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reasons I live on a boat Poem

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_73858Dec 2020Dec 2020
godsprincess
Not quite a poem Poem

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...

QuietStormF3522Dec 2020Dec 2020
niah9
sand Poem

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_73153Dec 2020Dec 2020
salamuna
the air did move in silent sing Poem

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_74136Dec 2020Dec 2020
Mizzy4
sea of keels Poem

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_73734Nov 2020Nov 2020
salamuna
scars Poem

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_72994Nov 2020Nov 2020
yaspark
Canadian girl Poem

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_73142Nov 2020Nov 2020
yachtsman_7
cars and girls Poem

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_73747Nov 2020Nov 2020
salamuna
the perfect woman Poem

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_73043Oct 2020Oct 2020
salamuna
mountain man Poem

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_72372Oct 2020Oct 2020
salamuna
when Poem

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_72813Oct 2020Oct 2020
salamuna
instinct Poem

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_73785Oct 2020Oct 2020
southmiami4321
ordinary love Poem

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_74567Sep 2020Oct 2020
yachtsman_7
I Need You Here Now Poem

I Need You, Here NowMental illness progresses..........

Unknown2921Sep 2020Sep 2020
Unknown
the pub on poets corner Poem

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_72926Sep 2020Sep 2020
niah9
INTERNET DATING Poem

INTERNET DATINGPeople live in bubbles now. Safely in their shell. Appearing to communicate. Getting on well. Witty, charming, intelligent, sweet. Someone you...

Tamotie2401Sep 2020Sep 2020
southmiami4321
stay the course girl Poem

stay the course, girlfor Vanessa...

walRU4414Apr 2019Aug 2020
salamuna
ana maria Poem

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_73202Aug 2020Aug 2020
salamuna
blonde Poem

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_74103Jul 2020Aug 2020
goldengloss
Marianne Poem

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_74699May 2020Jul 2020
Oceanzest
surf Poem

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_73586Jul 2020Jul 2020
southmiami4321
the unasked question Poem

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_73352Jul 2020Jul 2020
godsprincess
neat whiskey and untidy women Poem

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_73143Jul 2020Jul 2020
salamuna
the wreck of the catherine anne Poem

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_796410Jun 2020Jul 2020
yachtsman_7
guitar Poem

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_77866Jul 2020Jul 2020
candykid
we endure Poem

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_762910Apr 2020Jul 2020
yachtsman_7
girl on a train Poem

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_73704Jun 2020Jun 2020
marina1000
30 years Poem

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_79553Jun 2020Jun 2020
trurorob
Miners Soul Poem

Miner's SoulIn memory of miners and their families still struggling to make it. Love you....

Unknown8200Jun 2020
Angel Poem

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_79766Jun 2020Jun 2020
gnj4u
the wild swan of blackrock Poem

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_73988Jun 2020Jun 2020
yachtsman_7
if youre reading this Poem

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_750310May 2020Jun 2020
yachtsman_7
Special Time Poem

Special TimeWe just can't believe, until it's all we can give....

cheesecake892891May 2020May 2020
JoyCrest
Dating site Poem

Dating siteI love dating site...

Unknown2690May 2020
Vanessa explained Poem

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_73382May 2020May 2020
salamuna
wandering anger Poem

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_72911May 2020May 2020
godsprincess
the rebuild Poem

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_73065May 2020May 2020
Unknown
across the universe ballad of ballads Poem

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. . ....

junemoonchild2340Apr 2020
Stay Home Poem

Stay HomeStay home save lives....

cheesecake892770Apr 2020
old cars and rusted hearts Poem

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_738411Apr 2020Apr 2020
gnj4u
iron bars Poem

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_74245Apr 2020Apr 2020
gnj4u
only1life3570Apr 2020

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