Short Offshore Poems

wheeling seagulls soar

as I sail farther offshore. . .

oceanic peace

5/5/2018...

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Offshore viewing the Milky Way…

     Feeling part of a greater plan






Written for Cyndi’s “Modern Haiku” contest...

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Jaw-dropping beauty
Like a sea of seduction
Luring me offshore,
To feel your waves on my skin
I would drown wearing a smile...

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He
built a
sandcastle
too far up the
beach-
the
empty 
moat missing
the incoming
tide-
vain
efforts
dissolve in
the first offshore
breeze....

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Full moon 
Glancing over
Blooming lateen sail

While galleon
Languishes
Drifting offshore
From port


Written July 5, 2021...

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Little by little
like a canoe in the deep,
Life sails on gently...

Though it may change course,
or wreck while sea-bound offshore;
often the truth saves!...

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Massing waves drummed offshore
Above them a partnered wind blew
Together they prepared to war
Against what I once knew
This dark and cold wet vastness 
Brought forth my waterloo...

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Crystal shells glimmer
Porcelain as dawn,
Varnished by romance.

Like opal baubles.
He knits them  offshore—
As passion’s keepsake.


Contest Tableau Prints--nette onclaud
2 Nov 20i7...

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Am I proud to be a Canadian, bet your bippy I am
Famous the world over as a “door's open” land
Neighbors next door
Speak in tongues offshore
Breathe the same air though we can't understand ...

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Am I a proud Canadian, you can bet your bippy I am
Famous the world over as an “open door” land
Neighbors next door
Speak in tongues offshore
Breathe the same air though we can't understand...

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Am I a proud Canadian, you can bet your bippy I am
Famous the world over as an “open door” land
Neighbors next door
Speak in tongues offshore
Breathe the same air though we can't understand...

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Piano tuners and honeymooners

skipping to the music of the offshore ballet

sea-side sunshine coordinates the rhythm and timing

waves in motion and gulls

wide-eyed and whispering



viscerally evocative...

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Africa, beautiful continent
Dreamy echoes fascinate
Giraffes heighten inclines
Jurassic known linger
Madagascar nestles offshore
Primates quest reform
Savannah tribes umbilical
Visioned waves x-ray
Young zebra...

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Hello?....
Yes...... you  can call me Thomas.....
......I tried that 
Yes, yes.... you  can call me Thomas
Ok, one more time
And again?.... 
Call me doubting Thomas
Yes, I appreciate my call is important to you
Ok... off and on again... 
No? still the same.... can you call me a taxi...

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with bitter winds of sand and spray
and flecks of rain against my face
how different this land looks today
 - a drenched vast unforgiving place.

the turbines veiled in mist offshore
first fade then vanish out at sea
this world feels colder than before
 - so why this warmth inside of me?
...

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The waves lapping the hull of the boat.
Gentle rocking, lulling us to sleep.
Anchored offshore, we peacefully float.
Long awaited vacation, out in the deep.

This week is the best week we've ever spent,
Here on the ocean, alone with you.
Falling in love all over again
With you, the sailboat and the ocean blue....

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Precious counter-weights

ships utilized for sailing,

ballast stones got dumped offshore.

But in empty hulls

sailors found common boulders 

held incalculable worth.


(Sedoka)


03/14/2020
Pick-A-Title, Vol 15 - Sedoka - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
Title Chosen -  "Ballast"...

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Milky Way stars glow
much brighter when far offshore...
     navigator’s guide

ever-changing sky
glorious dawns and sunsets...
     spectrums shine above

lights in heaven’s seams,
stars are smiles from those who passed...
   there they wait for us 
     


Entry for Linda’s “Haiku Hodgepodge” contest
By Carolyn Devonshire...

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Anchored 25 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico
The rod bends sharply; anxiously I struggle to pull up my catch
Alas, not dinner, just a mischievous scarlet octopus
The line is cut, but with suction cups it clings to the boat
Why couldn’t this have been the one that got away?





*June 13, 2018
For Silent One's "Five Lines"...

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beach day
I play

no turf
go surf

offshore
no oar

ocean
motion

I took
a look

I saw
a maw

sharp teeth
unsheathed

bright white
large bite

shark bait
my fate

I swam
I scrammed

faster
faster

faster
passed her

freestyle
sea mile

achieve
reprieve

ashore
before

dispensed
past tense

some fun
I'm done...

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In wake of that Dark night
I still am backing those shadows off..!!
Path remained endless
People come and go
Thorns stand and flowers bow 
This country or that country 
Fate never let you go
Much has changed
Much has not
What I have
What I owe
Till when, To what
Where is covert blow 
In absence of Sun light
I still search those shadows offshore..!!...

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Massing waves drummed offshore
Above them a partnered wind blew
Together they prepared to war
Against what I once knew

The dark and cold green vastness 
Carried forward my waterloo 
Upon the rocks it did press
Against what I once knew

So when the gray shadowed the land 
It darkened my final view 
Soon the waves crossed the sand
And took all that I once knew...

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Massing waves drummed offshore
Above them a partnered wind blew
Together they prepared to war
Against what I once knew

The dark and cold green vastness 
Carried forward my waterloo 
Upon the rocks it did press
Against what I once knew

Then a gray shadowed the land 
Coloring my thought of you 
And as the waves broke across the sand
They removed all I once knew...

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What passion that lies before
Has drowned the truth offshore
Written heart, carved in blood
The spoken word is a flood

The written word is an earthquake
What passion is in doth shake
Lies in permanent form, carved in stone
Shakes the core, shakes the bone

Feel the rhythm in the hands
The fierce artificer 
Dead without passionate plans
Now they’ll frolic wiser...

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Massing waves drummed offshore
Above them a partnered wind blew
Together they prepared to war
Against what I once knew

The dark and cold green vastness 
Carried forward my waterloo 
Upon the rocks it did press
Against what I once knew

Then a gray shadowed the land 
Coloring my thought of you 
And as the waves broke across the sand
They removed all I once knew...

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