Boat Rhyme Poems

Wise man say, “No laugh up sleeve, while wear heart on same.
For misconstrued may be, lose heart's desire, passion's flame.”

Happy dentist say, when at chair,...

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One of the clowns in my circus
wants to be ringmaster and crack the whip
one of the sailors on board my boat
wants to be captain and...

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Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint...

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Up today at 5:00 A. M….this was not by chance…
We had to get up that to catch the 7:30 train to France.

Paris to be exact…so...

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I remember when I got them
They were only five days old 
Their lips were big, and their eyes were small 
And their tails were Orangie/gold...

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I've been to a few strange places in my day
some hotter than the hottest spot on the sun
some colder than the coldest crater on the...

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I tied a string to my tricycle handle.
In the basket, I placed a shining candle.  
From the other end, I tied a balloon. 
By...

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What More Can Be Taken

I came from a house where love never stayed,
Where fists did the talking and kindness decayed.
Where silence was safer than saying...

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Standing watch on this warm summer night  

Listening to sounds in the soft spectral light 

Calling to my soul a song never-ending 

That the...

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Row, row, row your boat
Violently through the river
Up  creek without a paddle
There is nothing left to give her

   Row, row, row your...

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l 'll sleep at his feet
l 'll bathe in his water
l'll choke in his heat
forgetting it's daughter

a pleasure boat calls
a sight seeing tour
Aeolian relax,
they fear...

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Spring is sprawling
out there somewhere
in a Bikini on a Beach
drinking Beer
toes in the sand
glass in hand
while snowflakes are falling
and winter's still here
then when good old
sunny...

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When not out clubbing
hey-ho the merry oh
at night with the Inuit
I suspect by intuit
an intrepid Inuk named Nanook
a-hunting walrus he would go
with his trusty harpoon
traipsing...

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         His very bones smell of ocean
          ...

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Flutter dear heart
Let this mystery start
Of entwined lace
And God’s holy grace
With scented chiffon flowing
Smoke from the chimney blowing
And stifled salted tears
From memories through the years.
Melancholy...

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