing their future crushed by man's starvation.
The sky weeping; the sea mourning, the...

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If from the falling sky on the high sea,  
the pole star disappears
behind the tempestuous cloud, 
the ancient mariner in you loses the bearing. 

The halcyon horizon will bloom again
with the enchanting flowers of...

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When above the high sea in tempest 
Surging thunderous cloud swells 
The pole star disappears from the sky 
The ancient mariner in me loses the bearing. 

In dormant senses hope prevails
For the halcyon horizon will...

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Over the tumultuous high sea in dismal night   
The pole star may disappear out of sight 
Behind the shroud of the tempest cloud 
The home-bound agonized sailor
You lose the sense of direction in...

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The tormenting time came in my life with the future at stake,
when writhing in the crushing clutch of smothered suffering, 
my burdened heart broke and bled in the inflicted pining ache, 
I didn’t find the...

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Title:THE SAILORS HOME

Down the sea of the Panama, 
Sailed a ship covered with blood
The eyes of the captain looking towards the Island in enigma
What lies beyond the island 
Treasure or the battle ground
As he sailed...

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Ships upon ships in a watery county
Captains attempting in maneuvering their ships all from the bounty
The stormy skies with wind, which Heaven was in charge
The seas rocking all ships
Heaven voice of lighthouses being their tip
Deeper...

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The parachute just will not open,
As I spiraled, free falling to the ground,
This nightmare is happening again,
Never able to leave this merry-go-round.

Another day of struggle and strife,
In a throat hold deadly dangerous grip,
I’ve lost the...

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Time stopped for them on the serene sea shore,
pair of parallel footprints engraved the eternity
on the serenading sands that listened patiently
the rolling waves’ moist whisper of marine love, 
conveyed to two hearts entwined by the...

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The turbulent time in my life set the future at stake,
crumbling in the crushing clutch of stifling suffering, 
my broken heart bled in inflicted pangs of pining ache, 
the arms of hope remained remote for...

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She was standing on the flight deck,
soldier girl in full gear,
she reflects,
as she was trained to pick up the rear,
thinking of her past life,
she was a mother, and a wife,
that made a promise, she’d be...

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A Day by the River

Sailing the high sea on the river,
Sinking while staying afloat,
Think I’m in danger of drowning,
Where would I find me a boat?

Nice here down by the river,
Floods caused the bed to dry...

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Whom among you, enticed of
unfathomable riches, the grand
high sea and foreign fruits susceptible
to one valiant commodore,
were invited thus by moonbeams and daydreams?

Mused, are you, of precious pearls
and satiable girls to hear from one ear
but not...

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As My Sad Tears Fall, Its Gown Glows A Fearsome Red

I simply can not write good poetry today
yesterday's ghost haunts me and will not go away,
on its torn black cap and red shoes are jingling...

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When in tempest on the high sea the pole star disappears, 
the crestfallen ancient mariner in me loses the bearing, 
but the sunbeam from the rising horizon shapes a new dawn, 
the course for me...

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I starts me life as pirate, 
A grommet before age twelve,
Not an ordinary bandit,
High sea adventures me delve.

With a Letter of Marque in me han’
And the Commodore for me pa!
I spends dogwatch near the helmsman,
Nerey...

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A tormenting time came in my life with future at stake
when writhing in the crushing clutch of stifling suffering,
my bestowed heart broke and bled in the pining ache, 
and I found no consoling arms stretched...

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