Tag Archives: Ship

on time

ebb tide at full flow
cables neatly stowed on deck
lines pulled taut, sails full

~

n.b. A ship can wait only so long before the tide turns. Many a ship sails without its full complement.

CLP 06/12/2022

Ship

shape

even

keel

storm

warning

heavy

             swell

                                                                                    rough

sea

                                                                      side                             

swipe

rudder

less

a d                      i           f

                                                 r                          t

cargo

shift

off

kilter     

ballast

dangerous

list

jettison

MAYDAY

MAYDAY

abandon

ship

sink

flare

up

life

boat

crew

manifest

bill

of

laden

salvage

                        attempt

salvage

attempt

insurance

policy

claims

list

~

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day Nine prompt: list poem…asked for “to do list”…but this is a poem about listing.

~

CLP 09/04/2021

L3 (Day 77): Sheringham

This north facing coast of East Anglia is notoriously windy. Today the wind is cold.

On the horizon a large ship, stacked high with containers, floats above the horizon, a trick of light.

I watch the waves of the high tide break into the sea wall of the lower concrete promenade. I listen to the heavy flints rolling back and forth in the wave cycle. They clack, clack, clack together.

~

CLP 24/03/2021