by Daniel Turner |
Categories:
analogy, life,
When we were young we loved our fairy tales
A frog could be a prince with just one kiss
Each cloud, a boat where dreamers could set sail
Imagination was the great abyss
Too soon we grew and lost our innocence
Found out that swords are never pulled from stones
That dreams come true but only with expense
And happy ever after's come and gone
Yet some of us still wish upon a star
Believe that rainbows come with pots of gold
Reality is life for most comes hard
And love like water runs both hot and cold
Like you I wish that fairy tales came true
But grown ups know they very seldom do
by Daniel Turner
by Carolyn Devonshire |
Categories:
memory, nature,
Beneath the gilded clouds, there is a place
Where day’s first rays light up a sea of gold
Surrounded by slim stalks that bow in grace
To worship as the gentle winds unfold
And on this canvas there’s also a boat
Its bottom covered by the last night’s rain
So full that it can barely stay afloat
Upon green wetland shores it will remain
Just as the love we shared made full our hearts
Sweet memories of smitten teens live here
Their movie spun in nature’s finest arts
I wait, I watch and sometimes you appear
Each day while you’re away, I journey here
For it’s the only place that you feel near
by Elaine George |
Categories:
lost love, summer, autumn, summer,
She sits in the old rocking chair
Threads of silver in her golden hair
Alone in the glow of candle light
She rocks so gently in the night
Outside the autumn leaves do fall
As shadows dance upon the wall
Crystal tears in eyes of china blue
Fall for the love she never knew
He came to shore that summer day
His schooner anchored in the bay
And with a glance her knees grew weak
She lost her voice and could not speak
For there he stood so tall and lean
The handsome man in all her dreams
And he broke her heart that summer day
When he said goodbye and sailed away
by Stephen Tefft |
Categories:
boat, river, water,
An empty boat pulled up upon the shore
Would slide back into water if it could.
But if it has at some time lost its oar?
Well, just more doldrums that must be withstood.
It’s hard to let go what you love to do,
Especially what you were meant to be.
The river ever flows out of our view.
Our present quickly becomes history.
That doesn’t mean you’re no longer a boat!
Don’t ever let them say you have no worth!
From the beginning you were made to float,
And there is nothing else like you on earth!
So sit now, reminisce upon your shore…
And ponder what the future has in store.
5/15/2019
Picture #2, Life Spent Alone
Choices Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Sara Kendrick
by Jay Narain |
Categories:
time,
If time stops for a tick,
The waves hold breath offshore,
My life boat lost in sea,
Finds fate in destiny,
Time ticking, echoes, me.
If time stops for a tick,
My heart shares love above,
The Romance in you & me,
Eternal bond, love's rule,
Time ticking, souls joined, we.
If time stops for a tick,
I'll stand like a mountain,
Avalanches come and go,
Trees stand tall, hardy, so,
Time ticking, spirit shows.
If time stops for a tick,
I reflect on my past,
The failures in my life,
Might turn into success,
Time ticking, same old life.
by Leo Larry Amadore |
Categories:
fantasy, imagination, love, moon, nature, romance, sea,
In a world of conflict and scheming,
may I never awaken from dreaming
of someday being able to float
out -- out in my own little boat --
out on a moon-lit bay
where tropical waters play
and a cooling breeze drifts by.
The salt sea air would be bracing --
would set my weary heart racing --
there on that moon-bright bay.
Only gulls overhead, as they fly, and I,
would hear, from the sandy shore,
the palms as they rustle. I sigh --
oh -- I never would ask for more
than to float on the nurturing sea --
only you, and the moon, there with me.
