Poetry challenge Red boat: the entries

Sorry this is late. I was away in the wilds and didn’t get back until it was too late and I was too tired to get this post together.

Peter Bouchier is first in with a jaunty pirate tale.

https://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/english-essays-and-poems-2/english-essays-and-poems/fore-and-aft/

 

Sarah with a couplet of poems, distinctly different in style and content, one homely, one magical.

Red boat rondelet 1 – For Jane Dougherty | fmme writes poems

Red boat rondelet 2 – for Jane Dougherty | fmme writes poems

 

Louise also offered two poems after working over an idea. The result is a similarity in tone, but slightly different in effect.

The Ocean Winds – Fantasy Raconteur

We Travel Far – Fantasy Raconteur

 

Ken another couplet, first one happy and carefree, the second with the hint of dark cloud on the horizon.

rivrvlogr

Adrift | rivrvlogr

 

This has really been the week for couplets. Another one from Merril: achingly nostalgic for the first one, and another jaunty (female) pirate story for the second.

Rondelet: Poetry Challenge | Yesterday and today: Merril’s historical musings

 

Sue Vincent with an utterly beautiful and dreamlike poem

Journey | Sue Vincent – Daily Echo

 

TJ’s poem combines the nautical jauntiness of a pirate poem, with the dream/adventure of the more mystical creations.

https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/fragility/

 

Kat’s poem is a journey in many senses of the word.

Liberation | like mercury colliding…

 

Mr Todd’s poem has an edge of impending disaster to it. The sea as a force to be reckoned with.

The Winds Have Blown… – A Flash of Fiction…

 

Kerfe’s and Kat’s poems should maybe be read together. Daughters, journeys and time passing. Plus the gorgeous artwork, of course.

Compass Rose | method two madness Edit

 

Geoff with his hallmark piss-take humour. Anything with the word ‘chunder’ in it makes me laugh 🙂

The Sea and Santa #poem #poetry | TanGental

 

Janice’s poem is filled with longing, our human ever-searching for some kind of ‘destiny’ in contrast with the unchanging patterns of fish and sky.

Sailing the wind – Ontheland

 

Leara’s poem is another one that uses the theme of sailing to freedom. It’s a very potent image. Just as the sea divides, so it can become the path to a new life.

To Freedom – LearaWrites

 

Sri’s poems are, as ever, filled with songs and hope.

https://srisudhak.wordpress.com/206/07/04/dancing-on-waves/
https://srisudhak.wordpress.com/206/07/04/on-the-waves/

Thank you all so much for that bumper crop. It makes a beautiful collection. Apologies for being late with the round up, but I’ll get next week’s challenge out later today when I’ve caught up with myself.

 

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