Poem ‘Boats’
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Boats
One of these boats is mine,
let’s say this one right here,
all ship-shape
and eager for the tide.
So come on, take my hand
I’ll show you around,
there’s no time to lose
because summer’s on its way
and I can feel the warm winds
arrive on this scented ocean air,
promising to take us beyond
that blue-on-blue horizon
to those lands unimagined
in all our dreaming
We shan’t follow the tireless tern
who labours from pole to pole
every year of his life,
merely to survive.
No, ours are the balmy seas
and first port will be St Tropez.
We’ll saunter ’round as if we own it,
then sail slowly on hugging Italy’s leg
all the way to Venice,
where we’ll flop onto chairs in Florian’s,
order the most exorbitant espressos
and demolish bite-sized cakes
And after that? Well,
I propose we simply wander,
let the currents of nature and time
take us where they will.
Because you see, there are no plans,
no timetable.
We’ve earned this shot at life— at living—
this precious smiling space
poem and image © copyright df barker 2012
Hi David
lovely drifting without worries 
Oh, how I would love to be on board
A beautiful poem!
Your painting is simply fascinating! Great poem too, David!
Oh beautiful what a lovely dream journey it will be to sail around and embrace life as it comes …
[My Hubby was a shippie and i sailed with him to some of the loveliest places in the world..some days they were ,ocean life,ocean dreams,twinkling night sky, far away islands,a ship in ocean and ocean in me]
beautiful painting David
nice…you know…flopping onto chairs in Florian’s,
ordering the most exorbitant espressos
and demolishing bite-sized cakes sounds just like the perfect things to do…
think my comment just disappeared…what i wanted to say is…i just think that spending the day with flopping onto chairs in Florian’s,
ordering the most exorbitant espressos
and demolishing bite-sized cakes…ist just the perfect thing to do…smiles
Brilliant.
Sounds good….
A lovely poem. I particularly like the picture of a boat ‘eager for the tide’. I also really like the painting. Thank you for posting both.
Love the imagery of wandering with the currents.
I like the last line best: “this precious smiling space.” The whole poem and painting is lovely and uncluttered. Bravo!
What time are we leaving!!! This gave me a sense of the excitement of impending warm weather.
You’re very talented.
Hi,
Enjoyment on the sea, I love your poem, and a very nice painting as well.
I like the journey you bring out in this poem. Lovely!
lovely poem, just lovely. all my best to you and yours.
Exquisiite! When your ready to set sail,please take me.I could watch out for those infamous pirates.Perhaps be your chief cook and bottlewasher.”Shiver me timbers matey”.
Ina, thank you very much!
Thank you very much Cynthia!
Soma, once again thank you very much!
Claudia thank you so much!
Craig thank you very much!
Thank you very much Susan
Thank you very much, I’m grateful!
Thank you so much, I am grateful.
Thank you very much, Susan, I am very grateful.
Thank you Victoria, if only I could sail outside of my dreams..!
Thank you very much Millie.
Once again Mags, I am very grateful – thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments!
Thank you very much J – I’m grateful to you.
Thank you very much! If only I could really sail, other than in my dreams!!!
Beautiful painting David, and great little boat ride, I enjoyed the trip.
There is a tiny edit you need to do in the first stanza (I can feel the warm winds)
You are really a great painter, you must sell a few?
Ps: I have called you by your middle name in the past my apologies.
Look forward to your next work of art.
Cheers.
David. L
David, thank you very much for pointing the error out – and me a proof reader as well! (well, sort of..) Anyhow, I’m grateful to you for that. Yes, don’t worry about my name, David of Francis will do.
Hi. I like the ‘chattiness’ of this poem… the painting is full of movement and the sky lifts your eye upward. Jane
Once again, thank you very much Jane.
This lovely on so many levels. The painting calls me into it and the images in the poem…they sooth my soul and offer richness to my daydreams. The whole blog is restful and energizing at the same time. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you very much Carol.
Such a beautiful painting accompanying a dream! Beautiful words for what would surely be bliss! Debra
delightful poem. I really enjoyed reading, David.
Ciao, Francina
The poem and the watercolor go so well together. As if they were made for each other. Kudos!
Thank you very much Debra!
Thank you once again Francina!
Thank you very much once again Russell!
I love this, David – makes me want to float there, to that “precious smiling space” !
Thank you again Betty!
Such wonderful dreams of lazy boating all over the Atlantic coast and the Med! This painting is one of my favorites of yours, by the way!
I am very grateful Granbee! Thank you very much!
There are far too few “smiling spaces” these days. Nice, dreamy poem, your “Boats”. Your art draws in this follower, sharp yet ever so slightly out of focus colors. Your blues & greens always spectacular; a style all your own…
Lindy, thank you so much, you are very kind!
‘I propose we simply wander,
let the currents of nature and time
take us where they will.’
…this certainly took me to a smiling space…floating off on the current of your words into the calm and colors of your painting.
Thank you so much!!!