The Pirates of Wales
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The Challenge ~ The Milford Haven Harbor shielded Wales
from pirates making merchant ships their prey.
Her ports have cradled many from the gales
and swaddled sailors as her pirates pla...
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Categories:
ports, adventure,
Form: Sonnet
The UK was never innocent just cowardly
...The uk is guilty too
Stop hiding behind America
You were involved too
It's time for you to take the stand
Reveal the blood on your hands
Accountability is calling your name
America can't tak...
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Categories:
ports, discrimination, history, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
SEA WANTS ME
... SEA WANTS ME
Waves are here for the winners
spirals floating in turquoise
dance ululating undulating
blue bright sight
a point with paddle board
to soar sanguine Seas
I know not w...
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Categories:
ports, 12th grade, adventure, emotions,
Form: Ballad
a seaman's life
...A seaman's life
Looking at the map, I have been to most countries
that have seaports but no time to explore work had
to be done whether it was Monday or Sunday
I have crossed many seas. The P...
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Categories:
ports, angst, appreciation, art,
Form: ABC
Storm Ports
...Safe place for the meaning — in couplets of rhyme
the words taking shelter in moments sublime
Their message unfurling — new harbor in sight
the tempest becalming in lines of delight
(Dre...
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Categories:
ports, poetry, storm,
Form: Rhyme
Knowing Angels
...Angels are almost silent
Subtle
treadbare steppers
subliminal stalkers
determinedly quiet
except at choir
a pair of cherubic hums
can equivalate
to the drones
of a billion bee...
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Categories:
ports, angel, evil, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Potpourri of new verse - some could be better, some could be worse
...I always wanted to be a medieval jester,
the one who sneaks up behind the queen
and makes her guess who caressed her.
I always wanted to be the Lord of Misrule,
King Lear's sad foo...
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Categories:
ports, angst, dark, i am,
Form: Rhyme
Silent Mission
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Glass shattered Saturday afternoon tea for S I L E N C E
holding steady raven momentum for its own r i p p i n g
fire from heartbeat slashes its void to tumble wounds of ...
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Categories:
ports, abuse, change, courage, deep,
Form: Free verse
The Interrogation
..."I would rather be on a leaky ship that is mine, than aboard a more seaworthy vessel going where I don't wish it to go"—Poet's alter ego
Yes, I know what I’m doing
I’m the master of my fate
The ...
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Categories:
ports, angst, character, crazy,
Form: Free verse
I miss you
...I miss you now, miss the scent of your perfume smeared all over my body, just after hugging you tight, feeling our heart signals jamming frequencies around us, miss the melting moisture your hands ca...
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Categories:
ports, friend, hope, how i
Form: Vogon Poetry
The Ocean
...The ocean is a brimming bountiful beauty,
of whales, porpoises, dolphins, seahorses,
fish, seabirds, plankton, algae,
sparkling brine of emerald and blue.
Her dead are entombed in her eternal bod...
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Categories:
ports, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
PIRATE PETE
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Pirate Pete
Pirate Pete sails his ship
Across the seven seas,
He`ll plunder loot and pillage
And bring you to your knees.
His fearsome ship the Mary Jane
Named after both his wives,
Their ...
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Categories:
ports, adventure, boat, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
barouque and broken
...Ports and mods
programmers and developers
oldschool and would be forgotten
with their drives
and engines
the old is unearthed and regifted
like some sort of modern age
robin hood or
some guy ...
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Categories:
ports, age, angst, anxiety, art,
Form: Free verse
Trump trumpets decree to target then deport
...Trump trumpets decree to target then deport...
visa a vis militaristic plan
a boot 15-20 million people -
undocumented hard working Americans
(maybe some living here legally) forcibly,
and ...
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Categories:
ports, abuse, america, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Soupers, to you I am Indebted
...Poetrysoup, to me is just like a joint family.
How by a common bond, here we are strung together!
Though sailing in different currents and anchored in remote ports,
Distance among us has never bee...
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Categories:
ports, appreciation, family, poets,
Form: Rhyme
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