Quayside Poems - Poems about Quayside

...Waves slouching soft against the quayside. My thoughts stilled; at peace. Sky devoid of seagulls; clouds contrast with moody tones of the horizon above pav- onine sea. ......

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...Written: October 20, 2023, If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality. By Thomas Beecham ___________......

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...the light breeze cooled the morning sun daytrip Venice had begun vantage views from a vaporetto inch-by-inch the skyline began to grow St Marks cameinto view etched......

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...Oh how I wish to be one with the wind in my hair,  my floral dress flowing in the air.  The soft ocean breeze hitting my face,  and the delightful cadence of waves nothing would replace.  The w......

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...I balance my illicitly obtained bottle of absinthe from a man who knows a man, for an exorbitant amount of Euros, on the worn wooden windowsill of my topmost room at the rundown pension overlooking t......

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...the light breeze cooled the morning sun daytrip Venice had begun vantage views from a vaporetto inch-by-inch the skyline began to grow St Marks cameinto view etched......

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...Rest now O restless heart released in ebb to flow ride the other side of the king tide rising buoyant your movement in rise with the waves Rise! to beyond where breakers break long-suffering......

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...Aye, Aye Captain That's what sailors say When all is ready To travel on their way To far off places And get the ship afloat When all is in order On this orderly boat A boat has to be tidy......

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...Foreword: Contains excepts from, and additions to, my own three part poem ‘Bone Idol’, which is way too long to submit here. Skeleton Quay He lingers on the quayside and heeds the phantom howls......

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...Odyssey from Africa 15c (Southland, continued...) Being rich in skill and talent He soon gained the feel and measure Of the boomerang’s employment Sent it arching near the treetops Then ......

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...Chapter 11 The Island Kingdom (f, continued...) Near the north-most cape they passed, there Lay the kingdom’s foremost city By the name of Cannabarro Here was found the royal palace Of Ptole......

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...Late night summons madmen, madams, bold streetwalkers, picking pennies from the gutters as the merchants close their shutters and the homeless crouch in doorways in their rags, against the ......

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...Late night summons madmen, madams, bold streetwalkers, picking pennies from the gutters as the merchants close their shutters and the homeless crouch in doorways in their rags, against the ......

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...Late night summons madmen, madams, bold streetwalkers, picking pennies from the gutters as the merchants close their shutters and the homeless crouch in doorways in their rags, against the ......

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......inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night' by T.S. Eliot ******** Late night summons madmen, madams, bold streetwalkers, picking pennies from th......

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