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Poem | Poet | Order by Most Viewed | Order by Most Commented | Created | Last Comment |
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Dec, 2019I.. once had a girl or should I say I once had three blonde, brunette and red one crazy night took me to bed they told me they worked... | yachtsman_7 | 418 | 8 | Dec 2020 | Jan 2021 yaspark |
reasons I live on a boatshe looks at me, mid pub, and asks in a way, rhetorical as if she knows something I don't and will never "why do you live on a boat?" for the... | yachtsman_7 | 388 | 8 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 godsprincess |
Not quite a poem..I am sorry, I've even forgot how to use the forums on this site... so if anyone knows, i would appreciate the help.I have loved and missed this, my po... | QuietStormF | 353 | 2 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 niah9 |
sandfriends hear me now and hear my plea I've wintered long in fields of sea I've fought and fight against the wind I've seen both poles and seen them... | yachtsman_7 | 316 | 3 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 salamuna |
the air did move in silent singthe air did move in silent sing as linnets sung on warble wing and truth did shine upon it's clock as two moored souls depart the dock time bent... | yachtsman_7 | 415 | 6 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 Mizzy4 |
sea of keelsheaven knows and heaven tries unpick the wrongs you've done unpick the lies cos you don't know how it feels trudging through a day in a sea... | yachtsman_7 | 375 | 4 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 salamuna |
scarsPop, it's that time of year when Christmas is nearby the earth has made its trip again around the velvet sky we fought like tigers all the t... | yachtsman_7 | 303 | 4 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 yaspark |
Canadian girlI met her in the winter in a bar upon the hill when the dark was carved by starlight and the moon had paid the bill I stepped in from the wild... | yachtsman_7 | 315 | 2 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 yachtsman_7 |
cars and girlsthe cafe was closing and the air was darker than age Mary was fixing her order and her world had become like a cage will you still see me... | yachtsman_7 | 376 | 7 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 salamuna |
the perfect womansay it in a sequence of silent lullabies say it in the echoed phrases of goodbye say it a way that one day makes me care say it so I kayak th... | yachtsman_7 | 305 | 3 | Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 salamuna |
mountain manI'm rough hewn Lil you picked me still to your North star I'm the black trace elements fly to fill the sky.. you bring the things I lack I... | yachtsman_7 | 237 | 2 | Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 salamuna |
whenwhen I tamed rage and tried anew a road emerged that led to you when I quit work and made a career I fed with tune my starving ear wh... | yachtsman_7 | 284 | 3 | Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 salamuna |
instinctI could've had religion but I loved God too much I could've fought for a living in boxing rings and such but I guess we are who we are and we c... | yachtsman_7 | 379 | 5 | Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 southmiami4321 |
ordinary loveI see you everyday its not important you see me I'm the the man who moors his boat near your house upon the quay your son is older than me lear... | yachtsman_7 | 458 | 7 | Sep 2020 | Oct 2020 yachtsman_7 |
I Need You, Here NowMental illness progresses.......... | Unknown | 294 | 1 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 Unknown |
the pub on poet's cornerI was mending a hull 'neath the crying gull when the call came down the line my dad had gone his time had come and a world of hurt was mine... | yachtsman_7 | 292 | 6 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 niah9 |
INTERNET DATINGPeople live in bubbles now. Safely in their shell. Appearing to communicate. Getting on well. Witty, charming, intelligent, sweet. Someone you... | Tamotie | 245 | 1 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 southmiami4321 |
stay the course, girlfor Vanessa... | walRU | 442 | 4 | Apr 2019 | Aug 2020 salamuna |
ana mariayou can ride of the zest of a smile, girl if you want to you can walk on the side of the earth, girl like I do like a bird who can sing... | yachtsman_7 | 321 | 2 | Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 salamuna |
blondebearded, wild quick tempered be my natural place is on the sea my northern star her memory the anchor locker and the quay nets to fire ro... | yachtsman_7 | 410 | 3 | Jul 2020 | Aug 2020 goldengloss |
