Poem Category: Ships & Oceans

Tropic isle
the orange dawn
pours with gulls.

Staring landward
the lime bikini stranger
under her red straw hat.

Ocean whispers …
one albatross swoops
another gliding past.

Our sharp white hull
opening the Aegean waves …
opening the afternoon swell.

Still on its side
under Aegean waves
the shipwreck’s name.

The ship’s cat
cuddled in her arms
before the fog horn.

A cruise ship
hinged on the horizon
sliding over.

Rusty island freighter
the Aegean waves just
rise and foam , rise and foam.

Pacific cruise
left on the beaches
footprints.

Tropic isle
all the palms shining
sunlight and lace.