On display, million dollar vessel in canal's sunk tide
Tucked away, among mangrove mud clotted denial
Puce pearl oily oyster tender is tenebrous, enduring
Glorified twilit stygian tomb stratum, fruit forbidden
Subtly shell punctured soluble beach, myriad shards
Enigmatic still with wetness' enhance, violet invites
Transferral from rigorous guard to transfixed vouyer
Probing unknown, chin agitated by revelation's rush
Patron wary of sandbar swayed by his colossal wake
Thaumaturge paramour aperture, a mollusc's burrow
Gasp, splutter, passage - sanctum, envelop and cove
Obstinate bow, depth sounding judge of her operandi
Taste bud enticement taramasalata melt into biscuit
Stalwart Steersman, sweet repertoire most romantic
Whale taming fables embrocate mute hearts smooth
Pourboire urges matinee performance, raised salutes
Second March
- set sail on money seas -
Reconcile from reality, - enjoyable voyage!
Categories:
steersman, allusion, boat, introspection, lust,
Form: Free verse
The Indian Ocean is mean and deep
And careless sailing often death doth reap
It’s wild and vast a lonesome place to be
Needing to ply these waters has no glee
Angry relentless waves tall meters high
And troughs below seem to hide sails from sky
There’s no release from swirling spay and foam
Steersman needs lion’s heart to bring us home
Course is set by compass, not by sextant
Person who sent us here has a hellish bent.
Categories:
steersman, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Start your anchor boat steersman
Sun declines in the west
The new wife awaiting
on the near bank
Hope to return to own land
That free air
unbound movements
The rice cake and
Cares of blood.
Go, boatman!
She is lonely
Maybe she is crying
To back home;
To forget old memories
Maybe the husband left her
She is surmounting a difficulty
Cross the river safely helmsman
She has to reach her lap
She needs love again
Categories:
steersman, imagination,
Form: Imagism
BOAT TRIP
It was a short enough trip - an hour’s
Travel with few diversions near
Which filled us with joy, or brought a tear:
Just different spots between showers.
Fellow passengers showed kindness:
A stranger became a friend,
Kids fell asleep in the end,
Steersman kept a steady progress.
Finally, coming into port,
It didn’t matter where we’d been
Or what we’d seen.
It was a fruitful trip of a pleasant sort.
Categories:
steersman, allegory,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Joy in work means joy in life,
And where none shirk there is no strife.
Bear down there, young man;
The wheel's in your hand.
Steady, set to it;
You know you can!
The glorious softness of multi-colored earth
And the glad straight rows of man, proving worth.
Side by side, in perfect pride,
The river roars down,
The boat puffs up.
One stands in front to point the way;
One in the middle to blast "Okay!"
Back by the flag, in stern control,
The Clermont's steersman sees the goal.
I know what I know;
I see what I see;
No socialist government
Will ever stop me.
Busy, growing, smokey, mighty Pittsburgh,
Whose labor have you not lightened?
Whose roads and houses not rolled or nailed,
hardened, strengthened?
What magnificent cities sparkle now because of thee?
Busy, growing, smokey, mighty Pittsburgh!
Well, dog, you better run;
I'm going to work!
Categories:
steersman, inspirational
Form: I do not know?