Short Rowboat Poems

Rowboat
I row and I row
In only circles I go
Then, I stop and float....

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tied to the dock
the rowboat
wavering



posted on September 11, 2019...

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the rowboat
rocking to the beat
of a peaceful lake



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

posted on September 2, 2019...

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I had dreamt that all oceans were beer,
from a rowboat I’m scooping up cheer,
but similar to tea,
beer goes right through me.
I can’t urinate in the boat - OH DEAR!...

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Patience is a virtue when casting a line
One never know how many damn times 
Fishing requires drinking
Sitting and thinking
Catching fish doesn't enter the paradigm...

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Our life here on earth:
to what shall we compare it?
Perhaps to a rowboat
departing at daybreak,
leaving no trace of us in its wake?
 
—Takaha Shugyo, loose translation by Michael R. Burch...

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What a dream I had!
I sailed away to China
in a small rowboat.
I looked for you all over.
You had laundry to get clean.


For "Tanka Me a Dream" contest held by Michael J Falotico.  
by Robert Pettit...

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There once was a pirate named Tad.
At looting he was pretty bad.
When his rowboat he sank,
they said, “Tad, walk the plank..
We’ve no use for the likes of ye, lad!”

April 10, 2019 for the Pirate Themed Limerick Poetry Contest of Tania Kitchin...

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A storm rages within the sea
A storm rages within you and me
Crest after trough we persevere
In the face of surmounting fear

Through the tempest
Against the rage of the waters
Our rowboat struggles
Yet never falters

In the midst of this horror,
All our hopes are made clear
With these five simple words:
“I’ll row and you steer…”


For Jasmine......

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The words are playing hide and seek
And I’ve no clue where I should peek.
My situation’s not unique
But confidence is shrinking…

I fear I’m on a losing streak;
Without a paddle, up the creek.
My brain a rowboat with a leak
And I am slowly sinking…

I used to have a fine technique
Yet I’m in need of quite a tweak
Though I’ll provide my own critique,
The consequence of thinking…...

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I always answer
     Without hesitation
          To adventure’s calls
Through waves that toss
     Winds that batter
          I survive squalls

On a sea of emotion
     Alone I swirl
          Feeling blue
My rowboat has two oars
     Two benches
          Shouldn’t it carry two?

Sky and sea
     Speak of eternity
          But they have each other
I would give all
     Just to know love
          And sail with another...

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no circle in the square root of blood
my nose is a new tourist site

no circle in the square root of blood
my spit is the new crimson river of mass confusion

no circle in the square root of blood
my head has a rowboat with a hole from pulled muscle anchor in it

no circle in the square root of blood
i do what many men refuse to do and pay the price with their life

i called my doctor and made an appointment
it saved my heart
maybe now it can save my mind...

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                   The Golden Rowboat


       Down at the dewy dawn of eternity. 
       My true love fondly waits for me.
       With a bouquet of red roses in his arms,
       My Greek Adonis, who kept me from all harms.
       A golden rowboat, made just for us two.
       To slip away and live in God's eternity together.
       Adieu, my kindest friends, adieu!




                         August 13, 2020
                         10:30pm PST
  

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