My haiku habit (week 5)

Going to the Philharmonic

So many big ships
All on their way to Hamburg
We will have to wait.

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Super futuristic horizon

We call them wind parks
Hundreds of masts pointing high
Crosses to heaven.

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David and Goliath

Ship looming starboard
Makes him feel so very small
Pilot jumps aboard.

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This doesn’t make sense

12K containers
I’m speechless as it passes
What a Big Bugger!

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Downtime

Leaning to the left
Fishing boat stuck on sandbank
Waiting for the tides.

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Beating the odds

Who is the boss here
Is it even a contest
Little tug that could.

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Transfixed

Stern first into berth
Such a fine definition
Of slow and steady.

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Sublime death of the day

This is the moment when the day catches up to me and I can only stand as a witness as the sun goes down. Feeling the pull of the turbulent waves, my body dives deep and there is only darkness below. Slowly I struggle back onto the beach, my legs wobble and my hands grab nothingness. Turning my back on that last iota of connection to nature, I scramble up to the car with wet bathing suit and sandy feet.

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My haiku habit (week 6)

 

A day in the life of an AB*

Going on standby
The anchor is soon to drop
Orders come from bridge.

(AB= able body)

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Waiting with(out) patience

We wait for two days
Being at anchor costs nerves
Only blues and white.

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A Monarch on deck

Butterfly is lost
The wind carries it away
Towards Mexico.

Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash

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Pastoral tranquillity (almost)

A moder setting
Where Vikings one reigned
Sheep, grass, and windmills.

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Work-clothes locker room talk

Do they never stop
It’s been a helluva week
Wow, WTF, sheesh.

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Optical illusion

Looking far ahead
A ship is heading our way
Oops, it’s an oil rig.