Short Sailboats Poems

the water is calm
I see sailboats floating on water
everyone laughing...

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Jaunty flags flying
Crisp blue and white sailboats
Launch in open seas...

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shimmering clouds
illuminate the sailboats
gently waking up

9/30/2018...

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Floating lily pads,
Used in spring as sailboats for
Poliwogs galore!...

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Glass
prisms
criss-cross the
cold expansive
sea.


Ekphrasis after Sailboats by Feininger...

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from over the sea
waves clash, turmoil eddying -
sailboats search haven

...

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our mama duck is not like the others
the other mamas glide like sailboats
she drags us around faster than a jet ski
because she is a Gemini daddy says...

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Pretty sailboats glide in molten sun
toward a new gold horizon


Written on 3/7/2023
For: A New Crystalline - Any 
Theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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feathery cloud floats,

                                       drowsy lake yawns, slow sailboats,

                                                  warm breeze takes off coats...

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On a bright sunny day
The waves of the lake
Rushes to the shore
The children jumps
the waves

Sailboats are in the water
Enjoying to sail 
with the wind
Together the sailboats 
are one
On the choppy water...

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each shore was not shallow
I didn't know before
without falling into your eyes

and sailboats would pass
when your eyes laugh
from my deserted coast

believe to my words
I couldn't even breathe
without your eyes...

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Frogs

Frog follies this year
featuring the loudest croak
All frogs in review!

Lilly Pads

Floating lilly pads,
used in spring as sailboats for
poliwogs galore!


Marty Owens for Lilly Pads and Frogs contest...

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the suns bursting energy
sets off an illumination heat source
as trees slowly drop their leaves
becoming bare-boned
their slender branches
with chipped bark
from ornery squirrels
playfully collecting nuts
across Indian Lake
the water ripples 
from oncoming 
sailboats
catching the last of falls wind...

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Rabat is a black pearl
   Of cellophanic rainbow
Gazing upon waves that curl
   And lick a shore little known.

Gibraltar is the dock
   Where it steadfast moors –
Enjoying sailboats that flock
   The Mediterranean course

Yet Barbary lions live
   Not far, in the Rif Mountains –
Golden, assertive –
   Their kasbah amid the grass....

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A weekend of solitude in a hotel
standing on the sandy beach
watching sailboats dancing and drifting
in the waves at heels of the harbor
composing a song of island escape
beyond the soothing sunrise
and the gorgeous hibiscus
painting sparkles in the light
like a constellation overlapping in the wind
outpouring a taste of blessings from the heart...

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Sailboats in blue ocean waves
Swaying through stormy breeze
Dove sailing in that clear blue sky
Like a white silver jets.

Behind that white misty clouds
Was a hidden tiny walls
Covered with dark icy cubes
Is a sad, loner soul.

Teardrops from one soul's eyes
Flowing softly to the deep seas
As it washed pain and sorrows away
Like a cold stormy day....

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Flickering stars 
vibrate on 
the surface of the sea

Fluttering palm trees
sprout out 
of the sand

Flying wheel in the sky
hovers above the 
beige~blue 
land~sea~scape
pulsing with
waves~white foam~kites~sailboats

a bustling boardwalk
bedazzled
by a 
vast calm ocean 

i
n
v
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n
g

~~~~~~~F*r*e*e*d*o*m~~~~~~~
...

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River never sleeps
by the city,
nightlights
highlight
the dance craze faze
of evening party-goers
upon blue waves;
swimmers
sailboats
descend during days.

Time speeds by
as children thrill
yelling
splashing
elation-filled
river walk’s, 
shopping sprees
raking in 
green dollar bills;
folks enjoying 
summer grills,
need tummy pills
by vacation’s end.
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march tiptoed embracing joy
                                  daffodils peek, so tulips
                            clouds float like rainbow sailboats
                            gloomy wintry snowy days depart





                                            March 6, 2022
                                 For " March In" Poetry Contest
                                    Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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The sailboats all line up
For their annual sailing 
           race
This race always take
            place
In the summer season
At the beach called Big Lake
A race like this last one week
Whether rain or shine
This race will continue
All sailboats must return
             to start
For the ending of the race
This race gathers a crowd
When coming to shore
The first to reach it
Will be the winner...

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Sailboats on the river,
Choppers in the sky,
Flowers blazing color -
How fortunate am I!

Butterflies a'flutter,
Painters en plain air,
School kids freed from classrooms
Being silly as they'd dare.

Tourists snap some photos,
Pigeons peck for crumbs,
Sunshine coats the atmosphere;
Anxiety succumbs.

A little slice of Eden
On a Wednesday afternoon
And whenever I must mosey
Will be much much much too soon....

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My church is a crystal ribbon of healing sand.
Where land ends -there nests a sky-blue lighthouse.
The turquoise ribbons cooling down the sun splashed land.
Seagulls reciting their verse, pipers sprint about.

Whispers that a child was swallowed by the hag.
Outside the breakers the sailboats dip their bows.
Strangers linking hearts, forming a throbbing chain.
A sea angel was born that day, but I never went back again....

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There is a farmfield stretches outward
A red barn with some evergreen trees
Behind the barn a river is flowing
Sometimes sailboats passes and 
       row boats
The water is clear blue calm

In the grassy field are cows and buffalo
They come to fill their stomach with grass
Then stay out all morning and noon
Enjoying their time outdoors
While the farmer does his chores
Then work that needs to be done 
inside the barn...

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Does anything look more serene
Than sailboats in a harbor scene?
Their stark white jibs and hulls that glide
A sense of peace and calm provide.

I've only seen them from the shore,
Not having been in one before,
But I am grateful they're a'sea
When near the water I can be.

Though other boats with foamy wakes
Look lovely, I would wager stakes 
That none of them with sudsy trails 
Could soothe like any boat with sails....

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HURRICANE

whirlwind of the sea ~
ferocious spinning disc
gaining speed and wrath

the hurricane’s eye
with torrential force of tears
~ winds tortuous strength

wild waves warn the coast
with boats crashing into docks
~ only lunes remain

palms are tested as
coconuts plummet like hail
~ storm assails sailboats

Objects settle wind
to lesser tropical storm ~
sea salt soothes the wounds

9/7/2017
Hurricane contest...

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