Killick
...As I sail through this life, adrift, unmoored,
I wonder where the current will take me.
I know I'll have to traverse rough water,
smooth water, calm, even rapids on this journey.
I hope to find...
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Categories:
rough water, life,
Form: Free verse
Raptors At Night
...hunting and circling for prey
the moonlight reflects ~
wispy winged moving shadows
loud screeches echo
winds howl as tree leaves rustle ~
rough water dances in tune
an eagle soars in circle...
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Categories:
rough water, bird, night, river,
Form: Haiku
A Song For You
...The wind chime is singing to me
From the breeze I feel and can’t see
My mind drifts with the melody
To a peaceful place, I must be
To calm my soul, rough water days
With rhythm of chime that pla...
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Categories:
rough water, beautiful, peace, song,
Form: Rhyme
Final Harvest
...Hard, cold, rain
Attacking
Bayman's resolve
Bushels to fill
Long day ahead
Rough water
Fewer clams
Lower prices
Longer hours
Throbbing muscles
Ice forming
Season ending
Boat for sale...
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Categories:
rough water, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Who Is He
...Who is He coming out of the water,
The day God spoke from above,
Saying this is my beloved Son.
Who is He making good wine from water,
In Cana of Galilee,
Showing God’s miraculous power.
Wh...
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Categories:
rough water, christian, faith, jesus, miracle,
Form: Lyric
To Bring Our Family Closer
...To bring our family closer together we went
For a walk in the myriad shades of green
Forest on a long light brown rough hew log
Pathway that goes through the woods
With a rope going along the t...
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Categories:
rough water, adventure, bereavement, change, color,
Form: Villanelle
Quiet and Had Been Hushing and More
...Quiet and Had Been Hushing
For a while were quite and had been hushing,
Then into our lives Holy Spirit came rushing;
Prayed while kneeling,
When we felt a feeling;
Faces became red and much w...
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Categories:
rough water, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Life Is Like a Sea
...L-ife is like a sea,
Y-ou can sense the silence;
N-ever can you hear the sound, because of the gentle winds.
M-an's life is like a sea,
A-n ocean of rough water;
R-ugged rain from above
I...
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Categories:
rough water, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Step By Step
...Step by step……………………..
I am moving closer to what I am supposed to
Suppose to do what I don’t know
I don’t know what I am supposed to do
Step by step………………....
I am moving forward towards to a n...
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Categories:
rough water, sad,
Form: Rhyme
One Night This Darkness - Collaboration With Chris Green
...One night this darkness will end life
with clouds in damp fog without stars
and a moon dressed in tatters screaming
at feet scratched on pebbles in low-tide
rough water to sway one and stumble
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Categories:
rough water, analogy, art, night, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Lifesurfer
...It seems that life is a series of waves
And I a surfer untried
Some waves are huge, some are small
Some I take in stride
Then one knocks me down and a pattern emerges
Too many times, I’ve been...
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Categories:
rough water, endurance, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
One Night This Darkness - a Collaboration With Darren White
...One night this darkness – A Collaboration with Darren White
One night this darkness will end life
with clouds in damp fog without stars
and a moon dressed in tatters screaming
at feet scrat...
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Categories:
rough water, dark, loneliness, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Have the Courage
...Have the courage
To put your heart into everything
Make great usage of opportunity
As you embark on your journey
You may face rough water
But, just keep pushing yourself
When necessary, adjust ...
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Categories:
rough water, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Mirror
...Placid surface
looking glass
still water
Silence but for the cries of ducks
silverfish
minuscule reflections
of an almighty orb
casting its omnipresent being
onto rippling water
Undula...
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Categories:
rough water, life, nature,
Form: Free verse
Untitled
...What a title as you can see
to pen the words that sets man free.
What do I grasp that could be
the setting of those for me?
To loose the bundle for words to flow
and get tangled in the c...
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Categories:
rough water, words,
Form: Verse
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