Trawler Poems

Hook, Line And Sinker

...
Broad in the beam
not much of a looker
this crusty rust-bucket
of nuts screws and bolts
is a crabby old hooker
as luck would have it
dolled up trolling for supper
at any port in a st...

Gordon's Bay Harbour

...I am a cruiser
on a big trawler.

A lover
of the water.
Look at it's blue color.

What's underneath is a puzzler.

Being a traveler
who looks for spectacular 
pictures. I always discover
...

Boot Leggings

...At the wharf I donned the Wellington boots
Of the fisher deceased, to trace my roots
And see and feel what it was like at sea
For my uncle a fishing devotee.

The clammy boots were three sizes t...

Lorelei Blues

...she was a sassy little mermaid
with only one ardent wish
to wreak havoc on mankind
for introducing chips to fish
she’d sit upon that lorelei rock
and keep her constant check
and in the cold wea...

Boat Similes

...Abacus yacht boats pleasy
Banana boats are queazy
Catamaran boats squeezy
Dinghy boats all out easy
Eagle Craft boats too cheesy
Fishing boats yet so breezy
Game boats crazy uneasy
Houseboats ...

Wave Upon Wave

...I love to walk barefoot
along the shore
the imprint of my footprints 
follows me like a shadow
I know they’ll vanish
as each wave breaks
rushing over the shingle
tickling my toes
...

Ghost Trawler

...Drifting into a fog-bound sound
An ancient trawler with lines set
Shadowy apparitions floating around
No crew of hearty fishermen, yet
A deathly chill rolled over the pier
Villagers cautious...

Dreams All At Sea

...I set my snares in sea of dreams
to catch my share of dreams in common.
I'm waiting,
killing time playing cards
with the trawler men,
who are much better
at cards than me.
I wait to see the dr...

When the Truth Comes Home

...Don't take for truth all that you hear,
And believe only half what you see;
For when you do you oft get things wrong,
On this you will have to agree,

For people embellish the things that they s...

The Size of a Poet

...I’m a titch like a detritivous dust-mite,
Yet taller than a boiler-hauled trawler.
Little like the winter mice’ whittling bites,
Brained bigger than a floor-fallen brawler.

I have stories small...

The Loss of the Andrea Gail

...They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
These see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

From the 107th psalm




It...

Leaving Wales

...Wales to me is her Celtic tribal history,	
Wales to me is walks upon her shores.
Wales to me is her druids, saints, and mystery,	
the soil I tread, the salt that leaves my pores.	
	
We drove an ...

Magical Scene

...Magical Scene

There was a rustling in the woods 
Under the arbutus tree canopy,
As I climbed up the lichen covered rocks 
Above the shimmering ocean,
Late afternoon sun streaming down.

I tu...

Lure Em In

...April is here 
Spring is getting kicked in the next gear 
Leaving is winter basically a whimper 
Giving way to life’s beautiful day 
Like the New Testament said 
The cold of sin is dead 
Starte...

Instruction

...Instruction
by Michael R. Burch

Toss this poem aside
to the filigreed and the wild tide
of sunset.

Strike my name,
and still it is all the same.
The onset

of night is in the despairing ...

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