Journey Sea Poems

In April of nineteen twelve, a ship set sail so grand,
A tale of wealth and power, a journey well-planned.
Warnings were ignored, the ship sped through...

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“Life is like a ship tossed on the wide sea 
to journey amidst sunshine and wild waves”.- by author.


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From the trenches of the dark underground into the sewers of the slumworld, a place terrified with the pain of fear, gripped from their minds...

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Migrants on the move from violence
their only possession
breath-space on a smuggler’s boat
secured with back-bent harvests 
in pretzel-bent systems
weight of crates of strawberries 
hoisted on hell-bent...

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In tranquil depths, the sea turtle glides,  
Ancient traveler where the ocean hides.  
With a shell like armor, so strong and wise, ...

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Hephaistos, is it? Barricade the door!
For every time he comes his plan were grand;
And every time he leaves, we were more poor;
And once again is...

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Catch the waves
Before they go
Catch the waves
Gentle, quiet.

Catch them quick
Dabble, ripple in them
And set asail –
On your journey afresh

Before they rage
In mountainous forms
Of dark fury
And...

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These are modern English translations of poems by the German poets Hannah Arendt, Ingeborg Bachmann, Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim and Heinrich Heine.



Heinrich Heine

The Seas Have Their...

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In my travels 
I seek thee
Amongst the snow capped mountains,
The scenic valleys,
Meandering rivers 
That meets the turquoise sea
The rolling meadows 
And sprinkling streams
The azure sky...

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Suitcase packed 
Going on a journey
No fixed plan nor agenda
Through the shady woods
A bonfire in the night 
To a riverside camp 
Angling by a stream...

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     On spewing wave, our departing ride
     Crazed currents crack, an azure slide
    ...

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where you must float around me
a snapped stone melted into
that bottom of water glass
beside myself, drift currents

it shattered up to sunrise
and rippled through my shirt...

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Bone Beach 10-19-24 
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Bone Beach

Over barren beachheads,
Where ephemeral waves roil,
Shattered tides
Wonder of life left behind
In empty wombs that once bore pearls.

A cemetery of fleshless carrions...

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SEA GLASS


Along the sands so damp and brown,
A piece of sea glass, smooth and round,
A jewel, a gem, a precious stone,
Gifted by tides it lies...

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RIDING ON THE CRACKED ICELAND

Heat up! The cold Attic
On the border to the mountain 
Full grown in Ice, a parking bay?
On the furrow thirsty of...

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