Shipwreck

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    Shipwreck

    Coral red were the lips
    Which left an indelible stain
    Where they did slip
    Over the contours of my brain

    Long gone are those lips
    What remains is the stain
    Pictures of a long lost ship
    And murmurs of a shanty’s refrain

    Thorns, petals, and rose hips
    Afoul of tragedy and pain
    Bring waves and tides that rip
    Across my fully damaged brain

    Coral red were the lips
    What remains is the stain
    Pictures of a long lost ship
    And murmurs of a shanty’s refrain

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    ginga commented on Shipwreck

    11-30-2010

    Winter, You have created such a pleasurable poem to read here. The rhymes are significant and the sensual mood brings it full circle. ginga

    freind commented on Shipwreck

    11-30-2010

    not been writing for a minute or 2.but you just.keep up the good work.i picture what your saying .good write

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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