Poem Category: Ships & Oceans

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

A cruise ship
hinged on the horizon
sliding over.

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

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

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

Ocean whispers …
one albatross swoops
another gliding past.

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

Tropic isle
the orange dawn
pours with gulls.

Aegean storm
the greys of everything
bobbing in the harbour.

Mediterranean
ship and moon
passing the same spot.