Short Embarked Poems

I’ve finally arrived at the point in the race,
where I reach for the baton

All up till now the moment served
—new life embarked upon

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)...

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I have seen them all and embarked on none,

I've waded at the mall and skated in the mud,

there is some beast that I may call-
he will answer when I can be understood....

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I just swallowed it hole
the whole
hole is gone
down the gullet
round the bend
debarked
embarked
set sail for deeper seas
in my heart
head...nostrils are in fact holes 
but not the one I swallowed whole...

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Christopher Columbus,
Swopped his compass for a rhombus,
Embarked upon new shores with ‘Ooh arrs,’
That knocked America out with fifty stars

5/12/22

A Brian Strand Choice Poetry Contest
Form: Clerihew

Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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I"m finally here in Pleasant Grove
My journey's at an end
It's been a while since I embarked
To make a brand new friend.

I'll hang upon the wall for her
To decorate her home
I've found my place, I've made the trip
And never more I"ll roam....

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Are my eyes not dazzled
Dazzled by the brilliance
The brightness of your countenance
The countenance of your beauty
The beauty of an angel
An angel of songs
The songs you sang 
That embarked upon a journey with me
Into a distant land of sleep....

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true sight sensation 
a raised vibration
crazed masturbation
feelings intune 
osmosis cosmoses
intertwined rhymes
lines of the divine
looking for signs
hearing time
honest crimes
heaven and hell sent 
lighten the dark
we have embarked
whispered a stark remark...

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Salvage Trip


Melancholy shook her hips when she saw his little ship
A four seater didn't exactly make for an exciting trip
Still she shrugs all a board
Ship ahoy on his slight sword
Ships a sea twenty waves "have we embarked" she quips

connie pachecho

8/21/17...

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Despised by finesse and mocked by success
He deemed this molestation excess;
Having found friends vain and inadequate
He could no longer wait,
But resolved to tutor the world a lesson,
To milk into it all his poison,
And quench all the smothered wrath; 
He thus embarked upon a loner's path....

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My soul flew to church
roadside beauty blocked it

Charity work it embarked on
hot mouths intercepted goods

Prayer to God it made
no response from the heavens

Ascended to the heaven
black clouds built a fence

Desperate soul mine is
curfew on earth, curfew above

Where will it find solace?
where will it find a friend?...

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ANTICIPATIONS

with
 apprehensive
contrasts
in
 sombre
 glimpses
 totally
 themselves
&
so
 necessary
 to survive

disquiet
made
manifest
in
 venerable
tradition

an
 intensity
emulated
with
hypnotic
fixity

a
considered
 significance
  evident
&
perceptible
with
an
indicative
corrective
descending

an
 embarked
inclination...

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Socrates* once wisely remarked,
“To find yourself, think for yourself,”
For me, his meaningful words sparked
Socrates once wisely remarked.
With this maxim, my life embarked,
I took his wise words off the shelf.
Socrates once wisely remarked
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”

[*nod to the great Greek philosopher]
June 1, 2021...

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Stalking a dream
trailing a memory
A scent came in focus
  wafting desire

Seized by the moment
alluding a time warp
Tracking its shadow
ambush on fire

Covered in greasepaint
fear is approaching
Hearing its footsteps
the jungle embarked 

Crosshair detention
target redemption 
Locked and reloaded
—one shot in the dark

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)...

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We embarked upon a voyage
across the stormy Irish sea
The ship’s known as the ‘vomit comet’
please don’t throw up if you sit next to me!
 
I can cope with dirty diapers
and don’t baulk at the sight of blood
but when it comes to dealing with vomit
I’ll confess that I’m no bloody good!


Written after a short break in the UK 

9/24/18...

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Each morning brought hope
day after day
nights loneliness forgotten
but not gone away

So he greeted each dawn
felt so alive
wanted so bad
to share his sunrise

Then a night full of passion
he found hope in the dark
his loneliness forgotten
love's journey embarked

For the new love of his life
he had a surprise
on this beautiful day
he'd share his sunrise...

