Short Small Boat Poems

the stranded.left dead
the small boat carries just one
how far does it go?...

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A wind that follows,
first dawn on your eye-lids,
small boat that rocks,
for unseen they pleasure floated midway on the waves....

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did you hear about the fat goat
who is captain of a small boat
when he sits down
you could possibly drown
it's a miracle it stays afloat...

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minstrels in small boat
in the squaller of the sea -
medium of muse
meditation of raindrops 
maestro’s wand in crescendo...

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Mediterranean honeymoon
they rented a small boat
her groom apologized for its size
she cared not, only that they were together
in the most romantic turquoise waters in the world...

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Afloat ,in a small boat
a sudden levant arose,
each disciple in fear,froze;
A command-Peace ,be still--
The storm submitted to his will.

Full story of this vignette @Mark 4:35-41...

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Napping on small boat,
adrift in the bay currents,
crimson moon rose enticing.
Red rays in the dark.
A shadow jumped like a fish.
Too indistinct in the darkness.
Did I hear a laugh in the moonlight?
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Sailing a boat
Out to the sea
Waves and wind 
Rain and haze
Will carry us astray
Our ability to control 
Is not that simple 
Even a small boat
Even a small world 
We can be lost
Sometimes 
We can rule our hearts
But never our fate
And so 
Never the rest of the world...

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Over the wide stretch of water flowing along,
In a small boat the lovers made their way.
Before them the river hurtled headlong.

Leaving behind the sullen shores, all their cares,
Enjoying the currents’ swing and sway,
The two, paddled along to seamless shores.
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Shipmaster
Son with the  Air Force in Korea

As a child
you drew boats and ships
and kept their shapes in mind
while you were growing.
Large battleships safeguarding
a small boat
sailing fearless wayward
on the high seas.
Now you walk the actual steel
and feel real salt against your face.
I pray
for the continuing safety of 
your sketched harbors...

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RETURN OF THE BOAT

Waiting on the quayside at dawn,
Anxious eyes strained  to sea
Their men home from o’er the horizon
In a still small boat ploughing
Through the mighty rough combers,
Now disappearing , now reappearing.
Glad to have them back home
From the deep unknown where
Only a wooden plank separates
Life from the depth,
As she crosses the bar
To ease down to the quayside....

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.   Boat-riding

                          Pretty pig and grey goat with white coat
                          came to river to float a small boat.
                              Also, boarded Master Mole.
                             At bottom mole made hole.
                        Boat sank. All rescued by swimmer colt.


                      
                      

   04/27/17...

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Drift a small boat with two paddles
In the sky above 
Swiftly passes by the lake surface 
A frightened swan 

Clear blue sky painted with 
The green mountains
All the beautiful scene is 
Taken by the still water

Waveless lake shapes like a mirror  
With countable fish swimming 
In clear water

On the sandbank by the river 
White birds take a leisurely perch thereon 
Look like you 
Look like me...

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as i wake in the still of the morning
the sky greets me with her crimson kiss
i board my small boat
left tied at the dock
the previous night
i set out navigating
across calm cool waters
as hours pass
the sky awakens in a 
luscious ball of yellow 
sweat drips from my brow
by nightfall 
I am tired and chilled 
as i row in
her dark beauty is breath taking
as the moon moves in to swoon her...

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In uneasy years
   everything seems threatening
The walls can't drown out 
   the sounds which terrify us 
Let us move far from fear 
   We need strength to
conquer the demons within ang without
We must lift up our eyes 
see the sun and clouds above
Hope ane pray that there is
a power that preserves
We are in a small boat 
   in turbulent waters
With faith as our guide 
Our small ship heades towards home...

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the deep water 
of the lake
   surrounds
our small boat
we float as it 
were
   watching the 
changes in the 
    foliage which
  stands nearby
   Spring - new life
   Summer - full bloom
   Fall - the change of colors
   Winter - white death
the deep waters
 of the lake 
keep us afloat
as the years 
pass - we continue 
  to view 
  the trees 
       our boat 
a landmark 
  on the changing 
face of the 
      natural landscape...

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Sitting around listening
to some Bob Dylan tunes
     I begin to realize that the cold night
will eventually 
  lose it's icy grip 
on me
   the viscous winds won't penetrate 
my walls
    Nor will the heavy 
politics of death
         destroy 
    the small boat 
which I sent out
     every morning
after testing the wind
     The sounds and words
strengthen my confidence
        it's definitely 
true
     that waves of peace
will conquer in the end...

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Alone.... in a small boat... on a vast ocean            
With her one hand, she holds the rope to a kite      
The other, she holds the chain to an anchor     
Desperately she has a tight grip on both          
Trying to keep the kite from pulling her up
way up, too high up beyond reality    
and the anchor from pulling her down, way down  
way down deep, to the bottom of the ocean		
A balancing act to keep herself afloat 		
Afloat... in a small boat...on a vast ocean...

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My heart was broken 
I was 7 when mum left.
He turned on us kids then,
more-so me;
I was thirteen and a half
when he tried to drown me.
Pushed-overboard from his small boat.
No one there to hear the splash
or the cries ,
except HIM.
I was pulled back aboard,
his conscience pricked.
that same night ,I ran away ....for my life;
Only I valued it,
I survived
and live to tell the tale.

Elizabeth alexander                           31/1/2016
 UNSUPPORTED CODE...

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The green hill
under the clear water is a reflection,
                              yet nevertheless
my eyes climb up its watery image.

I imagine that even the hull
                of this small boat
is also swimming upside down
      beneath the lakes surface.

Here comes a fish eagle
casting a winged silhouette
between waves of sunlight.

Boat, hill and eagle
are all swimming,
              except my form,
          which seems to be
rowing the sky somewhere else....

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Washington crossed the icy Deleware
In 1776, on a freezing Christmas Eve
In a small boat, rowed by trusted soldiers
The course was changed, so it is believed.

They struck a blow for freedom
And surprised the British troops
The Crossing captured in large scale
By the German Emanuel Leutze

Its grand in size, 24 feet long
You must stop and sit and gaze
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This artist's work surely will amaze.

Emanuel Leutze..1816-1869


For Brian's contest....

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There are so many things people can say.
All I ever hear is a worn out cliché.
They tell me to save money for a rainy day.
Well, I am in for some very stormy weather.
If I want to survive, I have to get it together.
There is a very small boat I stay afloat in.
I have to share the space with friends and kin.
Their arrows can pierce my heart without breaking the skin.
Things are the same both now and then.
I am never too old to start again.

For the “Get it Together” contest
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