Ocean Myth Poems

I sped around
a painted ship
the deck, all deck
where she, the song
that lured me there
does captivate
again

but as she sang
she voiced a sea
the mouth, all mouth
cried crew...

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below the billows
listen to the siren’s song
place your fears to bed...

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The roll of the waves hides the arcs of their backs.
The shoal of porpoises are feeding on squid.
Feasting amongst them on cephalopod snacks
Are green-scaled dragons...

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Possibilities, like children, navigate the classable realms,
settling upon the measurable.
Amorous piglets, their peachy snouts delve,
rooting through the trash heap of desire.

"In a time beyond now,"...

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Growing up I've always admired the story of Icarus & the sun 
But as I matured I learned that I actually resented it and here...

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Hy-Brasil

Out a’high in lashin’ waves 
a’crashin’ anger’d sea

b’yond Albion an’ Hibernia
where mists a’shadow’d, lowly 

o’ magical Isle o’ Hy-Brasil
tentacl’d ocean beast ther’ tore

fear’d sailors away...

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Reverse Polarity

Direct, straight, and true,
to the sun the crow doth fly to you.
High above the event horizon,
on Icarus currents, his outstretched wings fly on,
and in...

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Thou airy ship, thou whitish mist! 
Thou float on ocean and the dale
Thou art a painting by my Lord! 
A painting which is not for...

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The holes 
split apart the oceans 
half as wide
and deeper everyday
strong enough 
to reveal 
the hidden sea monster 
that is being birthed 
on the inside...

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Mythica wishes me to curse her
might she tell the tale of our
troubles to find make script for the 
fools of Olympus. She then shall
become pregant...

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Standing on the rings of Saturn 
I return 
to the mother 
supernovas in Cassiopeia 
tied to her chair, belly big with vanity
long gone was her...

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...“Harpoons away,”this ensign said,
“Impact in a minute or less.”
The captain nodded, strange as this was,
they’d picked on the wrong ship to test.

Out on the Atlantic...

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You’ve heard of the Flying Dutchman,
the ghost-ship that travels the seas,
there’s countless legends about it,
a great deal of variety.

Some say it’s just cursed to wander,
a...

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casting away all pieces and parts 
of an existence full of casual talk 
of board rooms full of rage
lost bodies in burning classrooms

full of philosophy...

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Can you smell flowers on a sunny day?  The wolf can speak into my mind. hurry to the island above the ocean twilight. The...

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