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Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Poems

Free From the Killick

...I'm not a seafarer, but took a risk and dove right in,
as if from cliff height and wound up floundering
in the dark abysmal depths of a roiling ocean.
From pages of 'The Rime of the Ancient Marine...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Rime fires Edge Inspired by Rime of the Ancient Mariner

...The albatross, a frozen, spectral wing,
Hangs heavy 'cross the sky, no solace it can bring.
A ship of bones, on seas of liquid lead,
Where cursed winds howl, and ancient horrors spread.
The marin...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, adventure, dark, death, depression,
Form: Rhyme

Rime and Reason I Shall Not

...Alone, alone, all, all alone
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime and Reason I ...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, death,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near Reality

...Half a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality

Countdown to homelessness – 
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register 
pyrrhic victory won.

10…...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, age, america, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme

Shades of Blue, Daily Devotions

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“Shades of Blue, Daily Devotions” 

shades of blue
safe harbour 
waves lap across
our hearts 
we leave the safety 
of comfort 
out into the 
unexplored,
Life, how far ...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, muse,
Form: Free verse

Exegesis

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"Exegesis"



At 7 he was 
thrown to the wolves

Bede marked his territory
hidden secrets 
kept in the abbey

he escaped
went to war
where ...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, father daughter, love, muse,
Form: Free verse

Poetry Saved My Soul

...Poetry saved my soul
It was accidentally on purpose
I fell into it, and stayed seated

The teacher highly discouraged me
It was a graduate level course
He assured me I would flunk
And I did.
...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, poetry, poets,
Form: Narrative

Ten Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

...Ten Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup
Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  
Chained am I, to desolation's huge anchor
on its long black ship, cargo of hate and rancor
yet in ...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, anger, art, dedication, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme

Light Kissed

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"Light Kissed"


Light kissed her through the veil
Come tempest on the beach of morning sun
With Gold on your naked feet
Life has again for you be...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, adventure, dream, imagery, journey,
Form: Romanticism

Modern Painted Ship On Painted Ocean

...Modernity focuses a painted ship on the painted ocean
Only color and fashion, no air, no speed or no motion

It is not Coleridge's The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
But modern ship like society's s...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, grief,
Form: Couplet

Water Loo - Nfc

...WATER LOO


Water water everywhere*
and oh how it did stink
water water everywhere
and all my undies pink

alone amid the rising tide
of baby toys and diapers
I stand in brownish bubbling s...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, deep, humor, water,
Form: Verse

The Poetry Garden

...With the late commencement of cerebral dawn
When by chance I strolled in the literary garden 
A veritable store-house of priceless gems strewn
Threw up joys, exclusive; never to be forgotten.

T...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, beautiful, daffodils, garden, poetry,
Form: Light Verse

It Never Ends

...Water, water everywhere
And all the dishes in sink.
Mud tracks smeared everywhere
Wiped away to return in a wink.

Food, food so much to make
Breakfast, lunch, supper.
Just diet, for God’s sake
Plus,...

Categories: rime of the ancient mariner, family,
Form: I do not know?