Portage Poems - Poems about Portage

The World Is An Aquarium

...The world is a sea of gigantic aquarium 
Of immeasurable acreage;
With eclectic species of humans:
Coal, Amber, Snow and Bronze;
365 score days in the whale's gut,
Junketing from Kolkata, Kalama...

Byways in Wisconsin

...I
The friend in the deli
of the Piggly Wiggly
in Lodi show me her nails
strikes up conversations
when I come back to town
for a second week of work.

I tell her about the work
on utility lin...

No Anchor For Rancor

...No Anchor for Rancor

Wounded the ship of my soul, 
With tattered sails,
Heels up in malevolence,
Venom puffs out the jib
In leeward grudges of tactless spite
On a pointless reach 
Heading up...

The Portage

...The Portage

There is this distance between the lakes,
Through which the waters race.
Such is the land elevation difference,
Too treacherous for a canoeist to paddle,
And so must travers...

Courage, Porridge Portage Shortage

...
weighing curds and whey
the spider spied, her courage
curdled, ran away


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another alliterative haiku for you...

Portage

...I trace a path between the rocks, jagged cold and grey
that whip the waves into a froth; tea-like tannin stain

Is this a place that we can pass, safe, Or should we stay?
For rapids, falls, and t...

A Rivering

...Bring green barges for the winching,
     heft a portage of willowy thrones 
                    for the wind thrummers,
          gild each gap with dewy vines.

A droning in the leaf shelters,...

Rivering Spring

...A droning time with its honeycombed eyes;
lives grown beyond their husks.

Bring green barges for the winching of the awakening,
portage willowy thrones to the wind thrummers,
gild each gap with...

The Wailing Cry of Mama Africa

...THE WAILING CRY OF MAMA AFRICA.
           
Who shall I tell this story
Who will heal this injured glory
We were like Jack and Jim
We climbed the hills together 
Like a cock poured hot water
M...

Dw's Essential Existential Canoe Tripping List

...Cherry paddle you carved a few years ago.
Short portages in with good trail, except for
One boggy bit to breed mosquitoes.
Mosquito repellent for said boggy bit.
No motorboats after first portage...

Licking Wounds

...LICKING WOUNDS


Lulling the bye and bye
In dreams that oozed and wept with the regret
Of unfinished business
In the portage veiled with the drift of confusion
Sustained by the envisioned memo...

My Picture Perfect Woman---View

...My picture perfect woman---view


Blue is the color of your eyes;
While tender are your legs;
Your beauty is ever wonderful;
As your smile gleams past the haze;

The sun now rises on your hea...

The Castle On White Otter Lake

...The Castle On White Otter Lake

That rustic, old log castle
Stands facing the lake.
Built by hand, by one man
To acknowledge his presence,
In a changing world, he felt
He could not part...

River of Doubt

...twists and turns of serpentine.
perfumes that emanate from time to time,
through a wall of quietus-trees.
perils in the doubting waters,
amidst the anaconda, caiman, and piranha.

perhaps, afte...

When You Wish Upon a Firefly

...A hot and summer evening breeze
In jest tickled the napping bees
Incandescent, of floating musk
Shadows like dancing glow at dusk.

Hugging pine trees from branch to branch
Down on the grass ga...

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