Revisiting my poet-self on a voyage. I will republish the haikus I wrote on my voyage aboard MV Roland OIdendorff, so they can find a new home with all my other poems.
Impressionistic
I thought they painted
By squinting their eyes near shut
Here my eyes wide open.
Another world
Daily 10K steps
Between the storms and calm seas
No smoking is home.
Land at last
It slips into view
I hoped it would never come
Still I feel such joy.
My blue crocs of bad fashion
Those new friends of mine
Carried me around the ship
Should I leave them here?
A fawning bush of yellow
Mountain of iron
This is the reality
Yet see, life still blooms.
Shore leave
Chocolate lava
So many speaking so loud
My heart pattering.
What I will surely miss
Friends you find at sea
Wise man with tree on his head
Evening of laughter.
