I wish I had a boat

by Mark   Nov 6, 2017


I wish I had a boat
For yonder past the bay, on a clear azure painted day
Dripping of briny spray - I would float.
I'd also likely gloat,
Brag and mutter; of the absence of worldly clutter
Without disdain I'd utter - an ode soaked note;
To the magnificence wrought this boat.

How I've longed to drift
To fuse with motion - to sway upon that curved, wavey potion
Pondering the notion - of this swelled gift.
The answer cometh swift;
Took me from the predators, stingers and creditors
The lies of the editors - and fractions they rift,
Dissolving into moana - they'd sift.

All alone with the deep;
Of corals a glow under hatchlings of roe,
Steadfast in flow; plankton they'd reap,
Whilst I'd ponder - my last leap.
For one could do worse than a liquid hearse
With no curse - dare stalk that steep,
And no soul for me - would weep.

Sunken then - I'd take this boat
For we'd capsized, that vainly I'd be baptized
Blended and disguised; in that ever wide moat.
Perhaps I seem the dote,
Drastic and careless that I be airless
Surely tearless and near full bloat,
Perhaps 'tis best; I have no boat.

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  • 7 years ago

    by Mark

    Thankyou all for comments!

  • 7 years ago

    by Paul Hirst

    Love your style and prose very Shakespearean I feel
    Great Write

  • 7 years ago

    by Kitty Cat Lady

    Thou Mark! This is awesome, in the true sense of the word!

    "For one could do worse than a liquid hearse"

    Love this! I love the thought process it reveals; the musings of how wonderful and free it would be to own a boat, through to the pitfalls and the conclusion that's it's perhaps not the best idea .. beautiful and thoroughly entertaining! :-) x
    =^.^=

  • 7 years ago

    by deeplydesturbed

    Mark!
    Im so glad this is nominated. the rhyming is spot on!
    the content itself is nothing less than amazing.

    I love it. Prehaps if you ever get a boat, youll take me for a ride among the seas so your not so alone? :)

  • 7 years ago

    by mossgirl19

    Mark, it is a wonder how you come up with not just beautiful, not only wonderful, but brilliant and outstanding pieces every week.

    The whole poem is a beauty in many levels as ddavidd puts it. The boat trip was an emotional trip in itself, the ending was a clever turn, which I liked, as our emotions would normally wish we did not have a boat.

    Well done and glad that it's nominated.

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