by Charmaine Chircop |
Categories:
blue, boat, longing, love,
My beloved
How far will I love you
As far as where moons immerse in deep seas
Beyond the edge of a tide's crimson hue
Where your breath fills my sails with soft zephyr breeze
Lone I embark to our promised land
Across borders of secret pain
Under still stars,above drifting sand
through anchored shadows of rain
Oh foreign eyes,but never distant
Your arms'safe harbour of a long embrace
Two souls entwined,two hearts persistent
Beneath night's sky,my lips outline your face
Water rise, water falls between shores and time
Empty spaces still abhore our love,sweet tender and sublime
by Anne-Lise Andresen |
Categories:
cheer up, moving on,
Love my name ~ but never take it
Feel my heart ~ but never crush it
Read my words ~ but never destroy them
Warm yourself in the sun ~ but share it with me
Listen for my sad song ~ comfort me
See my smile ~ laugh along with me
A poem from my soul ~ I will be happy to share
A thought taking birth
Eyes that see even in deep darkness
A human being
I travel in my little boat in the open sea ~ there's room for you too
The whole world in front of our feet
Sunrise and sunset
An adventure ~ if you want
Together ~ always
Not in a war zone
A
peaceful journey
in
an intoxication of love
that never
will end
15.04.2016
A-L Andresen :)
by Daniel Turner |
Categories:
adventure, fantasy, ocean,
I'd love to buy a boat and sail the seas
Just loaf and let the string of life unwind
Drop anchor anytime or place I please
To visit every island I can find
I'd sail from cape to cape, from gulf to strait
Each bay and channel up and down each coast
My dog would be companion and first mate
Most likely, he'd be sleeping at his post
But every night we'd find a still lagoon
Perhaps we row ashore and build a fire
On first appearance, I'd harpoon the moon
And hold him hostage until we retired
A life at sea, beneath large wind filled sails
With peaceful friends, the dolphins, gulls and whales
February 21 2017
by Daniel Turner
by Mike Martin |
Categories:
brother, death, emotions, grief,
I buried my boys today
Thirteen wasn't bad enough
What a pain in my heart
It's mine now, gone from them
They suffer no more
More than a hundred years
Barely seen half of that
I can only wish
Brothers to the very end
I can only wish
Love to take my boys out
Take them out all day
Take them to the running field
Run the while away
I can only wish
Love to buy my boat back
Buy it back all day
Wish I had my old boat
Wish I’d fish today
If I could only fish
by Earl Graham |
Categories:
love, boat, moon,
i'm going to the moon tonight
in a boat with big white sails
and you can come too if you want too
just the two of us
in a boat with big white sails
going to the moon
we'll sit real close and huggle to keep warm
and i'll sing for you if you want me too
by Theresa Stephens |
Categories:
emotions, how i feel, love, marriage,
Lapping waves, boat gently rocks, lone seagull screams from overhead.
Sun setting on horizon evokes feelings of happiness
Wedding Day, honeymoon cabin, remembering night of love
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
love, passion,
come to me by night
when the world has gone to sleep
~in my bed I wait~
come blanket me with your love
rock me awake to passion.
For the 'COMPLETELY YOUR CHOICE(39) any theme any form' Poetry Contest
by Unseeking Seeker |
Categories:
god, spiritual,
Self-discovery, a path beauteous
The table’s laid, everything’s ready made
When aligned with voice of conscience righteous
Bliss fills us as a consciousness upgrade
Ensconced in rapture thus, by day and night
Our attention is soon internalised
Wisdom downloads follow, clear is our sight
In timeless time, God within’s realised
Love, wisdom and power to co-create
The threefold flame of Christ within us glows
Soul presence celebrates at heaven’s gate
There’s no doubt, for we’re in the boat God rows
Oh hermit, know that we’re he, who we seek
God in-dwells within ~ let’s take a sneak peek
03-June-2022
by Liam Mcdaid |
Categories:
8th grade, conflict, emotions, faith, family, heart, humanity,
A sad state our government has become today
in this awful news that just pushes the boat out further
As our democracy for one protecting our children
Why it is even under attack beats me up inside moral grounds
this should not even be considered under the harshest circumstances
because it's a humane act to love our little ones bless them with life
not kill them shows savages craving suffering judgemental fools
Tells me all that I need to know about corrupt politics
under an non democratically elected leadership
by Wandering Butterfly |
Categories:
childhood, dedication, happiness, places, uplifting
Ah, Alum Creek
A place I love to go
In the summer for a picnic
Or a jet ski talent show
The kids can run and play
Covered in sand from head to toe
Pack your 45
we've got UV rays to soak
Hitch up them jet skis boys
Dont forget the boat
"Out to play!" is on the door
"Will return" was all I wrote
-Miranda Lambert-
02/15/2011 11:45 am
(My dad took us to alum creek every summer, I plan to continue this legacy for many
summers to come)
by Janice Canerdy |
Categories:
childhood, christmas,
Last Christmas little Anne dashed to the tree.
The gift she most desired, would she see?
Her folks were poor, but Santa’s not!
The coat she got—she NEEDED,
but Santa’d not heeded
her one-plea letter
for the better
present, a
little
doll--
one
that drinks,
wets, and cries
“MAMA!” Anne thinks
When will this grand prize
be mine, as I have planned?
while she SAYS, “I love my coat.”
She’s just too young to understand
why some get a coat; some, a sail boat;
others, a sweet doll on which they can dote.
October 26, 2018, entered in Julia Ward's A Poem of Reaction Contest
entered in Brian Strand's November contest November 5, 2018
by Abby Aaron |
Categories:
adventure, appreciation, blessing, boat, cool, joy, river,
I used a double sheet of newspaper;
to fashion a toy vessel > a paper barge with a sail.