Mariannestep into the make believe footfalling into stones where memories are citadels wider than truth her bones I never knew the right words you... | yachtsman_7 | 471 | 9 | May 2020 | Jul 2020 Oceanzest |
surfI'd rather go home and live up a tree than to be dry forever and forget the 'ol sea and I'd rather go hungry than eat on the street than miss... | yachtsman_7 | 363 | 6 | Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 southmiami4321 |
the unasked questionbaby, hills run dry beneath your velvet sky outside i queue for gas in the rain baby, I don't know how the tale of us will go don't walk aw... | yachtsman_7 | 336 | 2 | Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 godsprincess |
neat whiskey (and untidy women)drank whiskey from her navel after hours in a bar heard the sound of my breathing through the lungs of your guitar and lightnings just... | yachtsman_7 | 316 | 3 | Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 salamuna |
the wreck of the catherine annefragments of stories half heard in the inn awoke in me fires stoked by the gin catherine anne moored in secret twilight buckled neath bullion... | yachtsman_7 | 966 | 10 | Jun 2020 | Jul 2020 yachtsman_7 |
guitarI spent monday just walking through town searchin' for magical timbers of brown I watched tuesday morning arrive like a swan calm at the surf... | yachtsman_7 | 789 | 6 | Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 candykid |
we endureI got your picture in my cabin your smiling face is everywhere your ghost is what I sail on through the ocean of your hair and my work it takes me... | yachtsman_7 | 635 | 10 | Apr 2020 | Jul 2020 yachtsman_7 |
girl on a trainI sit transfixed as thought it flies to see warmth twice inside her eyes some bound for town some bound for death a carraige full of movin... | yachtsman_7 | 371 | 4 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 marina1000 |
30 yearswe came from near we came from far to trust the truth to duel and spar to stand upon the hill of scarves to nurture all that darkness star... | yachtsman_7 | 956 | 3 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 trurorob |
Miner's SoulIn memory of miners and their families still struggling to make it. Love you.... | Unknown | 821 | 0 | Jun 2020 | |
Angelwell heaven knows and heaven lies I'm travelling down this road under.. stationary skies the distances are vast I can see no end its easy... | yachtsman_7 | 981 | 6 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 gnj4u |
the wild swan of blackrockdown by the cold sea there lives a wild swan who floats high on the harbour till all tides are gone all alone in this world she sails by her leave... | yachtsman_7 | 399 | 8 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 yachtsman_7 |
if you're reading thisIf you're reading this I'm no longer around it's a note I left I hope it's found when life is tricky you gamble cares so I slid down the appl... | yachtsman_7 | 503 | 10 | May 2020 | Jun 2020 yachtsman_7 |
Special TimeWe just can't believe, until it's all we can give.... | cheesecake89 | 291 | 1 | May 2020 | May 2020 JoyCrest |
Dating siteI love dating site... | Unknown | 271 | 0 | May 2020 | |
Vanessa, explainedIf I could hold the quill of truth over the page of unfolding story and hold it still and let the page itself write the words of your defini... | yachtsman_7 | 341 | 2 | May 2020 | May 2020 salamuna |
wandering angerI met her in the winter in a bar upon the hill when the dark was carved by starlight and the moon had paid the bill I stepped in from t... | yachtsman_7 | 291 | 1 | May 2020 | May 2020 godsprincess |
the rebuildshe was crying in the sea unloved and worn she spoke to me her heart and boards were long ripped out her diesel engine left in doubt yet... | yachtsman_7 | 307 | 5 | May 2020 | May 2020 Unknown |
across the universe - ballad of balladsThis is a "ballad" poem, which I created using actual names of songs categorized under "ballads", and from a to z, with a couple letters missing. . .... | junemoonchild | 236 | 0 | Apr 2020 | |
Stay HomeStay home save lives.... | cheesecake89 | 279 | 0 | Apr 2020 | |
old cars and rusted heartsthe cafe was closing and the air was darker than age Mary was fixing her order and her world had become like a cage will you still se... | yachtsman_7 | 384 | 11 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 gnj4u |
iron barsI came from the sea I came from the sea is that woman still there does she still wait on me? I toiled on the sea I toiled on the sea until I t... | yachtsman_7 | 424 | 5 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 gnj4u |
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