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Plain Sailing Poems - Poems about Plain Sailing

MAKING LOVE
... When we started to share a bed (After our wedding, it should be said) Although we knew what we had to do, We were inexperienced, me and you. There were books in the library we might try But, i......

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Categories: plain sailing, love,
Form: Rhyme
Pulling Punches Off Thrones
...Pull no punches Game no Thrones Salt your favorite food less and less Undress not in the company of others unless of course you plan on swimming And do it then whilst undercover or in a......

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Categories: plain sailing, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member My Heart Gets Broken
...My heart gets broken, I can't cry Feel the fall as words are spoken Harsh ideas, that you imply My heart gets broken Mind spirals, as old wounds reopen Entire self, on you I rely Eyes closed......

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Categories: plain sailing, anxiety,
Form: Roundel
Premium Member New Moorings
...I am captivated by the idea, sold in fact Hook, line and sinker by new moorings The palpable anticipation of change Buoyed up on the belief it will solve everything Of course, there is a snag ......

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Categories: plain sailing, change,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Life Is Sweet
...In the space of six weeks, had two operations, the first was plain sailing, the second one I began failing. Everything went wrong, I caught a super bug, heart, liver kidneys, lungs oh and oxyg......

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Categories: plain sailing, life,
Form: Free verse



A Blissful End
...Feeling the cold winds on the feet is bearable There's always a blanket to shield the hail But what about the cold hearts that once emitted warmth? Whose presence was like sunshine ripping throu......

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Categories: plain sailing, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Captain Pugwash and First Mate
...Your voyage began in the summer of 69. The adventures of life lay ahead. Though you knew it would not all be plain sailing, Your four years of prep put you in good stead. At times, when your se......

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Categories: plain sailing, anniversary, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
My Favourite Place
...Hey, helmeted heads and masked faces Just doff your boring accessories Come step into this secluded place Which makes your mundane minds go crazy On watery leaves, these little b......

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Categories: plain sailing, animal, beautiful, places,
Form: Rhyme
A Betrayed Secret
...Anybody, yes, anybody, can do poetry these days, though getting it published is a tad more difficult. For that you must be determined and thick-skinned, irrespective of your talent, and it’s pla......

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Categories: plain sailing, betrayal, poetry, satire,
Form: Burlesque
Differences
...DIFFERENCES No 1 An old man sitting on a park bench Reminiscing of days gone by, Times he has travelled the world And scenes that captured his eye. So many wonderful memories, Of friends h......

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Categories: plain sailing, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Sigh of Relief
...Pushed up from stomach's abyssmal pit Choked off cries, constraint deformed Packed with panic's punches Right here where words are formed Throat cords tightly gripped Resistance rules my holding......

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Categories: plain sailing, anxiety, feelings,
Form: Alliteration
Life Lessons
...Don’t let the world make you bitter Don’t let the world turn you cold Some things that happen when we're younger Can come back to haunt us when we're old Things will happen that hurt us And pe......

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Categories: plain sailing, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Punny Death
...A Coffee Merchant was the first man to find, The corpse as he started off on his daily grind! What he saw filtered through, so he had grounds To send for the Police, to investigate what he'd found......

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Categories: plain sailing, allegory,
Form: Narrative
Rob Davies
...Rob played semi-professional rugby, From when he was 4 until the age of 21, When he got a serious spinal cord injury, Whilst playing that rough game spun. As part of his rehabilitation sess......

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Categories: plain sailing, sports, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Darkest Aspiration
...Trekking along with weighty doubts, Piled repeatedly and in attempt, The dream so rewarding in giant But not so plain sailing in its dark clouds. You keep pushing and pushing Though touring i......

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Categories: plain sailing, career, confidence, confusion, courage,
Form: Rhyme

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