Excited I took it to the small river;
runs near my home.
I placed it in the water;
much to my delight it floated.
I followed my creation.
As it sailed I couldn't help thinking;
whatever floats your boat.
I laughed at myself > I love my life.
by Liam Mcdaid |
Categories:
angel, beautiful, emotions, feelings, love, romance,
Flying in
the Heaven's
birds softly whistling
sweet magical music
enchanting among'st
the angels
Smiling pouring out
from the petals
rising rose emotions
Straight in front
of me those eyes
golden sparkled
rising a sunshine
golden treasure
Listen to
the heartbeats
kissing you love
glowing warm beautiful
in the soul
sparkling diamonds
within a divine light
A flawless beauty
fills up inside sparkling
with Heavenly love
in your soul
finds the gentleness
of your peace
sailing on
deep ocean
blue waves
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
water,
Water’s pure when it is flowing
down the mountain ever growing.
Streams may long rivers turn to be
God's water blesses you and me.
Shallow or deep, the rivers run.
Folks find great ways to have such fun.
They swim, fish, boat, or water-ski!
God's water blesses you and me.
Rivers run their course; by a shore,
we may find water is even more.
Who doesn’t love a big blue sea?
God's water blesses you and me.
Bottled, from a faucet or spring,
comes H2O. It’s everything!
We should care for it, but DO we?
God's water blesses you and me.
Aug. 10, 2022
for 'A KYRIELLE ABOUT WATER' Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
by Liam Mcdaid |
Categories:
romance, romantic,
You are
darling shining
out across
great oceans
far away
in many seas
Floating on
one boat
a goddess
rising in
this great wave
of golden kisses
Crashing on deck
all over
you baby
cast under
your spell
overpowering love
In strong
romantic feelings
weaving intricate
threads of
golden emotions sewn
into the most beautiful
of hearts
Glowing out
from you
I see
a treasure
in potions
of feelings
our stars
cross path
Magically flowers
blooming blossoms
enchanting out
bewitched wide eyed
dazzled completely
blows the mind
a lucky star
shine out
by Mike Samford |
Categories:
death, loss, lost love, love, sad, sea, sorry, sympathy,
He walked down to the sea, lonely and bored
then dips his hand in the warm ocean brine.
Forty years she was the one he adored,
so he kneels to pray for her, one more time.
He spells out her name in the smooth beach sand
then he watches a wave wash it away.
Whispers "Goodbye" just as he starts to stand
he wishes there was more that he could say.
A gentle rumble as breaks a small wave
he can smell her perfume as on the breeze.
He has not the strength to visit her grave
self-pity and pain is all that he sees.
Watches seagulls as they swarm a shrimp boat
as it makes a turn back toward the bay.
Hollow and empty he feels without hope
and wishes a wave would wash it away.
by Tea Fortuna |
Categories:
beauty, change, deep, endurance, leaving, love, pain,
Adrift...I move through uncharted waters
My boat secure and true
Sirens call to me..pulling me closer
I gaze at the beauty of their true forms
Yet, they do not hold these forms for long
they cannot shine because they fear what I see
they only know what was the past...dark waters
I move forward, to another port, true and secure of myself...Adrift on love
by Heather Mirassou |
Categories:
husband, love, nature, passion, wife
I am drawn to you like
The stars to the midnight skies
The Earth to the burning sun
Water to thirsting flowers
I am comfortable with you like
An old pair of boots
A faded pair of jeans
My favorite sweater and scarf
I am at peace with you like
Sitting in a boat in the middle of a lake
Taking a walk in silence in the country
Listening to rain drops fall in the dark of night
I am alive with you
Like the laughter that is uncontrollable
The heart that goes thump, thump, thump
Running through wildflowers in the wilderness
Every ounce of my being
Mind, body and soul are riveted by you
I am alive with you, free with you,
comfortable with you I love you
Heather Mirassou
by Michelle Morris |
Categories:
boat, god, growth, life, love, meaningful, spiritual,
I row my little boat
By Michelle Morris
23/02/2023
I row my little boat
Out onto the ocean
I know boats are meant
To be free to explore
Harbours are safe
For ships to hide
But that's not where
They earn their stripes
Likewise, we humans
Need to meander
Through valleys and over hills
Experience the joy and happiness
The fears and discomfort
The growing pains for our souls
We need to take the tests
To learn the lessons of old
So, I put my faith
In God above
I pray for guidance
I pray for love
I row my little boat
With faith and hope
I live my life
With God's grace and love
© Michelle Morris, 2023