Short Pilings Poems

under the pier
breakers splash pilings
semidarkness
each roller awakens me
to the breath of the sea...

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Pilings shilouetted 
Against morning sun
What scenes 
You have beheld
Over your life
Here beside the sea...

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oars barely skim the surface
skiff glides smoothly
as if floating on the dense fog
cormorants perch on pilings
silence broken by hungry gulls
rising sun glistens water
salt air invigorates my being
memories engulf me...

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Helicopters hover;
Boats bounce on the waves.
Seagulls swoop and pigeons strut;
A toddler misbehaves.

Tourists take their selfies;
Cars in traffic crawl.
New construction blocks the sky 
With buildings thin and tall.

Water laps the pilings;
Clouds conceal the sun.
Another session waiting
For the ferry has begun....

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Antique bridge
Rickety, weathered niche
Time has aged and battered each gray board
How the elements' fury each crevice explored
Impossible its beauty to now be restored
As the waters rage around pilings
Waves lift timbers lashing
Bridge Rising  

Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Contest: Trois Par Huit A Bridge
Date Written:May 15, 2014

Written from a picture from online......

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With darkness
Fishing
 No appreciation
When beaten
 Lies with submission
Stagnant streams
 Overflow under dreams
Fish in spawning
 Under currents churning
Filet knife honed
 Scales in pilings
A temperate rising
Seasoned with bubbling
Deep fried soul
 A fork  that is piercing
Please pass on the sauce
 You in yearning
Display me on a wall
 Like a trophy stuffed
Dangling with lures 
You felt so sure
 A coward with a tale














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