Navigators Poems - Poems about Navigators

Ways of Providence

...
Oh, come, gather up close to hear my story. 
Of how ancient navigators crossed the sea to glory.
Going between Pacific islands with fantastic skill,
Using Providence to guide with nature's goodw...

HEALING OF A LOST IDENTITY

...The end of a tunnel is here again but I shiver in my fears
All to loose when the end of me is sulked up in tears
My solo voice and quips echo but gets hunged to the core
Dialing non stop begged ne...

Unlikely Us

...Shrilling seagulls spreading broad wings
are bound for another flight into infinity; 
unlikely us who perceive fear and adversity,
they know how to conquer boundaries: 
and as soon as daybreak be...

In the labyrinth of time, our hesitant steps sketch the path of the unknown

...In the labyrinth of time, our hesitant steps sketch the path of the unknown,
Each moment, a drop of mystery trickling into the ocean of possibilities,
We are actors without a script in a play whose...

Ode to Polaris

...Polaris, Star of Ursa Minor
among her suns, you are chief shiner.
Commonly known as Pole or North Star
you guide navigators from afar.

Can you also lead and guide me
as She who led the Magi Th...

It wasn't the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could live with

...It wasn't the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could live with,
A canvas woven from moonbeams and delicate shadows on the water's face.
They were seeking a tale in which to slumber, beside a...

Get Ready

...Before the carbon dioxide, is a breath worth taking 
We'd be stranded without the pointed fingers of our finest locators 
But even hell frozen over would still leave me bound and shaking 
 
You’r...

An Ocean of Stars

...She loved the evenings lying in the grass next to her dad…looking up…enjoying the view
He would teach her all about the stars…everything he knew.

He’d point up to Polaris, the North Star and tell...

The Great Fish Maui Snared

...With canoe and hook of a jawbone
  below a great fish Maui snared,
and his brothers half-crazed behaving
  leapt and gouged in frenzy craving.
From Palliser Bay to Cape Reinga 
 (departing p...

We the Navigators

...People thought we island hopped by random drift, 
when our picnic canoes blew away.
"Where are your charts and instruments" they asked?
"Those feeble canoes could never make the journey"
"You onl...

Kin

...Most are related to shipwrecked ghosts,
accomplices of my blood
that can still be found
in geographically scattered albums.

When there were cities to occupy,
they lived one level below expecta...

Identity

...IDENTITY

I am a Captain,
on my ship called destiny;
on an ocean called life.

I have been a pirate,
(those that steal.) 
forgive my use of words;
taps from others’ destiny.

While they ar...

Kin

...Most are related to shipwrecked ghosts,
accomplices of my blood
that can still be found
in geographically scattered albums.

When there were cities to occupy,
they lived one level below expecta...

Ash

...Ash


Existence has turned into ash.

The day has become night;
There are no stars in the sky
And the chapel rings no sound at all.
Everything is sad in my world.


The haunting voice of t...

To the Navigators

...To my fellow nav’s,
	Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young; because you haven’t lived to see enough cycles around the sun. Because you are not a wise sage; for you have truly been ...

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