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In this state of slumber
Curled into a ball
Incense burns
and foggy brain stirs
a calming sense recalled.
Breath begins each movement
first to and then to fro
eliminating stress
while in this state of rest
spirit begins to grow.  
Then betwixt body and soul
embarked from this restful stint
which sparked thoughts
and broke all locks 
From cocoon to wistful wings....

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I have fashioned my desire from Carpathian obsessions,
Indulging in the calm between extremes.
It’s a blood and iron promise that sets my soul alight,
Embarked upon a pilgrimage of dreams. 
Standing on the foredeck in a silent, moonlit trance,
Sipping from a chalice rimmed with stars.
Knowing when I find her, I’ll be three sheets to the wind,
Branded by an irony of scars....

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The weeping willow wept and withered.
Lovers swore their love, carving hearts.
Initials replaced her perfect bark. 
Pains of loves or lost loves embarked.
Each time young lovers sat beneath her bows,
She watched kissing and tender touches.
Then, out came the knife … OUCH!


44 words
5/20/2017
Written for ONE of FIVE-70 words or less - Poetry Contest Sponsored by Laura Loo...

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My beloved did grant, her permission received
That I may enter within, in a most blessed way
Destined to counter the ways, of those in decay
To unloose the bonds, of those sorely deceived

Immediately hastening forth, quickly we did go
To complete a task, embarked on an arduous trip
The spirit to bestow, with an unquenchable grip
To delineate a path, the way for mine to know...

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The sun of your eyes,
Your voice like milk, 
Honeyed in travel.
I am guided by your flow,
Our entwined dream
Together unraveled.

The smell of sky vanilla,
A brighter bridge embarked.
Your touch around me 
An unknown holiness,
Unseen and outside of time.
And manifested, I will,
Out of will and out of rhyme.

We lay lazily in the warmth of sleep,
Softly in the haze of my mind's keep....

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fearful he rose from the ashes of hellfire
singed skin scorched soul and blistered mind
his heart full of charcoal burdened the flight
yet carbon cinder fuelled an escape route 
from the trajectory of death or eternal damnation

when a tiny glimpse of ember cast hope
of renewal change growth and survival
he gave in to the vital force of the universe 
and embarked on a miraculous journey
imbued by restoration gratitude and love







...

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From time to time pops up a reminder,
to paint on the canvas, words that enchant
our heart and soul with melody kinder
than cacophony which ego does flaunt
betwixt carnal cravings that in dreams haunt.
In solitude we rest with bliss beats curled,
delighted as hues of love are unfurled,
layer by layer, revealing God's light,
so here we are, in but not of the world,
having so embarked on a wingless flight.

16-October-2022...

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In the heart's quiet whispers, love finds its start,
A journey embarked with a beat, a part.
Through valleys of laughter and mountains of tears,
Love weaves its path through the passing years.

With each step, a bond, both tender and true,
Hand in hand, facing whatever may ensue.
In twilight's embrace and dawn's gentle light,
Love's voyage continues, ever bright.

Through storms and calm, it guides our way,
Love's journey endless, come what may....

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It was indeed an odyssey of excruciating
pain, reluctantly embarked upon
that led to an abrupt farewell
that got you ferried in splendour
by His majesty's service 'HMS Life Eternal'
by your guardian angels maneuvered
on her maiden voyage.
Congratulations for your newfound bliss and
world of non-existent tears.
You have meritoriously earned the Saviour's
warm embrace,
as we look forward to sharing this idyllic world
with you.
Happy eternal vacation to you mom....

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To have lived from the sensuous eye
Whose sight reflects all the seen that's not, 
Enchanted by gates of which thy heart abides
Life's howling western winds -- stop not!
Foreign familiar faces that once awoke
Stirred inner paths embarked upon
Before, yet the same on looking road,
Built on memories so dearly held to bone --
Oh Time! Thou careless roaming tyrant,
Puppet master, up pulling Night from Day
My fountain of youth I see retiring!
Past I's thou mouldest and hath Shaped....

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