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Mariner Poems - Poems about Mariner

Rime fires Edge Inspired by Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The albatross, a frozen, spectral wing, Hangs heavy 'cross the sky, no solace it can bring. A ship of bones, on seas of liquid lead, Where cursed winds howl, and ancient horrors spread. The mariner's gaze, a hollow, burning stare, Reflects the ice, and whispers of despair. The serpent coils, beneath the frosted wave, A living shadow, from a watery grave. The moon,...

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Categories: mariner, adventure, dark, death, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sea Shanty
2. "over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ... Samual Taylor Coleridge Wailing wind amid strongest ocean storm Night falls swiftly on tumultuous scene Sailors aware for they have been well-warned This is their reality not a dream. Through long hours before sun ordains to rise Neptune's wrath bombards with no sign of grace Mariners strong, elements...

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Categories: mariner, ocean, sea, storm,
Form: Ballad



mariner ashore
The Mariner ashore the night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen showing a black&white movie ca 1963 A time machine of memories sent him back to the years to meet people long since gone. A family at the dinner table of people he knew too well the shadow of his 125 years old father, was not there nectar...

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Categories: mariner, anxiety, best friend, creation,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Parrot
Arrogant parrot with disdainful eye Beloved pet of a seafaring man Beautiful colours that would make you sigh Bird's jaded vision the whole room does scan. Tropical bird quite spoilt by his owner Colourful language much like his feathers Truth to tell I think he is bipolar Stuck on his perch through all kinds of weather. He dances with rage spitting out his...

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Categories: mariner, bird, imagery, pets,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Mariner
Like a lonely castaway On a ship without a home Choppy rides on rising tides Is the place I want to roam A Mariner all my life The wind whispers in my ear A gentle breeze on open seas Is the place I hold so dear Far away from solid ground Land has nothing more to give Sunsets fair with salty air Is the place...

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Categories: mariner, moon, ocean, sea, stars,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Remote
Ocean turmoil waves thrash with pure fury Remote stalwart lighthouse on bed of rock Shaft of light warning ship sails securely Wild elements bombard around the clock. On the darkest of night when all is drear No stars to be seen and bright moon obscured Mariners stand watch resolute no fear Brilliant light cleaves darkness all reassured. Sailor's life remote sailing seven seas Isolated,...

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Categories: mariner, boat, ocean, sea,
Form: Sonnet
Marcion the Mariner
Marcion built a ship for all men to enter Across the never-ending time filled ocean He divided the water filled with bitter salt From the water of sweetness with his boat’s bow Far greater than fiery Moses splitting the sea The roman harbour rejected him and his ship For it believed in the bitter water’s taste...

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Categories: mariner, allegory, boat, christian, religion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seashore Reverie
Walking along the seashore Sand sifting through my toes, Pondering ancient mariner lore Walking along the seashore, Scenes my mind can scarce restore Of sailors and their pirate foes, Walking along the seashore Sand sifting through my toes. Written March 10, 2022...

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Categories: mariner, beach, dream, history,
Form: Triolet
Premium Member Gray and Misty Blue
Walking along the crest of the dunes Where unusually spindly seedlings grow, I ponder on a sailor’s plaintive croons Across the sea, so very, very long ago. When a mariner’s life was lonely, solitary Hard work without the comforts of home, Confined to the high seas involuntary With gray and misty blue’s monochrome. The moon casts a glimmer across the water From far horizon...

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Categories: mariner, loneliness, lonely, sea,
Form: Quatrain
The Tale of a Beacon
But the question then to be asked remains: What is the source of the light? To be a lighthouse is delightful-- Unless, the possibility of the light dimming Suddenly appears throughout the mind. Then, slowly but surely, The old mariner shall dim the light, Hoping to protect its shine By hiding its potential. Yet, what is there then, But a lighthouse who's lost its purpose? The...

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Categories: mariner, adventure, fear, hero, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rhyme of An Ancient Mariner
If I'm moon in night's sky and love's warmth's not apparent, rhymes' truths seem reflected at best, light’s eclipse still’s a rare thing and not of my choosing! Love dims in life’s shadow, emerges, but orbit’s unceasing and lovingly followed, I gravitate to you, space curves in its presence, all matter’s poetic, though ‘love’ lasts a second, a blink of sad...

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Categories: mariner, humor, love, poetry, science,
Form: Rhyme
Stranger Visions of Our Fleeting Lifetimes
The die is cast lungs turn to rust another one bites the dust Quick! Hide Roxy Queen; she is a-coming! Abandon Abadon's ship Abandon tea make way for the ancient mariner Pigs to the sea....

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Categories: mariner, earth, environment, health, humanity,
Form: Free verse
The Mariner
The Mariner Crystal tears falling down my cheeks Behind the curtain face peeks My skin so pale with broken lips Wait for jack-tar and daily trips The mariner stood so great he is My soul is jumping into bliss His face and lips and all i miss So great feeling cant get through this How hard i tried to end this dream It is harder...

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Categories: mariner, hurt,
Form: I do not know?
An Ode To a Mariner
Surrounded by people, alone as i sit,I stare out far, at a man in a shiny car. Boredom takes me to the far away sea,to the sailor surrounded by nothing but blue to see, As the wind blows,the vessel sails, he sits and wonders how for a person, the heart could wail, For fond Memories...

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Categories: mariner, absence, cute, hope, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Ancient Mariner's Fate
The Ancient Mariner’s Fate Eternally doomed adrift Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Mariner repeats his Story over and over now. A sad soul in true agony Incomprehensible His heart now dry as dust To his fate he must bow. Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved December 3, 2018 (Double Dactyl)...

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Categories: mariner, allegory, allusion, destiny, fate,
Form: Double Dactyl

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