Long Quayside Poems
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And Still I Drive - Part OneStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly staring back at my
Abject countenance with detached contempt and...
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Categories:
quayside, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
RestRest now
O restless heart
released in ebb to flow
ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise! to beyond where breakers break long-suffering shores
pitiless the grind of...
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Categories:
quayside, death, freedom, heaven, journey, life, spiritual, universe,
Form:
Free verse
NightscapesLate night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the cold.
Black or white, no compromise,...
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Categories:
quayside, tribute, writing,
Form:
Verse
Odyssey From Africa 15cOdyssey from Africa 15c (Southland, continued...)
Being rich in skill and talent
He soon gained the feel and measure
Of the boomerang’s employment
Sent it arching near the treetops
Then returning where it started
As the king...
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Categories:
quayside, adventure, africa, history, humanity, mythology, nature, voyage,
Form:
Narrative
Odyssey From Africa 11fChapter 11 The Island Kingdom (f, continued...)
Near the north-most cape they passed, there
Lay the kingdom’s foremost city
By the name of Cannabarro
Here was found the royal palace
Of Ptolemy the Second.
In our time this city has the...
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Categories:
quayside, adventure, africa, history, mythology, nature, science, voyage,
Form:
Narrative
NightscapesLate night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the cold.
Black or white, no compromise,...
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Categories:
quayside, writing,
Form:
Verse
A Waste of SpaceI balance my illicitly obtained bottle of absinthe from a man who knows a man, for an exorbitant amount of Euros, on the worn wooden windowsill of my topmost room at the rundown pension overlooking...
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Categories:
quayside, culture, introspection, literature, metaphor, philosophy,
Form:
Prose
Skeleton Quay - Source Poem For Goosebumps ContestForeword: Contains excepts from, and additions to, my own three part poem ‘Bone Idol’, which is way too long to submit here.
Skeleton Quay
He lingers on the quayside and heeds the phantom howls
Out on mist shrouded...
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Categories:
quayside, best friend, death, grave, together,
Form:
Rhyme
NightscapesLate night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the cold.
Black or white, no compromise,
no colours clothe the empty streets,
as...
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Categories:
quayside, on writing and words, night, lonely, night,
Form:
Verse
Nightscapes Part 1Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the cold.
Black or white, no compromise,...
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Categories:
quayside, writing,
Form:
Verse
Nightscapes Part 1Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the cold.
Black or white, no compromise,...
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Categories:
quayside, writing,
Form:
Verse
The Last Organ GrinderWritten: October 20, 2023,
If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality. By Thomas Beecham
...
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Categories:
quayside, analogy, angst, bereavement, conflict, discrimination,
Form:
Rhyme
Newcastle Upon Tyne, EnglandNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND
Half-Scot, half-English and ill at ease with the past,
Newcastle is sooty black from its coaly drama,
And the breathless town was always ...
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Categories:
quayside, urban
Form:
Free verse
Nightscapes Pt 1...inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night'
...
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Categories:
quayside, tribute, writing,
Form:
Verse
Nightscapes Part 1 Re-Post...inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night'
...
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Categories:
quayside, writing,
Form:
Verse
Nightscapes - Part 1Nightscapes
...inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night'
by T.S. Eliot
Late night summons
madmen, madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in...
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Categories:
quayside, on writing and words
Form:
Verse
PassageDark room
No light shines through;
Coldness precipitates
~~~~~~~~~
Post-It note
Message in brief;
Lunch meeting detour
~~~~~~~~~
Birthday party
Another milestone;
Planet earth agrees
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Celebration party
Family banquet;
Feast for fond hearts
~~~~~~~~~
Shopping spree
Goodies galore;
Window shopping
~~~~~~~~~
Busy occupations
Soldier and teacher;
Love affair complete
~~~~~~~~~
Ancient tree
Witness to happenings;
Keeps fond secrets
~~~~~~~~~
Deserted alley
Midnight raindrops;
Black...
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Categories:
quayside, change,
Form:
Haiku
Call of the SirensThe harbour rests from the rolling waves
Of a windswept and tempestuous sea
Beyond the breakwater lay sailors graves
Where shipwrecks in eternal sleep rest free
Once lured upon the rocks they didn’t see
Now ghosts of sailors take their...
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Categories:
quayside, fishing, mythology, ocean, sea,
Form:
Ballade
Venetian Visitthe light breeze
cooled the morning sun
daytrip Venice
had begun
vantage views
from a vaporetto
inch-by-inch
the skyline...
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Categories:
quayside, nostalgia, places, vacation,
Form:
Rhyme
Weekend Memorythe light breeze
cooled the morning sun
daytrip Venice
had begun
vantage views
from a vaporetto
inch-by-inch
the skyline...
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Categories:
quayside, vacation,
Form:
Bio
Sunset In BermudaRelaxing at Ye Olde White Horse Inn in quaint St. George's Towne,
I enjoy another rum swizzle as I watch the crimson sun go down!
Its rays cast a blush of red on fleets of sails cruising...
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Categories:
quayside, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Haiku JournalQuayside bazaar
Odd artifacts;
Trinkets to go
~~~~~~~~~
Poignant tune
Old memories flood;
Trip to yesterday
~~~~~~~~~
Airport arrival
Homecoming route;
Mid-afternoon buzz
~~~~~~~~~
Laundry lady
Dry cleaning job;
Helpful hints
~~~~~~~~~
Sleepy hangover
My mother's voice;
Dreamy interlude
~~~~~~~~~
Old giant rubber tree
Huge monolith;
Treasured monument
~~~~~~~~~
Abrupt torrential rain
Misty blur ooze;
Traffic congestion
~~~~~~~~~
Newspaper headline
Yangtze River mishap;
Death by...
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Categories:
quayside, change,
Form:
Haiku
Yearning For OasesOh how I wish to be one with the wind in my hair,
my floral dress flowing in the air.
The soft ocean breeze hitting my face,
and the delightful cadence of waves nothing would replace.
The waters crash onto...
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Categories:
quayside, adventure, beach, beautiful, happiness, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Ship ShapeAye, Aye Captain
That's what sailors say
When all is ready
To travel on their way
To far off places
And get the ship afloat
When all is in order
On this orderly boat
A boat has to be tidy
It's a huge ship
With...
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Categories:
quayside, 10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme